A New Community Vision for Brisbane’s Inner City – @KurilpaFutures
A year ago, proposals to pump 11,000 residents and 8,000 office workers into a new neighbourhood dominated by 54 tower blocks rising to 40 storeys were greeted by gasps of astonishment from the paying...
View ArticleCommunity Alliance calls for more time to consider new planning laws #QLDPOL...
Environment and community groups are calling on Minister for Planning, Deputy Premier Jackie Trad to extend the consultation period for the government’s draft planning bills, saying the community has...
View ArticlePeople power for better planning @WestenderNews
In August, a crowd of about 300 supporters at a West End rally called on the Brisbane City Council and the Lord Mayor to engage with local communities on development proposals through open...
View ArticleThe WECA year that was
WECA Annual General Meeting Report On Saturday December 5th, 2015, the West End Community Association (WECA) members and friends gathered for its Annual General meeting in the Uniting Church Hall....
View ArticleQ&A Session for local candidates
Local community organisation Kurilpa Futures Campaign has organised a pre-election Q&A session for next Wednesday night, where candidates for The Gabba Ward and Lord Mayor of Brisbane will be...
View ArticleEnd of an era for Visions Gallery
Visions Gallery to Close Old factories are not always just empty and unproductive eyesores: often, behind the peeling paint and cracked windows, they can be hubs of community creativity. The heritage...
View ArticleFrom Bauhaus to our house – Urban design in Brisbane
“The modern building must be true to itself, logically transparent and virginal of lies or trivialities.” – Walter Gropius on architecture in the early part of the 20th century. Looking out of the bus...
View ArticleChange is happening for West End: how can we protect its ‘essence’ and...
An expert’s advice on how to protect the ‘essence’ and ‘character’ of West End for increased wealth and a thriving community. Darwin said the survival of a species is based on its ability to adapt to...
View ArticleThe loss of our urban green spaces may cost us more than we think
As various new forms of public infrastructure are needed to cater for population growth, the result is often removal of our urban green spaces to make way for it. Reporter Jade Macbeth set off to...
View ArticleCan’t see the forest for the trees: Does environmental offsetting work?
Environmental offsets are a hot topic as areas of high-growth are losing green space to make way for new public infrastructure. The concept is relatively easy to understand, however the implementation...
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