Jack Mullaly, self-proclaimed Crazed Founder of Ideanthro, was commissioned by the Water by Design team at Healthy Land and Water to make a short film about our community co-design process for Small Creek.
Filmed on a glorious Queensland winter afternoon, during a tour organised by the River Basin Management Society, it shows the water running through riffles and meanders into large wetlands, planting starting to establish, and community infrastructure including a new cycle connection.
Read moreIt's always a pleasure to share our Small Creek journey.
Last week, Amalie delivered a keynote presentation at the Stormwater Queensland conference, and then spoke at the International Festival of Landscape Architecture in Sydney.
Thanks to AILA at SWQ for inviting me!
Read moreWe are thrilled that Big Plans for Small received two awards last week.
On Wednesday night we received the Award for Excellence in Policy or Education at the Stormwater Queensland Awards. Thursday night it was the National Awards of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, where we received a National Landscape Architecture Award for Land Management.
It has been an incredible journey with our client, Ben Walker from Ipswich City Council, and our project partners Bligh Tanner.
Read moreWe were thrilled and honoured to receive the Award of Excellence in Land Management at the recent Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Queensland Awards, for our project Big Plans for Small Creek.
Read moreIpswich's Small Creek was once a meandering natural stream that flowed into Deebing Creek. Today, it’s a straight concrete channel that offers very little value to the community or environment.
That’s about to change: Small Creek will return to a natural waterway through a terrific Council project. As well as clean water and habitat for wildlife, the new Small Creek will allow for better path and bikeway connections and the opportunity to interact with nature in a parkland setting.
We're kicking off the project with Design Your Creek Week, working on site and learning from the local community. Click to read more and find out how you can be part of the fun.
Read moreI was recently in Townsville for Evoke, the regional architecture conference.
My duties - if you could call something so enjoyable a duty - included hosting a session featuring Australian artist Robyn Backen, and landscape architects Matthew Flynn and Ana Maria Pinto from Costa Rican practice, VIDA.
My grandparents used to live in Townsville so it was a place I visited often as a kid. It's been a long time since I've been back, though, so here are a few thoughts from a whirlwind trip.
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