LA in the Media - Issue 64

DesignInc’s upgrade to the Oatley Railway Station wins Great Place Award in the Planning Institute Australia (NSW) Awards for Excellence 2017

 

14 December 2017 [Randwick City Council]

NSW Government Chooses Rampant Overdevelopment Over Award-Winning Local Planning Strategy

After 12 months in limbo, a $300M transformation of the Kingsford and Kensington town centres is looking uncertain, after the NSW Department of Planning this week made substantial changes to Randwick Council's award-winning K2K Planning Strategy. Read more.

5 December 2017 [Australian Design Review]

Biophilic design built into new Melbourne Metro stations

Melbourne’s new underground railway stations are set to be the first piece of Australian public infrastructure to include “biophilic design” – a ground-breaking method that takes green architecture far beyond landscaping and solar panels. Read more.

1 December 2017 [Architecture AU]

New Docklands park, home to AL_A’s 2015 MPavilion, opens to the public

The final stage of a public parkland redevelopment has been completed and opened to the public in Melbourne’s Docklands. Read more.

1 December 2017 [Architecture & Design]

Landscape and technology combine to make people-friendly streets

If Chris Isles thought “a good street is a place that prioritises people over cars” before the recent Future Street installation on Alfred Street at Sydney’s iconic Circular Quay, he was completely convinced after this public event. Read more.

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