Enthusiasts in Launceston, the second biggest city in Tasmania, had pushed the virtues of town planning between 1915 and 1945 without much success because of a lack of effective legislation and of town planning expertise. The advent of the Town Planning Act 1944 and of the advice given by successive Town and County Planning Commissioners...

Harbour Bridge, Opera house - the harbour is Sydney’s most iconic landscape feature. Stretching from Parramatta in the west to Manly in the north. Sydney's 'ocean' beaches maybe where the city escapes to, but it is the harbour that is at the heart of Sydney's demonstrative public life, around which the city's commercial and cultural...

While the idea of urban icons might be about producing iconic buildings in terms of form and shape, the specific use of high-end materials, or a particular strategy for the organisation of urban spaces, places often have significant meanings through very different – and often underappreciated – means. Significantly, the people who inhabit them and...

Adelaide is distinguished from other Australian cities by its history as a planned free settlement and its gridded plan complete with wide boulevards, five city squares, and a parkland boundary. The largest central square Victoria Square/Tarndanyangga has been the focus of countless redevelopment schemes aimed at reinforcing the space as the heart of the city...

Robert Terence Kennedy (1903-1997) was the foundation professor of town planning at the University of Auckland from 1957 until his retirement in 1969. During these years and into the 1980s he also practiced as a design consultant as well as advising governments on various planning matters. Kennedy had no tertiary qualifications but brought a wealth...