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Women dancing in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
Alice Waters
A few thoughts on the joy of inhabiting the public spaces of our cities.
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Stegastein viewpoint. Image: Erik den Yngre via Wikimedia Commons under CC license.
In Norway, the national tourism and transport infrastructure work together to connect, respect and celebrate the jaw-dropping landscape.
Read more, and wish you were there, courtesy The Guardian.
Image: The Elwha River, Jeff Taylor via Wikimedia Commons under CC license.
Watch the timelapse video showing the largest project of its kind ever undertaking in the U.S., to dismantle a dam and restore a natural river system.
See the video and read the story on National Geographic here.
We've had the opportunity to work on many terrific new projects this year.
Whilst we can't tell you about all of them yet, we've updated our Projects page with others we're delighted to share.
A couple of these will start construction soon, and we're looking forward to seeing our clients' visions come to reality.
See them on the Projects page here.
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"Sunrise at Kissing Point". Image: Brenda Murphy via Wikimedia Commons.
I am honoured to have been invited to host a session at the upcoming Regional Architecture Conference, Evoke.
If you're in Townsville in September it's definitely worth adding to your agenda. Check out the fabulous array of speakers on the website.
The local AILA membership is also coordinating a guided tour of award-winning Jezzine Barracks/Kissing Point on Sunday morning: more details will be available soon.
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The High Line, New York City.
Australia’s Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, recently encouraged the Centennial Park Trustand the NSW Environment Minister to seek National Heritage listing for this significant and popular Sydney park.
Writing for his own website, Mr Turnbull said:
“A great city needs great parks. Unless they are set aside in the city’s youth, they are hard to retrofit after development has taken over.
And once established they need to be jealously protected – as the city grows those green, open spaces are more precious than ever.”
I recently discussed the Prime Minister's comments with AILA President, Daniel Bennett, in an article published on Sourceable.
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