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The AILA honours one of the profession’s
leaders
The AILA recognises and awards an
on-going commitment to urban design and landscape architecture
AILA 2006 Australian Award in Landscape
Architecture
Rob Adams
& the Design and Culture Division of The City
of Melbourne
Prof.
Rob Adams, The Director of Design and Culture at the City
of Melbourne, has produced a prolonged and consistent output
of design-research based urban projects and strategies,
worthy of over 70 state and national awards for excellence.
Rob
is a passionate believer in the good design of cities and
the important role to be played by all levels of Government.
A
champion of both the arts and environmental sustainability,
Rob has worked to ensure that good urban design is established
as a platform for City development into the 21st Century.
The Design Vision of Prof. Rob Adams and the team in the
City of Melbourne’s Design and Culture Division has
manifested itself as the story of a local government as choreographer,
mending the fabric of the city and delivering on the community’s
expectations.
Since the 1980s, the change has been dramatic:
the city is greener, more people live downtown, the footpaths
are wider, paved with stone and featuring side walk cafes,
public art and fruit stalls. The central city has become
more vibrant. Residential accommodation, almost nonexistent
in the 1980s rose from 738 units to 9895 by 2002. Bars, cafes
and restaurants have increased from 580 in 1998 to over 1200
in 2003.
Congratulations Rob Adams & the Design and Culture
Division of The City of Melbourne
National
Awards / Citations / PDF
of Project Awards / Australian
Awards / List
of Entries