Queensland Sites

South Bank Parklands

This 14 hectare site hosted Expo in 1988 and is situated along the south bank of the Brisbane River opposite Brisbane’s CBD. 

This former industrial site has been converted into a public pleasure garden.  Visitors promenade, picnic and swim in the artificial lagoon.  Structures such as the Nepalese pagoda and the Butterfly House invite exploration.  The frequently photographed steel arbour covered in bougainvillea forms a central spine through the park.

The parklands have been embraced by the public and the profession.

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>> History of South Bank (from South Bank Corporation web site)

>> article landscape australia 2-2002

>> article landscape australia 1-1994

>> SouthBank Corporation Web Site

>> AILA Qld 2002 project award

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REFERENCES

Bull, Catherin (1994) “Southbank Parklands: Brisbane’s Backyard” Landscape Australia 1/94, pp49-52.

Bull, Catherin (2002) New conversations with an old landscape Images Publishing Group: Victoria.