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UDLA UDLA is a collaborative team of multidisciplinary designers delivering landscape-led projects grounded in real places and people.

Studios in Walyalup (Fremantle) & Naarm (Melbourne).

Huge congratulations to our colleague Federica for getting registered with the Australian Institute of Landscape Archite...
16/03/2026

Huge congratulations to our colleague Federica for getting registered with the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA).
Brava!

Draw your favourite WA insect for a chance to win a book! To complement the Deep Time Connections: Language, Lore, and t...
12/03/2026

Draw your favourite WA insect for a chance to win a book! To complement the Deep Time Connections: Language, Lore, and the Trapdoor Spider conversation by Cass Lynch (our previous post), the walls of UDLA’s Walyalup studio will showcase drawings of insects endemic to Western Australia.

How to enter / details:
Choose your favourite insect that’s considered endemic to WA. Draw it in whatever medium you wish.
Email a digital copy of your drawing (5MB or less) to [email protected] before 5pm March 24, 2026. Include the name of the insect, your name and the reason why you chose it.
The drawing will be printed on A4 paper and pinned to the walls of the UDLA studio on the day of Cass Lynch’s talk. It will include your name, the insect’s name and your reason for choosing it.
The winning drawing will win a copy of Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now, featuring a story by Cass Lynch.
Artists retain copyright of all drawings submitted. UDLA reserves the right to publish some submitted drawings (with artist attributions) on our website.

Join us for this conversation about how language, story and care for endemic species can reconnect us to place.In Deep T...
12/03/2026

Join us for this conversation about how language, story and care for endemic species can reconnect us to place.

In Deep Time Connections: Language, Lore and the Trapdoor Spider, Dr Cass Lynch will reflect on collaboration, habitat protection, and the role of language in caring for landscapes.
Cass will also share the story of rescuing 40 trapdoor spiders from construction in the Porongurup Range National Park.

About the event:
Thursday 26 March, 2025 UDLA’s Walyalup Studio
(Level 2 Atwell Building, 3 Cantonment Street, Fremantle, WA, 6160)
Doors open 5.30pm Conversation begins ~6pm.
Pizza, drinks and chats until 8.30pm
Free event. RSVP essential – link in bio!

Photo: Cass Lynch (left) and Leanda Mason inspect a rescued spider. Photo by Duncan Wright.

30/10/2025

We’ve been waiting for the right moment to share this video of long shadows and happy dogs – and what better occasion than to celebrate The Oval at Subi East receiving an Award of Excellence for Cultural Heritage and a Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape at the 2025 AILA National Landscape Architecture Awards.

This project has been a true team effort with OCULUS, DevelopmentWA, Barb Bynder and Farley Garlett from Karrda, and our wider team. We’ve been fortunate to be involved since 2019 – from the business case and masterplan for the 35-hectare site, through to The Oval (the focus of these awards), and now into the next stages, including the 1909 Precinct (the former PMH site).

A huge thank you to everyone involved, and to AILA and the jurors – this recognition means a great deal.

Client:
Aboriginal Country: Whadjuk Country
Location: Subiaco WA
Dates: 2019 - 2024
Landscape Architects, Architects: UDLA x
Aboriginal Development Manager:
Contractors: RJ Vincent (Contractor Stage 1A), Landscape Elements (Contractor Stage 1B)
Collaborators: Stantec (Civil Engineer), Acor (Structural Engineer), PJ Wright (Hydraulic Engineer), 3E (Electrical Engineer) Greco (Change Room Electrical Engineer), Bridge 42 (Project Manager), Apparatus (Public Art Consultant), Studio Field (Heritage Interpretation), Pinion (Irrigation)
Artists of Six Season Bidi / Trail: Rubeun Yorkshire (Birak), David Jones (Bunuru), Lea Taylor (Djeran), Kam Bin Salleh (Makaru), Dellas Bennell (Djilba), Jarni McGuire (Kambarang)
Artwork Technical Consultant: Big Spoon Art Studio
Project Photography: Yvonne Doherty & Miles Noel
This video:

The other day, the UDLA team enjoyed a guided walk at the Kaarakin Black Cockatoo Conservation Centre in the Perth Hills...
20/10/2025

The other day, the UDLA team enjoyed a guided walk at the Kaarakin Black Cockatoo Conservation Centre in the Perth Hills. This primarily volunteer-run organisation does vital work to protect and rehabilitate native species.

Due to habitat loss – and the resulting decline in food sources – many species, including black cockatoos, are struggling. Dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of sick and injured Western Australian black cockatoos, the centre plays a crucial role in their survival. It’s also a special place to visit and support.

Designing for Life: From Verge Gardens to National LandscapesHow can design nurture biodiversity in every corner of our ...
14/10/2025

Designing for Life: From Verge Gardens to National Landscapes
How can design nurture biodiversity in every corner of our neighbourhoods?

Landscape architect Chris Johnstone and community educator Dave Broun share connected perspectives – from the National Arboretum Canberra and Delprat Phytoremediation Garden to the street verges of White Gum Valley.

Together they explore how Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design can create thriving, interconnected habitats — proving that landscape-led interventions can have a big ecological impact.

Plus, explore biodiversity-enhancing projects from across WA on the walls of UDLA’s Walyalup studio.


Details:
Wednesday November 5, 2025
UDLA’s Walyalup Studio
(Level 2 Atwell Building, 3 Cantonment Street, Fremantle, WA, 6160)
Doors open 5.30pm
Conversation begins 6pm
Pizza, drinks and chats until 8.30pm

Free event. RSVP essential. Let us know (link in bio) if you’re joining by 31 October

Last week’s AILA WA Awards were a blast, especially with The Oval at Subi East taking home three honours: an Award of Ex...
05/06/2025

Last week’s AILA WA Awards were a blast, especially with The Oval at Subi East taking home three honours: an Award of Excellence in Cultural Heritage, along with two Landscape Architecture Awards in the categories of Parks and Open Space and Civic Landscape.

Big thanks to the jury, our client DevelopmentWA, and, of course, the team at (who joined us as Lead Design Partner), Barb and Farley from Karrda (the project’s Aboriginal Development Manager) and everyone else who contributed to the project’s success.

Congratulations to all the other winners – we’re looking forward to seeing you at the grand final (a.k.a. the National Awards) at the end of the year.

Client:
Aboriginal Country: Whadjuk Country
Location: Subiaco WA
Dates: 2019 - 2024
Landscape Architects, Architects: UDLA x OCULUS
Aboriginal Development Manager:
Contractors: RJ Vincent (Contractor Stage 1A), Landscape Elements (Contractor Stage 1B)
Collaborators: Stantec (Civil Engineer), Acor (Structural Engineer), PJ Wright (Hydraulic Engineer), 3E (Electrical Engineer) Greco (Change Room Electrical Engineer), Bridge 42 (Project Manager), .art.culture (Public Art Consultant), (Heritage Interpretation), Pinion (Irrigation)
Artists of Six Season Bidi / Trail: (Birak), David Jones (Bunuru), (Djeran), (Makaru), Dellas Bennell (Djilba), (Kambarang)
Artwork Technical Consultant: Big Spoon Art Studio
Photography: Slides 1-3 AILA WA, Slide 4

This time last week, we were back at Scarborough Foreshore, with UDLA’s Shea joining a panel discussion about the projec...
05/06/2025

This time last week, we were back at Scarborough Foreshore, with UDLA’s Shea joining a panel discussion about the project’s design process, challenges and lessons learned.

Thanks to UDIA for organising the event, and to co-panellists Gavin Casey (from ) and Shayne Isbister ( ). And, as always, big shoutouts to TCL and ARUP, who we joined as part of a design consortium to lead the project from design through to delivery.

Client: MRA, in partnership with the City of Stirling
Aboriginal Country: Whadjuk Noongar Country
Location: Scarborough, WA
Dates: 2015 – 2018
Lead Design Consortium: UDLA + +
Collaborators: TRCB (Foreshore Arbors), Enlocus, Electrolight, ETC, Christou Design Group (Pool Precinct), Plan E (Pool Precinct).
Photograph:

Superb news! The Geraldton Green Connect Project’s next stage is officially underway, and we’re excited to once again be...
03/06/2025

Superb news! The Geraldton Green Connect Project’s next stage is officially underway, and we’re excited to once again be working alongside the City of Greater Geraldton, the community, project partners and our wider consultant team. Together, we’ll continue to plan and co-design the transformation of Maitland Park into a multi-use parkland and integrated sustainable transport hub.

More information at the link in our bio.

UDLA (WA) is located in Walyalup (Fremantle) – on the traditional lands and waters of the Whadjuk people of the Noongar ...
27/05/2025

UDLA (WA) is located in Walyalup (Fremantle) – on the traditional lands and waters of the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation.

UDLA (VIC) is located in Naarm (Melbourne) – on the traditional lands and waters of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

UDLA’s approach is grounded in the acknowledgement of Traditional Owners as the original custodians of the lands and waters on which we live and work. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to Elders both past and present.

The Oval at Subi East is part of the latest issue of Landscape Architecture Australia. The edition explores how landscap...
05/05/2025

The Oval at Subi East is part of the latest issue of Landscape Architecture Australia. The edition explores how landscape architects are responding to the climate emergency through the strategies of reducing, reusing and recycling - all of which were employed at Subi East. Big thanks to the team and to Simon Kilbane for the review.

Project credits:
Landscape architects, architects: UDLA & OCULUS
Client:
Aboriginal Development Manager:

Collaborators: Stantec (Civil Engineer), Acor (Structural Enginnee), PJ Wright (Hydraulic Engineer), 3E (Electrical Engineer), Bridge 42 (Project Manager), Apparatus (Public Art Consultant), Studio Field (Heritage Interpretation), Pinion (Irrigation).
Photography:

We’re stoked to see Scarborough Beach named on Tourism Australia’s 2025 Best Australian Beaches list! Completed in 2018,...
13/02/2025

We’re stoked to see Scarborough Beach named on Tourism Australia’s 2025 Best Australian Beaches list!

Completed in 2018, and designed by a UDLA, TCL and ARUP consortium, the $100 million redevelopment of the beach’s 1.6km foreshore helped secure its spot in this year’s ranking, with the iconic destination recognised as Australia’s #1 integrated foreshore, and 8th best beach overall.

According to Brad Farmer, Tourism Australia’s beach ambassador, Scarborough Beach is “just so intrinsically well designed for people and play by the ocean, ticking all the boxes for a perfect beachside destination well into the future.”


Client: MRA (now Development WA), in partnership with the City of Stirling
Aboriginal Country: Whadjuk Noongar Country
Location: Scarborough, WA
Dates: 2015 – 2018
Lead Design Consortium: UDLA + +
Collaborators: TRCB (Foreshore Arbors), Enlocus, Electrolight, ETC, Christou Design Group (Pool Precinct), Plan E (Pool Precinct).
Photography: (slides 1, 3 & 4), .mark.black (slide 2)

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