Cities

Our master plan for a new city centre, designed to support widespread future economic and population growth and elevate Sohar, Oman, into an international gateway, will transform former degraded agricultural land with over 20,000 new homes and a network of nature corridors.

The master plan for the Macquarie Street East Precinct, located on Gadi Country in central Sydney, Australia, creates a unified vision for this place of significant political, social and cultural meaning.

A once-in-a-century chance to plan the future of San Francisco’s historic but run-down piers in this celebrated waterfront city.

Our ambitious master plan for North Bayshore in Mountain View, California aims to reinvent a suburban office park into a dynamic mixed-use community for tech company Google, prioritising sustainability and affordable housing.

A huge opportunity across time and scale, the Aerotropolis master plan will shape sustainable urban form for this new city, and change the future of Western Sydney.

The ward of Shinagawa on the edge of Toyko Bay was once seen as the ​‘front door’ to Tokyo and Japan. 

San Francisco is one of the world’s most captivating waterfront cities. It also happens to be one of the most vulnerable.

The concept is bold. To plant a forest of two million trees along the waterfront in China’s most populated city, and increase green space in the centre by 25%.

A new light rail system was the catalyst for economic, lifestyle and sustainability benefits for one of Australia’s fastest growing cities.

As Australia’s biggest social and affordable housing development, Ivanhoe Estate in Sydney is pioneering a new approach by blending social, private and affordable housing.

In Palermo, Italy, the Mediterranean Sea was once the city’s ​‘front door’ to the region and the known world beyond it.

This old industrial port on the fringes of Darwin’s city centre is now the place people gather ​‘beachside’ year-round to beat the tropical heat.

Locked away for 100 years, the mill is now a thriving mixed-use ​‘village’ with homes, shops, cafés, parks and light rail links – a model for urban regeneration.

Hassell has been named the winner of the prestigious international design competition for the Sanchagang Port Green Space in Pudong, Shanghai.

We’ve put our Six Qualities of Great Urban Places design framework into practice by analysing four award-winning projects.

Could the renewal of existing buildings be a more forward-thinking and rewarding alternative to bold, iconic architecture? Discover six essential ingredients that can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.

Drawing on global best practice in urban design, we’ve decoded the components of places that deliver for people and planet.

Simple design changes can support people living with dementia, Robina Crook writes for Cities People Love.

The valuable lessons we can take from fires, floods and pandemics.

Creating social value is increasingly at the top of the agenda across the built environment industries. Design is key.

Rethinking urban habitat in the age of climate emergency.

London, Shanghai and Sydney are international cities that each have distinct housing models. 

A glance at any Australian town or city shows one of the world’s oldest continuous cultures is largely absent.

Could we master plan an entire country?

Architecture AU

Resilient cities are more than just sustainable – their connected communities have the capacity to respond to stresses and shocks.

Could ​‘vertical streets’ be the next step in the evolution of the city?

Today, across the world, waterfronts are as fundamental to cities as water is to life.

From pop-ups to playgrounds – temporary projects are as diverse as the communities they engage.

Have we reached the ​‘smart’ tipping point?

World Landscape Architect