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Three landscape architects share their thoughts on the Voice History is calling as Australians head to the polls for a referendum on October 14, 2023, to vote on enshrining an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the Constitution. The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) said it encourages all members to “engage deeply with the available information, contemplate its implications, and arrive at an informed stance that aligns with your values and beliefs. “As landscape architects, we often find ourselves at the intersection of nature, culture, politics and history, aiming to craft spaces that resonate with the stories and experiences of those who inhabit them. This unique position imparts a special responsibility upon us to be both informed and sensitive to the cultural dimensions of our work.” AILA has compiled referendum …

Street Furniture Australia and USA partner Spruce & Gander visited design firms in nine cities across Australia and Texas in 2023, delivering interactive Studio Workshops. The winners from each firm of our Rapid Ideation Game, which involved designing a playground in 10 minutes, went into a pool to win one of two fabulous grand prizes. Sydney Experience Including flights to Sydney, Australia, 5-star hotel, factory tour and Jazz at The Mint. Winner: Regan O’Brien, Ten Eyck Landscape Architects in Austin, Texas, USA. Adelaide AILA Festival Experience Including UN/EARTH conference ticket, flights, 5-star hotel and VIP dinner. Winner: Tingweiwei Wang, ASPECT Studios in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Congratulations to Regan and Tingweiwei! Would you like to book an in-person Studio Workshop for your team? Contact Tiffany editor@streetfurniture.com

Photo: KW Landscape Architects in San Antonio, Texas USA. 2 countries. 9 cities. 300 landscape architects. Street Furniture Australia’s Tiffany Hoy visited studios in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart and Melbourne, in Australia, and with partner Spruce & Gander met firms in Houston, Dallas / Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin in Texas, USA, in June-July 2023. Our thanks to the hosting firms for your warm welcome, and for sharing your creativity in our Rapid Ideation Game, which involved arranging Linea furniture for a playground in only 10 minutes. We look forward to being part of your real-world persona experiences for Imagineers, Achievers, Thinkers, Sports Stars and Social Graduands. Some design firms stood out in notable ways: Most Out-of-the-Box Concept Goes to Oculus in Melbourne, for their existentialist meditation, ‘The Void.’ Most …

The Street Furniture Australia team was delighted to congratulate AILA Landscape Architecture Award winners in-person at ceremonies in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, in June and July. “It was wonderful to celebrate with landscape architects after years of lockdown – there was a warm and excited energy at each awards night,” says Tiffany Hoy, Content and Presentations Manager. “We would also like to congratulate the award winners in the ACT and in Victoria, and hope we are able to visit you soon.” As part of Street Furniture Australia’s eighth consecutive year as a National AILA Sponsor – since 2014 – the company was proud to present award categories in each state. Our team is next looking forward to supporting and attending the 2022 Festival of Landscape Architecture: Country, in Magandjin …

Street Furniture Australia invited nine women who work in landscape, each at different stages of life and career, to an International Women’s Day round table and lunch to discuss the 2020 theme, #EachForEqual. Special guest Linda Corkery, Professor of Landscape Architecture at UNSW, co-director of Corkery Consulting and former AILA National President, led the discussion supported by June Lee Boxsell, Head of Marketing and Innovation at Street Furniture Australia. We were joined by Esther Dickins (Scott Carver), Miriam Enoch (DesignInc), Ranine Hamed (City of Parramatta), Elisabeth Lester (Context), Faid Mazin (AILA Fresh NSW) and Isabel Sanders (Aspect Studios), Emma Washington (City of Sydney) and Tanya Wood (TWLA). The 2020 theme is drawn from a notion of ‘Collective Individualism,’ that we are all parts of a whole and our individual actions, …

Missed out on the 2019 International Festival of Landscape Architecture: The Square and the Park in Melbourne this month? Or ready to reminisce? Who won the Herschel suitcases? This is your festival recap. More than 400 landscape architects and public space professionals attended the Square and the Park Conference and surrounding events, curated by Creative Directors Cassandra Chilton (Rush Wright Associates), Jillian Walliss (University of Melbourne) and Kirsten Bauer (ASPECT Studios). Advocacy Hundreds of landscape architects participated in an AILA Biodiver-City Demo and Die-In Activation, protesting the loss of biodiversity worldwide and advocating for change. June Lee Boxsell, Head of Innovation and Marketing at Street Furniture Australia, spoke about our support of AILA’s Climate Emergency Declaration, our current environmental efforts and ambitious plans for the future. The Square and the …