Landscape

What does a building owe to the landscape it stands on? Creating a thoroughfare for bandicoots wanting a swim is one way to find out.

Usually, the design process for architects goes house first, garden second. But delightful things occur when that script is flipped.

Without a lot of wriggle room, the design of a Melbourne cottage on a tight site cleverly lays the groundwork for the garden to be front and centre in daily life.

The never-simple trick of getting light into an inner-city terrace finds its solution in a marriage of elegant landscaping and cleverly-designed courtyard spaces.

Embedded in village life at ground level and enveloped in a canopy of green upstairs, this Perth home is in-fill housing built for the senses.

A garden in inner-suburban Melbourne shows the beauty of the Australian landscape and the fruits of a free-flowing creative process.

Urban gardens bring connection, cultural relevance and financial savings to Melbourne’s public housing communities.

The sprawling landscaping surrounding a house on an escarpment behind Byron Bay is a celebration of the aesthetic and practical qualities of Australian native plants.

Terry Hatch of New Zealand’s Joy Plants grows native and special species nourished by a lifetime’s work of conservation.

Mornington Peninsula’s Transition Farm is devoted to producing seeds from crops tailored to the environment using biodynamic principles.

Nestled between two houses, this garden is shared by family members on both sides and provides versatile green space for passage, gathering and play.