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  • Shifting_groundV3
    Shifting the Ground

    An essay rethinking access and inclusion in our built environment by Jos Boys

    20m read / 30m listen

  • 181029_Marble-in-Metamorphosis_Tinos_Hellenic-marble-SA-Quarry-Oasis_Chris-Kontos-77
    Marble in Metamorphosis Visual Essay

    A selection of photography by Chris Kontos from our new book 'Marble in Metamorphosis'

    3m read

  • film2
    Three Bodies

    A short film by Dorothy Allen-Pickard inviting us to engage with the world through diverse perspectives

    6m watch

  • Michael Rakowitz, ‘ ParaSITE’, 1998 - ongoing. Plastic bags, polyethylene tubing, hooks, tape. Image: Courtesy of the artist.
    There’s no such thing as a tidy ocean

    Jennifer Higgie on constructive messiness

    15m read

  • LESS acrylic perspective No 3, Pezo von Ellrichshausen, 2019
    Dairy Road Possible Futures: LESS

    A live-streamed conversation with Pezo von Ellrichshausen

    1h watch

  • Screen Shot 2022-02-24 at 11.22.16 am
    Dairy Road Possible Futures: Between walls and water

    A live-streamed conversation with Marjetica Potrč and OOZE

    2h watch

  • 180606_Textures-of-Canberra_Fyshwick_U-P_05
    Outfoxing the Hedgehog

    An essay by Rebecca Roke on valuing pluralism

    25m read / 37m listen

  • 210315_Jerrabomberra Wetlands_16_U-P (1)
    The Quiet Branch

    An essay by Tanya Patrick on valuing the natural world

    18m read / 27m listen

  • What Do We Do When We Stop Pretending? Al Stark, 2019.
    Landscapes without Life

    An essay by Cameron Allan McKean asking us to ponder what nature we want to save

    14m read

  • Designing_delivering_essay
    Designing and Delivering Differently

    An essay on practical strategies that explore disability as a creative generator by Jos Boys

    20m read / 31m listen

  • Cover_Shifting-the-ground-1
    Shifting the Ground – Practical Resources, Case Studies and Tools

    A collection of resources selected by Jos Boys, edited by Nadine Monem and Frankie Moutafis

  • Cover_Designing-and-Delivering-Differently-1
    Designing and Delivering Differently — Practical Resources, Case Studies and Tools

    Selected by Jos Boys, edited by Nadine Monem and Frankie Moutafis

  • Dan-Pearson_Tokachi-Millennium-Forest_Photo-by-Kiichi-Noro_02
    Why does development undervalue plants and landscapes?

    A conversation with Dan Pearson and Thomas Doxiadis at the Architecture Foundation Book Week

    1h watch

  • 180703-Tall-Trees_Will Neill_06
    LANDSCAPE AS PROTAGONIST

    The foreword to our publication 'Landscape as Protagonist' by Stéph Donse

    7m read

  • yuri-suzuki-sonic-playground-design_dezeen_2364_col_6-1704x1254
    Spaced Apart – Yuri Suzuki

    A live-streamed talk as part of online symposium Spaced Apart

    1h watch

  • ecdd01_f04a6d2b0c0f4fb5ab1488c49ab6f6b1_mv2
    Spaced Apart – Pretziada

    A live-streamed talk as part of online symposium Spaced Apart

    1h watch

  • Tamar Shafrir 5
    Spaced Apart – A talk by Tamar Shafrir

    A live-streamed talk as part of online symposium Spaced Apart

    1h watch

  • 2_200817_Dairy Road_Core samples_Rohan Thomson_19
    Deep dive: early beginnings as a coral reef

    A brief geological history of Dairy Road by Michelle Cooper

    3m read

  • Inside_the_Barbican_Centre_Conservatory
    Walk Up Village

    A conversation with 6a architects and Dan Pearson Studio

    1h watch

  • 191107_Textures-of-Collingwood_U-P_05
    Walking in Collingwood

    A photographic essay by Molonglo and U-P

    2m read

  • 180606_Textures-of-Canberra_Fyshwick_U-P_07
    Music to walk to

    A playlist assembled by Melbourne-based artist Sui Zhen

    2h listen

  • Copy of Pranzo Boario_Stalker_Francesco Careri02
    A lecture by Francesco Careri

    Italian author and artist Francesco Careri talks about his practice of collective walking

    1.5h watch

  • 190223_Albert-St-Observations_U-P_09
    READING AND WRITING PLACE: WALKING AS A SUBVERSIVE ACT

    In this essay Nadine Monem positions walking as a subversive act useful to the design process

    10m read

  • TN
    The anxiety and responsibility of tall buildings

    In this essay Sara Savage asks us to rethink our relationship to tall buildings

    10m read

  • Screen-Shot-2019-07-15-at-5.25.32-pm
    Ugly but good

    A short film about brutalist buildings by Coco and Maximilian and U-P

    15m watch

  • Neron-2
    The Romans, the Reformation and absurd hairstyles

    An essay on the histories and origins of urban development by Jack Self

    21m read

  • The_archeological_history_of_New_York_(Page_147)_BHL21855908-BW
    Thinking of buildings as handmade objects

    A conversation with Pezo von Ellrichshausen on the idea of buildings as handmade objects

    3m read

  • 180703-Tall-Trees_U-P_12
    Can tall buildings be as good as tall trees?

    A photographic essay documenting our relationship with tall trees by U‑P

    2m read

  • Pruitt-igoe_collapse-series_02
    Are tall buildings a reflection of our culture?

    A conversation with 6a architects on how buildings reflect society's values

    4m read

  • Laundry
    The landscape of laundry

    An essay by Royffe.Flynn on the ritual of doing laundry

    6m read

  • 13_190611_Site 2_IMG_8506 2
    Marble yards

    A visual essay of marble offcuts and objects from marble yards in Athens by Royffe.Flynn

    3m read

  • Shifting_groundV3
    Shifting the Ground

    An essay rethinking access and inclusion in our built environment by Jos Boys

    20m read / 30m listen

  • film2
    Three Bodies

    A short film by Dorothy Allen-Pickard inviting us to engage with the world through diverse perspectives

    6m watch

  • LESS acrylic perspective No 3, Pezo von Ellrichshausen, 2019
    Dairy Road Possible Futures: LESS

    A live-streamed conversation with Pezo von Ellrichshausen

    1h watch

  • 180606_Textures-of-Canberra_Fyshwick_U-P_05
    Outfoxing the Hedgehog

    An essay by Rebecca Roke on valuing pluralism

    25m read / 37m listen

  • What Do We Do When We Stop Pretending? Al Stark, 2019.
    Landscapes without Life

    An essay by Cameron Allan McKean asking us to ponder what nature we want to save

    14m read

  • Cover_Shifting-the-ground-1
    Shifting the Ground – Practical Resources, Case Studies and Tools

    A collection of resources selected by Jos Boys, edited by Nadine Monem and Frankie Moutafis

  • Dan-Pearson_Tokachi-Millennium-Forest_Photo-by-Kiichi-Noro_02
    Why does development undervalue plants and landscapes?

    A conversation with Dan Pearson and Thomas Doxiadis at the Architecture Foundation Book Week

    1h watch

  • yuri-suzuki-sonic-playground-design_dezeen_2364_col_6-1704x1254
    Spaced Apart – Yuri Suzuki

    A live-streamed talk as part of online symposium Spaced Apart

    1h watch

  • Tamar Shafrir 5
    Spaced Apart – A talk by Tamar Shafrir

    A live-streamed talk as part of online symposium Spaced Apart

    1h watch

  • Inside_the_Barbican_Centre_Conservatory
    Walk Up Village

    A conversation with 6a architects and Dan Pearson Studio

    1h watch

  • 180606_Textures-of-Canberra_Fyshwick_U-P_07
    Music to walk to

    A playlist assembled by Melbourne-based artist Sui Zhen

    2h listen

  • 190223_Albert-St-Observations_U-P_09
    READING AND WRITING PLACE: WALKING AS A SUBVERSIVE ACT

    In this essay Nadine Monem positions walking as a subversive act useful to the design process

    10m read

  • Screen-Shot-2019-07-15-at-5.25.32-pm
    Ugly but good

    A short film about brutalist buildings by Coco and Maximilian and U-P

    15m watch

  • The_archeological_history_of_New_York_(Page_147)_BHL21855908-BW
    Thinking of buildings as handmade objects

    A conversation with Pezo von Ellrichshausen on the idea of buildings as handmade objects

    3m read

  • Pruitt-igoe_collapse-series_02
    Are tall buildings a reflection of our culture?

    A conversation with 6a architects on how buildings reflect society's values

    4m read

  • 13_190611_Site 2_IMG_8506 2
    Marble yards

    A visual essay of marble offcuts and objects from marble yards in Athens by Royffe.Flynn

    3m read

  • 181029_Marble-in-Metamorphosis_Tinos_Hellenic-marble-SA-Quarry-Oasis_Chris-Kontos-77
    Marble in Metamorphosis Visual Essay

    A selection of photography by Chris Kontos from our new book 'Marble in Metamorphosis'

    3m read

  • Michael Rakowitz, ‘ ParaSITE’, 1998 - ongoing. Plastic bags, polyethylene tubing, hooks, tape. Image: Courtesy of the artist.
    There’s no such thing as a tidy ocean

    Jennifer Higgie on constructive messiness

    15m read

  • Screen Shot 2022-02-24 at 11.22.16 am
    Dairy Road Possible Futures: Between walls and water

    A live-streamed conversation with Marjetica Potrč and OOZE

    2h watch

  • 210315_Jerrabomberra Wetlands_16_U-P (1)
    The Quiet Branch

    An essay by Tanya Patrick on valuing the natural world

    18m read / 27m listen

  • Designing_delivering_essay
    Designing and Delivering Differently

    An essay on practical strategies that explore disability as a creative generator by Jos Boys

    20m read / 31m listen

  • Cover_Designing-and-Delivering-Differently-1
    Designing and Delivering Differently — Practical Resources, Case Studies and Tools

    Selected by Jos Boys, edited by Nadine Monem and Frankie Moutafis

  • 180703-Tall-Trees_Will Neill_06
    LANDSCAPE AS PROTAGONIST

    The foreword to our publication 'Landscape as Protagonist' by Stéph Donse

    7m read

  • ecdd01_f04a6d2b0c0f4fb5ab1488c49ab6f6b1_mv2
    Spaced Apart – Pretziada

    A live-streamed talk as part of online symposium Spaced Apart

    1h watch

  • 2_200817_Dairy Road_Core samples_Rohan Thomson_19
    Deep dive: early beginnings as a coral reef

    A brief geological history of Dairy Road by Michelle Cooper

    3m read

  • 191107_Textures-of-Collingwood_U-P_05
    Walking in Collingwood

    A photographic essay by Molonglo and U-P

    2m read

  • Copy of Pranzo Boario_Stalker_Francesco Careri02
    A lecture by Francesco Careri

    Italian author and artist Francesco Careri talks about his practice of collective walking

    1.5h watch

  • TN
    The anxiety and responsibility of tall buildings

    In this essay Sara Savage asks us to rethink our relationship to tall buildings

    10m read

  • Neron-2
    The Romans, the Reformation and absurd hairstyles

    An essay on the histories and origins of urban development by Jack Self

    21m read

  • 180703-Tall-Trees_U-P_12
    Can tall buildings be as good as tall trees?

    A photographic essay documenting our relationship with tall trees by U‑P

    2m read

  • Laundry
    The landscape of laundry

    An essay by Royffe.Flynn on the ritual of doing laundry

    6m read

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