Maitiu Ward

Writing, editing & publishing, mostly words on design & cities.

[Maitiu Ward @Mat_Ward]

I had a great chat last Friday with author @PennyCraswell about her fantastic new book Design Lives Here, which captures Australian design objects right at home, in Australian architecture & interiors! Watch the video of the interview online here: https://t.co/aKjOhSCYUa

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Forgotten histories, missing people https://t.co/whDIz2c3CP The first in the Living Cities podcast series that @A_A_Mackenzie & I are hosting for @MPavilion explores the visible & invisible legacies of colonialism (& outright racism) permeating our cities

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On the outskirts of Brisbane, an urban drain takes on a life of its own https://t.co/LUD8UKE0zV living, breathing hydrological infrastructure that can change shape over time, in the middle of the burbs. Truly remarkable stuff from @Landscapology @alanhoban & @IpswichCouncil

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Gothic cathedral meets... mega-mall? https://t.co/XcFT6dZEYp I visited the new @MakeArchitects addition to Chaddy back in April for this @ArchitectsJrnal review. I never thought I'd feel nostalgic for a shopping centre, but here we are...

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What happens when living heritage becomes dead wood?
https://t.co/VNqAnXA45q
Thank you to the @BoydFoundation for sharing with me their efforts to give a 'significant tree' a suitable send-off (& to find a suitable replacement!)

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Rudofsky gave us architecture without architects, Julia Watson gives us infrastructure without engineers https://t.co/NVnM2lgg54 I thoroughly enjoyed talking with Watson for @ForegroundNews about this hopeful, quietly radical book

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Stripes & folds! A huge pleasure working with ⁦@RMIT⁩ & ⁦@okinterrupt⁩ on this book on the influence of Edmond & Corrigan on Australia’s architectural culture. Hardback out now through ⁦@UroPublications⁩ in a limited edition https://t.co/OQhNsBXsmi

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European plazas are becoming increasingly less comfortable places as summer temperatures soar, prompting Gunther Vogt to say "This is interesting for me: aside from climate change, what is the cultural change?" #landscapearchitect
https://t.co/J3wJlT7MPQ

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"Just like Yencken’s Greening of Swanston, there will always be debate about what makes good public space. And that is exactly why we need more radical ideas for our cities" https://t.co/5cFfDyG4Z1 @AILA_National @msdsocial Future Park ideas competition yields some good crazy

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I went on a deep dive editing this fantastic, free-ranging interview between landscape architect Gunther Vogt & @ForegroundNews https://t.co/whGxziEVvK one memorable discovery? Ladakh has infrastructural ice 'stupas'...

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Nightingale Village in Melbourne’s inner north is using the power of the collective to pioneer a potent new model of #SustainableDevelopment. #neighborhood @NightingaleAus @morelandcouncil https://t.co/Azcd8BAP8F

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@benzagami An active role for occupants in the shaping of the street is precisely what the approach is intended to elicit. The detail of how that resolves is yet to be seen, by necessity, as the project’s future occupants are yet to be determined

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@benzagami Hi Ben - we’re interested here in the impact Nightingale Village’s approach might have on the street. The collaborative aspects here relate to what Mark Jacques refers to as the occupants’ ‘agency’, but the Nightingale website has more general info https://t.co/Zwg4DsCute

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“Public space should not be managed as a business” Apple is out of Fed Square. For now. Citizens for Melbourne explain the issues, as well as possibilities for the future... @FedSquare @taniadavidge @Red_Black_Archi @jameslesh #FedSquare @HeritageVic https://t.co/r6rpq64Ge2

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No matter what shade of lipstick, @apple, it's still just a greedy grab for a chunk of Melbourne's most high profile public space https://t.co/QAwB5kon5C #FedSquareNOTAppleSquare

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“Designers must be accountable & state clearly what & who they are fighting for” - Pierre Bélanger
https://t.co/sccJNvgX4n

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In Tasmania, Playstreet is bringing child-life back to urban wilderness https://t.co/5oTHfI7Atz

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To make cities that work for children, we’ll have to overcome our culture of fear https://t.co/1hL3kRQ25T

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Wow: 'Gaudí's first built house set to open to public for first time' -Spain calling (even more loudly than usual) https://t.co/Haw23ayK0y

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Perry Lethlean on Episodic Urbanism - a testament to Peter Elliott's "mastery of the architecture of public space" https://t.co/aykiqJzMvN