Category: Journal

Award winners at 2019 AILA WA Awards Night

    We were thrilled to accept the Infrastructure Award at the 2019 AILA WA Landscape Architecture Awards for Curtin Bicycle Hub and Creative Quarter! More about the project: “Curtin Creative Quarter is undergoing an exciting new upgrade within the Bentley campus through a series of design interventions and facilities that provide much needed activation […]

Shifting the mode at Curtin University

Curtin Central has opened with the start of the Semester 1, 2019. The bus station is a major capital investment as part of the University’s commitment to shift transport mode. The design is a demonstration of how a place-led approach can be used to solve urban planning problems, creating not only a positive culture, but […]

Wilson Park Precinct – Youth Prototyping Day

We have been busy working towards a masterplan for the Wilson Park Precinct in Rivervale. In cooperation with Spaced Out Placemakers we held a youth prototyping day where a pump and skate track was trialed! Check out some of the images from the day below:

Northern Parklands Tender Released!

Bentley 360 Northern Parklands tender has been published! Looking forward to see our ideas and design work come to life in the next stage of the project!

Commendation: Railway Square, Midland

Place Laboratory are very proud to receive a commendation for Midland Railway Square project, at the 2018 Australian Urban Design Awards. This is following the recent success at the 2018 AILA International Festival of Landscape Architecture. Where the project was recognized in both the Civic and Cultural categories. For more information click here.  

Top honours for Yagan Square and Scarborough at UDIA Awards

Yagan Square and Scarborough Foreshore revitalisation received awards from the Western Australian Urban Development Industry Association (UDIA) WA. Yagan Square has won the award for Excellence in Urban Renewal. Scarborough Foreshore revitalisation received awards in both the Government and Public Use category . Place Laboratory was involved in both the Master Planning and Place Planning of […]

AILA 2018 National Awards – Winner

We are honoured to receive the AILA 2018 National Landscape Award, for not 1 – but 2 Awards for Midland Railway Square! The project was recognized in both the Civic and Cultural categories. The winners were announced at the 2018 AILA International Festival of Landscape Architecture. Well done to the team!

Railway Square – Lighting up the Competition!

PLACE Laboratory is thrilled to announce that Rail Square has been a winner of the we-ef Landscape Architecture After Dark 2018 Competition that celebrates the best of Australian landscape architectural lighting for the WA/NT/SA category. The project was described as: “A dynamic and creative project, the effective lighting of the water line, a suggestion to […]

Australian Urban Design Awards – Shortlist

PLACE Laboratory is thrilled to have Midland Railway Square shortlisted for the Australian Urban Design Awards. Fingers crossed with Awards and commendation being announced on  Thursday 25 October at The Mint, Sydney. Full details have been published to the gallery at https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/shortlist-revealed-2018-australian-urban-design-awards/.      

Rockingham Foreshore Construction Commences

Construction of Rockingham Foreshore Stage 1 has commenced by Ertech, with the completion of works expected during 2019.     Follow the link to find out more about the project: https://www.placelaboratory.com/project/rockingham-foreshore/        

Midland Railway Square wins AILA WA awards

We are delighted to announce that Railway Square won the Civic and Cultural Heritage categories at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (WA) Awards held last Friday night. We wish to thank the clients, consultants and team for contributing to the success of the project.

Drawing the Line – Deliberations on Density

The Urban Design Forum WA has just released a book: Drawing the Line, Deliberations on Density with a number of insightful pieces from local practitioners contributing to the density discussion from various backgrounds and professions. PLACE Laboratory’s Hans Oerlemans was the editor for the publication and Anna Chauvel a contributor.

How to build better places for people

Have you ever walked along one of Canberra’s big city blocks and marvelled at the long, lifeless street frontages, the wide, hot pavements or the endless windowless façades? Anna Chauvel has. One of Perth’s leading landscape architects, Anna is the brainchild behind PLACE Laboratory, a design practice that puts people front-and-centre. And after recently relocating […]