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Find out more about what’s happening at Hansen, from recent projects and team news to industry commentary.
Tiny houses need a place to park
Tiny houses are the ‘next big thing’. Or so we’ve been told for the past five years. For the sake of this article, given there is no exact definition on the specific size of a tiny house, I consider a tiny house to be an independent single bedroom/bathroom/kitchenette dwelling of less than 50 square metres….
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Property Council Mentorship Programme
Through my early career I had gained the benefits of both informal and formal mentorship. This came informally through senior colleagues and managers with whom I had developed a positive relationship both professionally and personally. These relationships developed without there ever being mention of mentorship, but in hindsight those colleagues and managers filled the role…
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Community Planning in the USA
In September this year I was provided with a unique opportunity to participate in the United States International Visitor Leadership program (IVLP). The program was designed for four young leaders across Australia to explore Green Building Technology and Community Planning across USA. The program itinerary included Washington DC, Pensacola, Florida, Denver and Boulder, Colorado &…
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2017 AILA Conference – The 3rd City
By Andrew Partos The 2017 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) ‘Festival of Landscape Architecture’ conference was held at the Sydney Passenger Terminal over 3 days in Mid-October. AILA’s conference theme was the ‘Third City’. This theme was both vested in the emerging Sydney metropolitan typology: a ‘third city’ being built across the Cumberland Plain beyond…
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City of Yarra Adopts Bridge Road Masterplan
The City of Yarra adopted the Bridge Road Streetscape Masterplan last week following a collaborative effort between Hansen Partnership, City of Yarra, and a number of key stakeholders in the preparation of the Masterplan. Bridge Road is designated as a Major Activity Centre (Plan Melbourne 2017-50) and is located within Richmond, an inner city suburb…
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Bangkok Urban Challenges Equal Design Opportunities
Hope is the central tenet of landscape architecture discourse. As an active practitioner in the Design industry, positivity is a (if I may borrow a famous terminology from the planning school of thought) ‘mandatory’ requirement, as design and its manifestation seek only to find and create good in place, space and people. This was primarily…
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News – Nightingale 3 (NG3.0) Wins at VCAT
Hansen Partnership are pleased to confirm that the latest Nightingale Housing project (NG3.0) by Austin Maynard Architects at 209 Sydney Road, Brunswick, has been granted planning approval by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). The Nightingale Housing model is an important deliberative housing alternative in that it “…supports, educates and advocates for the delivery of designer…
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The Small Australian Project Making An International Splash
Hansen Partnership’s MacKenzie Falls Gorge Trail, for Parks Victoria, will be recognised at the upcoming International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) 10th IFLA Asia-Pac Landscape Architecture (LA) Awards at a gala dinner in Bangkok in November. Hansen’s project, MacKenzie Falls Gorge Trail, located in the Grampians National Park in Victoria, received an Outstanding Award for…
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Australian Best Practice Recognised at International Awards
Hansen Partnership was recognised at the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) 10th IFLA Asia-Pac Landscape Architecture (LA) Awards at a gala dinner in Bangkok in November, as part of the 2017 IFLA Asia Pacific Congress. The Surabaya Urban Corridor Development Strategy received an Award of Excellence in the Analysis & Master Planning category. The project…
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Doing It Differently – PIA Vic Symposium Overview
Last Friday, as a senior planner at Hansen Partnership, I had the welcome opportunity to join my fellow industry peers at the Planning Institute of Australia’s Victorian symposium: Doing It Differently. Firstly, I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate PIA and in particular the conveners (and support team) for a thought provoking and…
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