Downloads

Protocol

• Creating Places for People—an urban design protocol for Australian Cities [PDF: 2963 KB] []

Factsheets

• Australia [PDF: 785 KB] []
• New South Wales [PDF: 957 KB] []
• Victoria [PDF: 1002 KB] []
• Queensland [PDF: 906 KB] []
• Western Australia [PDF: 792 KB] []
• South Australia [PDF: 921 KB] []
• Tasmania [PDF: 932 KB] []
• Australian Capital Territory [PDF: 1005 KB] []
• Northern Territory [PDF: 1017 KB] []
• Role of Australia's State government architects—article in Urban Design Forum Issue 96 [PDF: 2077 KB] []—A description of the role of each State Government Architect in Australia. Also available on the Urban Design Forum Website

Media Releases

• Australia's First Urban Design Protocol
  The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, launches the urban design protocol at the 5th State of Australian Cities Conference in Melbourne (30 November 2011)
• Lord Mayors welcome Federal focus on excellence in urban design
  Council of Capital City Lord Mayors (30 November 2011)
• Commitment to Best Urban Design Welcomed
  Planning Institute of Australia (30 November 2011)
• 'Best Practice' urban design protocol welcomed
  City of Perth (30 November 2011)
• Good urban design, saves $millions and saves us from inactive lives
  Heart Foundation (30 November 2011)

Presentations

• Building More Liveable Cities
  The Hon Anthony Albanese MP addresses Australian urban designers at a National Urban Design Workshop in Sydney co-hosted by the Major Cities Unit and the Green Building Council of Australia, Sydney, 20 January 2012
• Address to the 5th Annual State of Australian Cities Conference
  The Hon Anthony Albanese MP launches Australia's first ever Urban Design Protocol, University of Melbourne, 30 November 2011
• Creating Places for People: developing Australia’s first urban design protocol [PDF: 3022 KB] []
  PowerPoint presentation by Sara Stace to the 5th International Urban Design Conference, Gold Coast, September 2011.

Urban Design Publications

• Urban Design Forum Quarterly
  A publication on the planning and design of cities and towns in Australia and New Zealand.
• Project for Public Spaces
  A regular Blog and twitter feed on urban design around the world.
• United Kingdom Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
  A website with over 300 publications and 400 case studies on urban design in the UK. CABE was the UK government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space from 1999-2011.
• Urban Design in Australia [PDF: 7824 KB] []
  Report by the Prime Minister’s Urban Design Task Force, 1994
• Links to other resources on urban design can be found on the Protocol principles pages.