Columnist and urban commentator Elizabeth Farrelly asks why Australia’s city planning has failed to rein in endless sprawl arguing we could easily end sprawl altogether, doubling and quadrupling our density while still creating lively, walkable streets and habitable dwellings. She points to “small pockets of success, like Sydney’s delightful Flour Mill of Summer Hill (designed by Hassell for EG Funds) and Melbourne’s Nightingale developments” as exemplars of sensitive, community-minded medium-density developments. Read the full article in ArchitectureAU. Image: Mark Syke.
