URBAN VOICES: CELEBRATING URBAN DESIGN IN AUSTRALIA
WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR URBAN DESIGN (PIA, 20014)
SUPPORTED BY
Planning Institute Australia
Australian Institute of Landscape Architects
Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology
City of Melbourne
Plannisphere Planners and Urban Deisgners
Australian Institute of Architects
Why 'Urban Voices'?
The idea for this book arose from the publication of the 100th edition of Urban Design Forum, the quarterly publication initiated by a small group of enthusiasts in Melbourne in 1986. The intention is to celebrate that significant marker and urban design progress in Australia since that time.
Urban Voices reflects on urban design in Australia over the past 25 years as we confront the challenges of the next 25 years. It is a compendium of contributions from a wide range of people interested in how our cities and towns function and the quality of life they deliver.
By intent, it is neither a comprehensive record of all that has happened, nor the final word on the subject. It is a snapshot, a ‘peg in the ground’ of what has been achieved and where the challenges still lie. Our aim has been to encourage a diversity of personal, rather than institutional or corporate, contributions. The ideas, observations and opinions are those of the individual Authors in their own voice, not necessarily those of the organisations that the authors are or have been involved with.
The past 25 years have seen radical changes in nearly all spheres of life in Australia, and the world. Think: climate change, population and household structure, immigration movements and urbanisation, as well as media and communications, finance, and governance. Few people doubt that the challenges facing Australia (and the world) are immense and urgent, although there might be a desire in all of us to ignore the challenges and simply enjoy a happy and prosperous life.
What has energised the Editors (shared by the Authors in their own voices) is the contention and confidence that creative and skilled urban design has made a very important contribution in the past 25 years and, more importantly, will be a key tool in addressing the challenges ahead.
John Byrne, Bill Chandler
and Bruce Echberg, Editors
June 2013
KEY TOPICS
Foreword His Excellency Mr Michael Bryce
The UDF story Bill Chandler and Bruce Echberg
Urban design in Australia - a celebration of city-making since 1986 John Byrne
Urban Design in Context
25 years of placemaking Kim Dovey
Urban design - are we there yet? Rob Adams
Urban design through the looking glass Malcolm Snow
Why are we not where we would like to be? Juris Greste
An amateur’s lifetime experience David Yencken
Urban design education in Australia and New Zealand Gordon Holden
Cities - the sustainability and productivity challenge Lucy Turnbull
A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum Marc Bartsch
Re-conquering the public realm in Australian cities Jan Gehl
Looking out in Urban Design: beyond Euro-American paradigms Barrie Shelton
Urban Design and Place
Placing Tasmania - natural ground for urban design Leigh Woolley
South Australia - reflections from the ‘shop floor’ Peter Dungey
Urban but not metropolitan - delivering quality outcomes in regional cities Rod Duncan
Sydney - love at first sight John McInerney
Urban design and the National Capital Geoff Campbell
The design dimension of planning in Western Australia Evan Jones
Why do urban designers, and many other people, love the inner suburbs? Daniel O’Hare
Gungahlin - 16 years old Michael Cullen
Tropical urban design in Australia Allison Anderson & Lisa Law
My approach to urban design Colin Stewart
The Gold Coast’s urban design journey Philip Follent
Urban Design and Community
The Role of the National Government in ‘Building Better Cities’ 1991 - 1996 Brian Howe
Would you like a rating with that? - urban design and Green Star - Communities Adam Beck
Social housing, leadership and innovation John Byrne
Speaking in ‘art’ in Footscray Bill Kelly
The state of play in design Emma Appleton
Collaborative urban design and freehand drawing Peter Richards
Urban design in the digital age - communication technologies Kate Pleban
Urban design – we need to talk ... Laura M Stubbings
Urban Design Practice
Landscape architecture and urban design in Australia - an evolving urbanism Catherin Bull
Urban design through the prism of economics Marcus Spiller
Learning to get around - the integration of planning and design Steve Burgess
Landscape architects and urban design - a private practice perspective Bruce Echberg
CPTED and urbanisim - what is it? Wendy Bell
New Urbanism in Australia Wendy Morris and Chip Kaufman
Infrastructure and its impacts on the built environment Trina McFarlane
Transport planning and urban design in New South Wales Chris Stapleton
The 25 year design revolution Mike Scott
Urban design and the neighbourhood in Australia - a personal reflection Steve Thorne
Urban Design Perspectives
The art of urban design Richard Brecknock
Healthy urban design - steps out in the right direction Rachel Carlisle
Urban design unsettles the status quo Robert McLean
Twenty agents of change John Byrne
Adaptable design, sustainability and liberation Jane Stanley
An economic perspective on streetscape John Henshall
Land tenure urban design and sustainability Bill Chandler
Mainstreet – the evolution of success Neil Thom
Sustainable urban design - overwhelmed by extremes David Rayson
A Scot in Melbourne Kate Dundas
The Next 25 Years
What will our future look like? Leila Griffiths
Sustainable urbanism Peter Droege
Postscript Bill Chandler & John Byrne
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