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Tag Archives: Walter Burley Griffin

Marion Mahony Griffin – What A Life!

May 12, 2022biodiversity, books & readings, cultural, design, green infrastructure, heritage, reviews-arts, trees, urban designCanberra, Glenda Korporaal, Making Magic, Marion Mahony Griffin, Walter Burley GriffinPaul Costigan

Particular major urban developments in Canberra have been promoted to be in line with the plans of Marion Mahony Griffin and Walter Burley Griffin or somehow in the spirit of the Griffins.

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Cherry-picking the Griffin’s legacy

January 16, 2017Arts & Culture, governance, Urban, urban developmentACT Government, LDA, Marion Mahoney Griffin, NCA, planning, The Griffin Legacy, Walter Burley GriffinPaul Costigan

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At the meeting in August 2016 on the government’s proposals to redevelop the West Basin of Lake Burley Griffin, the main line taken by the government was that their proposals were based on the Griffin Legacy.

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The Griffin Legacy?

September 14, 2016Arts & Culture, cultural landscapes, governance, Urban, urban design, urban developmentCanberra, planning, The Griffin Legacy, The Griffins, urban development, Walter Burley GriffinPaul Costigan
From the Guardian: Canberra’s vision of the ideal city gets mired in ‘mediocrity’ by Paul Daley

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