Category RESEARCH

BOOK RELEASED ‘LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE & ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Joshua’s book, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sustainability: Creating Positive Change Through Design, has been released by Bloomsbury Publishing on 12 January 2017. The book includes over 200 projects from Turenscape, West 8, James Corner Field Operations, Reed Hilderbrand, Hargreaves Associates, Latz + Partner, Taylor Cullity Lethlean, McGregor Coxall, Peter Walker Partners, Dirt, Ten Eyck Landscape […]

BEYOND CAPABILITY: TOWARDS NEW TERRITORY IN BRITISH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND EDUCATION.
This opinion piece was written during 2015 and 2016, however, did not find a publisher willing to include it. Beyond Capability: towards new territory in British landscape architecture and education Progressive landscape architecture is increasingly engaged in tackling neoliberal strangleholds on our globalised planet. Lateral strategies, plans and visions are harnessing solutions to […]

CURATOR @ 2016 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Joshua has been announced as a Curator for the 2016 International Festival of Landscape Architecture led by Creative Director Professor Richard Weller in Canberra, 27 – 30th October, 2016. The festival is themed NOT IN MY BACKYARD Adventures into the profoundly frightening, deeply uncertain and yet somehow incredibly optimistic landscapes of the 21st century. The four-day […]

YIELD OPERATIONS RESEARCH PRESENTED IN THE NETHERLANDS
Josh verbally presented a research paper at the AESOP 6 Sustainable Food Planning Conference ‘finding spaces for productive cities’ held from 5-7 November in Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. The paper, Yield Operations: (Re)Fitting Urban Agriculture in Existing Green Spaces for Economic and Other Benefits explored the potential for urban agriculture to generate income in existing […]

GROW FOOD NOT LAWNS ARTICLE
Joshua was interviewed for an article “Grow Food Not Lawns: The Fertile World Of Foodscaping”, published in Australian health magazine Wellspring, Eco Issue 2014. The article discussed the foodscaping phenomenon in Australia. Download the article here: wellspring_2014_winter_Grow Food Not Lawns

LECTURE AT MARTHA SCHWARTZ’S LONDON STUDIO
Josh gave a guest lecture on 28th March 2014 at Martha Schwartz’s London studio titled ‘Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sustainability’ where he discussed international projects based on themes of environmental sustainability.

LANDSCAPE JOURNAL PAPER PUBLISHED
Joshua’s article ‘Challenging Assumptions in Urban Restoration Ecology‘ was published in Landscape Journal a internationally leading, peer reviewed journal in Landscape Architecture and associated disciplines. It was part of a special issue themed ‘Multifunctional Landscapes‘. The article examines problems with restoration ecology and the inflexible use of native plants in urban contexts. It briefly explores […]

FOOD RESEARCH TRENDING
Josh’s urban agriculture and food system research has been picked up by various sources and trended on twitter. This reflects increased awareness and interest in the integrity, ethics and resilience of our food systems, and also the quality of food on our plates. See articles here: Gardening, the Root of Community http://www.balancebydeborahhutton.com.au/gardening-the-root-of-the-community/ The Next Trend […]

BEYOND BIODIVERSITY ARTICLE PUBLISHED
Summer 2013: An updated version of Joshua’s ‘Beyond Biodiversity’ article published in the Australian Institute of Landscape Designers & Managers (AILDM) LANDSCAPE outlook Issue 52. Link to download (PDF) here: Beyond Biodiversity LO52

FOOD CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
‘Why Should We Grow Food in Cities? Joshua presented a paper titled ‘Why Should we Grow Food in Cities’ at the University of Essex/Writtle College 5th joint conference in November 2012.