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“By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.”

In a half century, our society has experienced changes beyond the imagination of all but the most visionary among us. We may lament the change or we may celebrate it; but if one thing is certain in this uncertain world, it is that change is inevitable. The Planning profession has a special responsibility within our society. It is at the heart of how our society evolves, physically, socially and economically.

“..we have seen the change; we have been a part of the change; indeed, we have led much of that change.”

Taylor Burrell Barnett has been a part of the planning and urban design landscape for a half a century now; we have seen the

change; we have been a part of the change; indeed, we have led much of that change. It is a significant milestone for any professional practice to reach, and we are extremely proud to now celebrate this achievement.

This book has been produced to commemorate TBB’s 50 years as a leader in the Planning profession. It is not our complete history, merely a series of moments in time across five decades, particular initiatives that may have influenced directions in planning and urban design, reflections from important people along that journey, and a sneak preview of what might lie ahead. We sincerely hope you enjoy.

Contents

Foreword by Eric Lumsden

Memories from the early days by David Lawn

Welcome to 50 years of TBB by Bill Burrell

From industrial blight to a world-class coastal village

50 years of evolution

Pioneering development in Perth’s south

Insight with Bill Burrell

Pioneers in the Baldivis urban corridor

The birth of country regional planning

Urban infill in the western suburbs

Pioneering design for a new city in Perth’s north

A passion fulfilled by Ben De Marchi

Russell D. Taylor (1927-1996)

Transformative change

Allen Blood (1951- 2018)

Planning Perth’s first greenfield TOD

From student to leader by Samantha Thompson

Perth’s most significant urban regeneration project

The evolution of Perth’s corridor plan

A world-class marina for a world-class coast

An industry leader’s perspective by Warwick Hemsley

Smart urban infill

Perspective from a professional peer by Evan Jones

An advocate for regions by Rachel Chapman

Unlocking the state’s north

Delivering the first Metronet station precinct

Leading growth in the northern suburbs

Shifting the mindset - planning for urban infill

The brand story

Strategic plans to create better places

A journey to leadership by Lex Barnett

Transforming Perth’s largest business park

Innovation in urban renewal

Collaborating for a new growth paradigm

Changing the face of a coastal city

Trends shaping the future of planning and design

More perspectives by Wendy Morris & Chip Kaufman

The final word by David Caddy

Taylor Burrell Barnett has always been led by outstanding professional staff to become a leading edge consultancy in Western Australia.

Taylor Burrell Barnett is a well respected Town Planning Consultancy which has grown in expertise and reputation from rather humble beginnings in an office in West Perth which I have fond memories of from days as a Director of Planning and CEO at the City of Swan. The office has a very sound background from its early days in Surveying, Civic Design and Town and Regional Planning, the very backbone of this great state of Western Australia. It has always been led by outstanding professional staff to become a leading edge consultancy in Western Australia. The consultancy has promoted progressive and innovative change in Town and Regional Planning practice and has been a wonderful mentor and supporter of young professionals. As a person who has, over the years benefited from the company and its expertise in my many roles as a CEO in Local Governments, the Director General of Transport and Town Planning and then a previous Chair of the Planning Commission I well and truly understand the huge benefit the consultancy has made to the changing landscape of Perth and the whole state.

Many members of the public have and still are enjoying the wonderful housing choices, sustainable estates and fantastic lifestyles overseen by Taylor Burrell Barnett. It is with real pleasure to have this honour to acknowledge the consultancy and its celebration of 50 years of ongoing contribution to our great state and I know this will continue well into the foreseeable future. Well Done. Eric Lumsden PIA Life Fellow, PSM, AM

Eric Lumsden tragically passed away on the 17th December 2019, after a long battle with cancer. He penned this note 10 days before his passing. Eric will be remembered for his life-long commitment to planning excellence, his knowledge and integrity, and his willingness to give freely of his time to mentor others. The partners and many of the senior staff of TBB were friends and close colleagues of Eric and will miss him greatly.

Welcome to 50 years of TBB by Bill Burrell

It was 50 years ago in October 1969, when Russell Dalton Taylor and I first established the planning and urban design relationship that has blossomed into the TBB practice of today.

The firm of Taylor McMullen Cotterell and Burrell (TMCB) was formed a year after my arrival from Sydney (1970) and was geared up to meet the heavy demands of a fast-developing state. The group contained surveyors, planners, architects, drafters, photogrammetrists and support staff totalling around 70 people.

Russell at the outset, exuded a passion for planning the landscape that he loved, particularly the rural environment. So, it was not surprising that he led the firm down the pathway of urban and regional planning, landform analysis, zoning and codification, and urban design.

During the early 70’s under Russell’s leadership and mentoring, the firm took planning to a new level in Papua New Guinea, carrying out urban development studies of Lae, Madang and Mt Hagen. This experience together with planning and design work in Canberra and community-based liaison with the Jigalong traditional owners east of Newman helped diversify the firm’s experience.

Russell was a man of few words but he was eloquent with

The key challenge for Whilst closer to home, in 1973 the newly formed “Russell Taylor planning to remain often the on wheels outcomes. & William Burrell” is established the Clive Street, West Perth office One has to oiled continue the of negotiated problem experienced in other learning curve through life and states. and promoted town planning and urban design through regional, strategically aware of longer that means travel and conversation So one might not do things all that sub-regional, local studies, schemes and subdivision. Rus and about world’s best practice. differently, but having the wisdom Bill were invited to carry out the Eastern Corridor Study in term options whilst being Traditional organic forms of city of hindsight, one might have collaboration with Professor Gordon Stephenson. and town building which reflect tackled planning reform sooner. nimble in solving short human scale and have led to the adoption of a philosophy that term problems. supports a built form guideline What are the lessons you’ve government and vested a strong sense of fairness in hislocal dealings with people. As an learned? In hindsight is there them in the state, thus avoiding advocate and story teller, he found that a little ‘rough red’ anything you’d do differently? much of the vested interest

approach to development, rather than pure subdivision of land. Interestingly, this has led to planning policies and frameworks that have a higher degree of intervention dealing with matters of built form, density, diversity and activation of the public domain (e.g. Liveable Neighbourhoods). Looking back, planning in Western Australia was streets ahead of the other states because of leadership both at the political level and the key agencies, namely the Town Planning Board and the City of Perth. The Town Planning and Development Act of 1929 took away subdivision powers from

What are some of your career highlights?

Career highlights include teaming up with Russell Dalton Taylor, who set up the only other planning consultancy in WA back in the mid 1960s (Margaret Feilman was the other practitioner). Crossing the Nullarbor in my trusted Citroen DS with my wife’s garden plants loaded in the back with their roots wrapped in moist newspaper, stands out as a life changing experience. I met Russell at the foot of Greenmount Hill where his humanity and hospitality took over in October 1969.

That study and the Midland Sub-Regional Study were completed in February 1978. It became apparent that good design and sustainable urbanism that best serves the community was not being practiced effectively. Although the Region Schemes and Local Town Planning Schemes had produced enviable results for Perth and the wider regions of WA, there was little guidance to promote built form and great public realm. TBB recognised that traditional urbanism needed to be codified so in 1995, in collaboration with Evan Jones representing the WA Planning Commission, Chip Kaufman and Wendy Morris, Fred Zuideveld, Jim Higgs and a team of like-minded professionals, the Community Code Workshops were launched. The finished work, known as “Liveable Neighbourhoods” was released in 1997 and adopted as Operational Policy in October 2007.

Some of the firm’s projects at that time promoted the principles of Liveable Neighbourhoods. These included the use of back lanes, providing an interconnected network of streets, ensuring that public spaces (including streets and lanes) are safe, legible and walkable and encouraging daily-use shopping and services within a mixed-use urban environment. These projects are Joondalup City North; Ascot Waters; Harbour Rise - Hillarys; Mandurah Ocean Marina. Following Russell’s passing (5 August 1996) the firm reinvented itself through the addition of Lex Barnett, Ben De Marchi and Rachel Chapman. Samantha Thompson continued her loyal support and the team grew back to previous strength. At TBB you will find a dedicated group of professionals that not only design great places but recognise traditional urban design principles and manage its delivery.

50 years of evolution Taylor Burrell Barnett 1997 Lex Barnett became Partner

1970 Bill Burrell became Partner

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Allen Blood became Partner

David Lawn became Partner

New Taylor Burrell brand created by Ken Cato

2001 Evolution of the TBB Brandmark

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Liveable Neighbourhoods Community Design Code International Charter Award by Congress for New Urbanism (USA)

Mandurah Ocean Marina Marine Industries Federation Marina of the Year, Australian Tourism Marina of the Year and Australian Club Marina of the Year

2001 Ascot Waters UDIA National - Award for Excellence in Residential Development

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Mandurah Ocean Marina - ULA Asia Pacific Region - International - Best Masterplanned Development and PIANC - Jack Nichol Memorial Award for Excellence in Marina Design

Rachel Chapman became Partner

Mandurah Ocean Marina AIPM National - Project Director of the Year

1970 Russell Taylor & Partners changed to Taylor McMullen Cotterell & Burrell

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Taylor Burrell changed name to Taylor Burrell Barnett

Harbour Rise UDIA National Award for Excellence - Residential Development 250 lots or more

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2016 Bill Burrell won the PIA WA W.E. Bold Medal Award recognising lifetime achievement in planning.

TBB celebrated 50 years of shaping communities

2012 Port Coogee UDIA National - Award for Excellence Residential Development

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Ian Everett became Partner

1973 Taylor & Burrell formed.

1989 Thompson Taylor & Burrell (Bunbury) commenced operation

1999 1993 Ayton Taylor & Burrell (Albany) commenced operation.

Perth Urban Development

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Liveable Neighbourhoods Community Design Code RAPI National Award for Excellence in Planning

2000 Ascot Waters RAPI National - Award for Excellence in Planning Development or Housing and Marlston Hill, Bunbury UDIA National - Award for Urban Renewal

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Oxford Centre Study RAPI National - Award for Planning Excellence Urban Design: Plans and Ideas

New Taylor Burrell Barnett brand created by Ken Cato

Samantha Thompson became Partner

2005 2003 Ben De Marchi became Partner

Western Sydney Urban Land Release Congress of New Urbanism (USA) Special Commendation

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Port Coogee. Property Council of Australia National - Award for Innovation and Excellence Best Master Planned Community

TBB moved offices to the Perth CBD 160 St Georges Terrace

Nicheliving Willetton UDIA WA Awards for Excellence - Excellence in Affordable Development

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Insight

What are some of your career highlights?

A conversation with Bill Burrell You commenced your professional life as a surveyor. When did you first get involved in planning and why planning? I was fortunate, both in terms of timing and exposure to great mentors, that the surveying degree had units of town planning, as did the Surveyor’s Registration Certificate and the Surveyor General gave me the chance to study civic design under Prof Stein Eiler Rasmussen for a year. This lit the fire of interest in planning for me.

How has planning changed over the years? Planning has become increasingly complex and time consuming. When Prof Gordon Stephenson laid out the region plan for Perth, there were few people living in the paddocks created by the red and blue road network and even fewer issues to be resolved. With increasing population, densities, and a wider range of lifestyle choices being expressed in the market, planning has to respond to the detailed requirements and demands of the community. The clarity of region and district planning that creates towns and cities has become confused by the myriad of single issue policies, not to mention the imperatives of short term political agendas.

Career highlights include teaming up with Russell Dalton Taylor, who set up the only other planning consultancy in WA back in the mid 1960s (Margaret Feilman was the other practitioner).

What do you see as the critical issues for planning moving forward? Planning should be recognised as the means by which community aspirations and political agendas can be brought together into a coherent strategy for town and city building. Planning can provide the fertile ground for ideas and visions that the community can debate and relate to. With the dramatic advancement in information transfer in recent years, the key challenge for planning is to remain strategically aware of longer term options whilst being nimble in solving short term problems.

What are the lessons you’ve learned? In hindsight is there anything you’d do differently? One has to continue on the learning curve through life and that means travel and conversation about world’s best practice. Traditional organic forms of city and town building which reflect human scale have led to the adoption of a philosophy that supports a built form guideline approach to development, rather than pure subdivision of land. Interestingly, this has led to planning policies and frameworks that have a higher degree of intervention dealing with matters of built form, density, diversity and activation of the public domain (e.g. Liveable Neighbourhoods). Looking back, planning in Western Australia was streets ahead of the other states because of leadership both at the political level and the key agencies, namely the Town Planning Board and the City of Perth. The Town Planning and Development Act of 1929 took away subdivision powers from local government and vested them in the state, thus avoiding much of the vested interest problem experienced in other states.

But most important are those folk who perform professionally and exude friendship at the same time. Many of them are friends and colleagues who are always willing to pursue the fairest outcome with public equity balance always in the conversation after all, that is what planners are supposedto do.

You have to be an effective member of society and, as a planning professional, you have to have a philosophical view of cities, towns, neighbourhoods, districts, corridors, blocks, streets, buildings and landscape.

Crossing the Nullarbor in my trusted Citroen DS with my wife’s garden plants loaded in the back with their roots wrapped in moist newspaper, stands out as a life changing experience. I met Russell at the foot of Greenmount Hill where his humanity and hospitality took over in October 1969.

You can see the results of your hard work on the ground. Name a few of your favourite projects and why? Projects that linger in one’s mind because of the quality of the built environment, attention to detail and the dedication of the client group, would include Joondalup City North, Harbour Rise, Ascot Waters, Liveable Neighbourhoods, Mandurah Ocean Marina and Port Coogee.

Have you had any mentors in your career that you really looked up to?

Individuals like Russell Taylor have left their legacy on my work. So too have the directors and staff of Taylor Burrell Barnett.

What has given you the most pleasure in your Career?

Continuing to work, sketching or drawing, with the support of friends and colleagues over the years. To be able to express built form in graphics and colour so that it can be debated and improved upon by the community. Workshops, place making, design charettes, masterclass work and the occasional peer review have all left their mark, mostly in a positive manner.

Any advice for young planners starting their careers? Young planners should travel, record and sketch what you see, get involved with thought-provoking debates, conferences, masterclasses, put forward ideas but with humility and listen to others. In the end though, you can’t sit on the fence. You have to be an effective member of society and, as a planning professional, you have to have a philosophical view of cities, towns, neighbourhoods, districts, corridors, blocks, streets, buildings and landscape.

Mentors, I have many. There are those who have led philosophical thought such as Leon Krier and his work with the Prince’s Foundation. There are organisations such as the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), which promotes better cities and towns, neighbourhoods, the district and the corridor, the block, the street and the building through its charter.

So one might not do things all that differently, but having the wisdom of hindsight, one might have tackled planning reform sooner.

The birth of country regional planning Bunbury region Client State Planning Commision Date 1996

TBB were engaged by the State Planning Commission in 1986 to prepare the Bunbury Region Plan involving the City of Bunbury and shires of Capel, Dardanup and Harvey. The region plan was a policy document which contained policy statements for 23 areas. It laid out the regional framework for Bunbury and its surrounds, including the outer ring road; the new inner harbour; the cutting of the north shore link (both road and rail); planning for cyclone impacts in low lying areas; as well as creating new and emerging industrial areas at Picton and Kemerton.

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Planning for change required a strategic approach and, as a result of this work, TBB were subsequently engaged to undertake a review of the City of Bunbury Town Planning Scheme 6 and provide advice on the Bunbury Region Plan. Outer Harbour, Bunbury

Many more projects in Bunbury followed, including the Marlston Hill and Marlston Waterfront developments. These projects involved the redevelopment and rehabilitation of port related industrial areas, comprising petrol tankers, sewage farms and railways. The objective was to create a Port Village and connect the city centre to its waterfront and create a seamless extension of the Bunbury CBD street grid. By incorporating traditional relationships of built form to streetscapes, with an understanding of contemporary architecture, the project helped reunite Bunbury with its harbour front.

Marlston Hill and Marlston Waterfront projects re-energised Bunbury CBD and facilitated connection to Waterfront (2007)

Corridor Plan prepared - to allow low density, car dependent, urban expansion of the Perth Metropolitan Region through linear urban corridors radiating out from a regional centre separated by green spaces.

1970 Average cost of a new house - $23,450.00.

The redevelopment became the key catalyst for re-energising the CBD and Bunbury Waterfront. The government continues to invest in the Bunbury Waterfront precinct and is now investigating transforming the Bunbury outer harbour from an ageing industrial site, into a mixed use marina precinct. Redevelopment of Bunbury Outer Harbour in the future will complete the revitalisation of the CBD and Waterfront connection.

The Original Marlston Hill Vision

Jetty Baths Park, with Marlston Waterfront Mixed Use Precinct and Housing Diversity throughout Bunbury CBD

Pioneering design for a new city in Perth’s north Joondalup City Centre and City North Client LandCorp plus various developers Area 80 hectares

The new Joondalup City Centre began in 1976 with the Joondalup Centre Act and the Joondalup Development Corporation, which in 1992 merged into LandCorp (formerly known as) the state’s development agency. The city centre was established to serve the rapidly-growing northern corridor of Perth.

Joondalup - 1981

Joondalup - 1995

Joondalup - 2019

Joondalup’s Development Plan identified several ‘main street’ districts. Of particular interest were City North (just north of Shenton Avenue and Moore Drive), Lakeside (east of Lakeside Drive) as well as the central mixed use streets around Reid Promenade and Boas Street. Joondalup City North was the first residential precinct. It pioneered rear laneways and smaller terrace lots, as well as live-work housing. A small local neighbourhood centre was established on Regents Park Road near Notting Hill Street.It is a fine-grained, mixed-use walkable inner city neighbourhood, combining pragmatic design with new urbanist principles. Commencing work in 1992, TBB designed the precinct based on traditional concepts including: • mixed living and working environments; • interconnected neighbourhood streets based on a modified grid; • a legible and responsive inner city built form moulded by design guidelines; and • a diversity of apartments, terrace housing and town-houses.

Joondalup Lakeside residential precinct and Joondalup City Centre

This project proved significant because of its adherence to the emerging Liveable Neighbourhood criteria. The Joondalup Development Corporation supported the concept and constructed Plaistowe Street and laneways. This resulted in selected builders constructing houses that responded to the streets and laneways as planned. Local shops merge well with three-storey home businesses and medium-density terraces. Throughout Joondalup City Centre the public realm is of a high quality - with excellent footpaths, verge planting, urban art, tree retention and park establishment. This provides a unifying and complementary setting to the generally high standard of built streetscapes.

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1975 Gough Whitlam, dismissed as Prime Minister of Australia.

City North is regarded as a successful and highly marketable neighbourhood, which was further recognised by a RAPI Award for Excellence (1995). In addition to helping to plan other components of the city centre, TBB also designed the Lakeside and University Village residential precincts along the eastern edge of the city centre.

Joondalup City North residential precinct

Russell D. Taylor (1927-1996)

Allen Blood (1951- 2018)

In memoriam

In May 1996 Allen left the partnership of Taylor Burrell, after 25 years in the practice, and started working for the City of Cockburn as Manager of Strategic Planning. In February 1998, Allen was inducted as a ‘Fellow’ of the Royal Australian Planning Institute.

In the early 1970s Russell was involved in one of Perth’s first small lot housing developments with Taylor Woodrow Corser. He was passionate about planning in the regions and was responsible for many of the country planning schemes of the day. He was also responsible for the acclaimed Chittering Rural Strategy and the Perth Eastern Corridor Strategy that was the genesis of the existing hills settlement network in the Metropolitan Scheme.

Allen spent many years battling cancer, but through all of that time, maintained a Planning role with the City of Cockburn. In December 2008, he became the Coordinator of Strategic Planning at the city, reducing his hours due to a decline in his health, and finally retired from the city on the 12 Feb 2010 due to a further decline in his health. He sadly passed away in 2018.

His love of the land saw him involved in the setting up of a reserve at Two Peoples Bay for the conservation of native fauna. He attended the dedication at which the Duke of Edinburgh shook his hand; legend has it that he issued some expletive to the Duke about the wind and rain – Russell treated everyone in the same matter-of-fact way.

Early days at the Clive Street office

The late Russell Taylor was the founding father of the Planning consultancy that still bears his name a half a century later. More importantly he is among a small group of committed people who were instrumental in advancing planning in Western Australia through the 60s and 70s. Firstly qualified as a surveyor, Russell found himself increasingly involved in the design of suburbs and, eventually towns, venturing across to the Australian Capital Territory to work on the strategy plan for Canberra’s fourth new town of Gungahlin, and out to Papua New Guinea to undertake various urban planning studies. In the mid-1960s Russell headed up the country planning section of the then Town Planning Department. He then went into private practice with Mike McMullen, and was later joined by Gary Cotterell and Bill Burrell. During his involvement in the ACT his subdivision design approach was focussed on achieving the best possible solar orientation for residential lots, which was regarded as being innovative, even in Canberra’s highly planned urban environment.

In a memorial to Russell in the Western Planner (January 1997) it was stated “Russell always said “Walk the site, talk to the locals, research landform and history”. These sayings stemmed from his inherent love of the land and the environment. He insisted on doing adequate homework and working with base mapping that had been checked in the field.” Those who knew Russell well always spoke of his generosity of time and knowledge. “He gave time to students, clients and friends. He established a student prize for Excellence in Planning at Curtin University and encourages professionals to take their profession seriously” (Western Planner 1997). He was loved by his family and by his professional friends. While he was actually a very private person, he was a very prominent and influential figure in planning during his time. His influence, his values, his legacy remain today in the history of planning in WA, the memories of those who knew him, and importantly, remain embedded in the values of the company he established 50 years ago.

Some typical christmas antics

Allen and Marchel in more recent years

Allen was an extraordinary and talented planner, an incredible mentor and leader and he gladly shared his time with clients, colleagues and friends. Allen was responsible for the design and implementation of many of Taylor Burrell Barnett’s land development projects through the 1980s and 1990s.

In 1971 Allen joined Russell and Bill to pursue town planning and urban design and from the outset he displayed a creative, hands-on approach to private practice. Allen’s enthusiasm for design and practical solutions was willingly shared with clients and colleagues throughout his career. Allen was offered a scholarship at the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University) and studied Town Planning. In 1972 Allen graduated from WAIT with a degree in Town and Regional Planning and started working for Taylor McMullen Cotterell and Burrell. After a short time with the firm, Allen was asked to work in Papua New Guinea and eventually ran the office up there for a few years at the young age of 22 being mentored by David Gray. On his return in 1975, he was invited to become an Associate of the company and later a partner joining Russell, Bill and David Lawn. It was upon his return to Perth that he met his future wife Marchel Singor, who was also working at Taylor Burrell as a typist.

Allen and Marchel during their time at Taylor Burrell

From student to leader Samantha Thompson Fortunately for me, Taylor Burrell was my first, and as it turns out, the last job interview I have had. Some 27 years later I couldn’t be more pleased with my decision to take up the position offered by Bill Burrell and Allen Blood in March 1992. TBB has provided me with amazing opportunities and I’ve been blessed to be involved in a number of significant and innovative projects that have shaped our beautiful State. I will forever be grateful to Russell, Bill, Allen and David for taking a chance on me. I’m especially thankful to Bill for providing the opportunity to work with him on many wonderful projects. I feel truly honoured to have had one-on-one mentoring from one of our profession’s greatest. I have always respected the values, integrity and ideals of TBB and am honoured to work alongside a group of highly respected professionals and wonderful human beings. Working for Taylor Burrell Barnett has been nothing short of an incredible experience. I’ve had the privilege of being mentored by, and worked alongside, all of the company’s directors including the founding partners - Russell Taylor, Bill Burrell, David Lawn and Allen Blood; as well as Ian Everett, Lex Barnett, Ben DeMarchi and Rachel Chapman.

I have also been very fortunate to have helped shape some of the firm’s iconic projects including Mandurah Ocean Marina, Port Coogee, Liveable Neighbourhoods, Ascot Waters, Marlston Hill/Waterfront/Outer Harbour, Joondalup City North, Claremont Town Centre, to name a few. All of these projects have challenged the norm, have been innovative and shaped policy to create better communities. I’ve also had the privilege of working with some amazingly talented people, many of whom have been long-time employees of the firm. Whilst some are no longer with TBB, they all have a very special place in our company’s history and will always be part of the TBB family. I’ve also experienced some of the more tumultuous times, including the passing of Russell Taylor and the departure of Allen Blood and Ian Everett from the partnership. It was an extremely challenging time for everyone, but Bill was determined to rebuild and continue the legacy, which he did with the support of the staff and Lex Barnett who joined the partnership soon after. We have also enjoyed many years of relationships with valued and loyal clients and like-minded colleagues. It is these relationships that make the work we do even more enjoyable. Through the years we have seen these relationships evolve, and although people have come and gone, the shared values and strong bonds forged has resulted in a shared respect and alignment with our common goal – shaping exceptional places where communities prosper and people belong.

Ascot Waters embodies Liveable Neighbourhoods design outcomes. I am extremely privileged to have worked alongside the masterminds of the former WA Community Code and Liveable Neighbourhoods. (Bill Burrell, Evan Jones, Wendy Morris, Chip Kaufman, Jimmy Higgs and Bruce Aulabaugh) Today I remain extremely passionate about all that it stands for.

Urban planners are tasked with tackling some of society’s toughest challenges. From critical housing issues in our major cities to climate change and resilience across the country, planners are working to address how we will support the next generation of growth while fostering sustainable and equitable communities. Urban data has grown in leaps and bounds, yet it’s more difficult than ever to distil this information into actionable insights to support smart, data-driven planning. My vision for the future is to ensure we as planners are able to use data and technology to more efficiently identify and measure the urban problems we are trying to solve, apply appropriate technologies at appropriate scale to validate and provide evidence to support the principles behind smart growth/cities and adjust policy settings to respond accordingly. ‘Ordinary people are capable of doing wonderful things’ Jane Jacobs Mandurah Ocean Marina (voted world’s best Marina 2011) was a major catalyst for the rejuvenation of the Mandurah CBD, and the first marina incorporating the ‘Venetian waterways’ concept in the southern hemisphere

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Always at the forefront of planning in WA, Taylor and Burrell undertook a study of Perth’s eastern corridor in 1978. The structured plan included technical studies on landform, population, employment, transportation and development scenarios. The study recommended the concept of separate, identifiable communities - each with a limited size to maintain the character and lifestyle within the corridor. The option of dispersed communities recommended 14,500 people living in the urban zone and 12,000 people living in rural lots within the hills, all linked by a system of parks and open spaces.

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A further milestone in corridor planning, the Rockingham Sub-Regional Centre Development Plan was completed by TBB in March 1982 for a consortium of land owners. This provided for the continuous expansion and development of the sub-region to approximately three times its size. The recommendation to adopt a Central City Area zone has been the focus of planning for decades since. The plan also aimed to reduce the impact of car parks and the dominance of the enclosed shopping mall. Further, it recommended basement parking under the shopping complex and the creation of an external Main Street to cater for extended shopping hours. #

The planned linear urban corridors with distinctive characteristics radiated out from regional centres and were separated by green spaces. These five centres were Fremantle, Midland, Armadale, Joondalup and Rockingham. The corridors were served by public transport spines, initially in the form of busways and later railways, to provide rapid movement to the regional centres.

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An industry leader’s perspective

Perspective from a professional peer

Warwick Hemsley, former Director and Managing Director of Peet Limited for over 20 years and current Chairman of Hemsley Paterson

Evan Jones, Principal, Responsive Environments; former Executive Director, Dept of Planning; former Planning Director, Multiplex

It is an honour to be asked for some recollections about Taylor Burrell Barnett as this proud and distinguished firm celebrates 50 years of service to the Western Australian community. During my 26 year involvement with Peet limited, 17 of those years as CEO, I was afforded the opportunity to work closely with Taylor Burrell Barnett and this was always a privilege. Aside from the obvious highly professional and distinguished skills as town planners there was always an inner peace radiated from the firm which gave you a quiet confidence about their work.

What were some of the most important projects on which you collaborated with TBB?

We also pioneered major projects in Forrestdale and Oakford with the help of Taylor Burrell Barnett, and then later on the transit oriented development of Wellard when we worked closely with Bill Burrell to win the joint venture bid with Department of Housing and Works. Bill was no spring chicken by that stage, however he dusted off his feathers and rose to the occasion. The project subsequently won a UDIA award for excellence. The firm had a keen interest in transit oriented development and this was a great opportunity to exercise their skills and apply their knowledge. It is no mean feat to stay dominant in a fast evolving profession like town planning for 10 years let alone for 50 years and it is testament to the character, skill and professionalism of their principals and the management team over those 50 years. Congratulations Taylor Burrell Barnett; happy 50th birthday!

This approach came naturally to Russell Taylor and Bill Burrell. And while the hurly burly of development had probably notched up a bit by the 80s, with the appointment of people like the late great Allen Blood, Lex Barnett and Samantha Thompson, the firm always managed to maintain a dominant position in what was starting to become a highly competitive professional market.

Liveable Neighbourhoods, or the Community Design Code as it was then known was drafted at the TBB offices. Bill Burrell literally had an open door for drafting with Wendy Morris of Ecologically Sustainable Design, Jim Higgs of TTM consulting, myself and others. Sydney Growth Centres. Bill Burrell was an integral member of the design team through which we designed for the NSW Government two massive growth centres totalling 160,000 dwellings in two Design Charrettes.

Give us one or two interesting background facts about yourself Personal: in the last 18 months I have bike-packed solo over 2,000 kilometres: 1,100km from Mundaring to Albany on the Mundu Biddi Trail and 900km from Adelaide to the Flinders Ranges on the Mawson Trail. Next one the Tasmanian Trail! Planning geek: I have drafted planning legislation that has been passed by 4 different State Parliaments.

Russell Taylor and Bill Burrell were originally surveyors and accordingly had a close understanding of how built form works with landscape. This understanding was evident in all their work - well before environment and place-making became their own specialties. The passion for landscape and town has been passed through the company DNA and into their projects of today.

Tell us about your relationship with Taylor Burrell/TBB

Happy memories flow when I think of the good work we did with Allen Blood on the very successful Burns Beach /Kinross project over many years.

I have had a long standing relationship with TBB. The first was in 1981 as the Planning Department’s officer for the North West Corridor where Russell Taylor as an applicant kindly tried to explain French-curved culs-de-sac to me – as unfathomable to me now as then.

During the 1990s we took on the major Lakelands project on the north side of Mandurah and worked up a fine project with major commercial and railway, together with regional open space.

The second was in the 1990s and 2000s when I hired Bill Burrell for Government strategic planning projects in W.A. and N.S.W.

A tricky project to get approved, we could always rely on the fine planning advice of Taylor Burrell Barnett.

Do you have any other particular memories and/or thoughts about TBB and its people?

Allen Blood (centre) surrounded by Tony Lennon (left) Peet Chairman, Wayne Currie (behind) Sinclair Knight Director and Warwick Hemsley, Peet CEO

The third has been working with TBB at intervals on thought leadership as the company continually strives for best practice. Evan Jones, Ben De Marchi, Paul Conti, Eric Lumsden, Nola Burrell and Bill Burrell at the opening of the new Subiaco office building in 2012.

Unlocking the state’s north

Through the preparation of Schemes and Local Planning Strategies, TBB continues to play an important role in shaping the towns of the Pilbara, Kimberley and Gascoyne regions, for the City of Karratha, Town of Port Hedland, Shire of East Pilbara, Shire of Ashburton, Shire of Wyndham - East Kimberley, Shire of Exmouth and Shire of Shark Bay. It is no doubt that TBB’s reputation and legacy in the Pilbara has lead us to be the planning consultants of choice in the region today, with current and ongoing work in Karratha, Wickham, Dampier, Paraburdoo, Tom Price, Exmouth, Shark Bay, Carnarvon, Broome and Port Hedland. Today, our reach extends much further to places like Geraldton, where TBB have a strong relationship with the growth of the Regional Centre, including planning for a population of 52,000 by 2031 and, beyond that, an aspirational target of 100,000 people in the City of Greater Geraldton, through the preparation and ongoing review of its Local Planning Strategy. Exmouth Marina - Novatel Resort

Planning for the Exmouth Marina in 2001

TBB has a long history of providing services to the regions, including planning and designing new towns and expanding towns across WA and overseas. There aren’t many towns that TBB, or its founding partners, haven’t left their mark on.

TBB has also offered its planning and design services to remote areas, including communities in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions and APY lands in South Australia, with Roger Stein and Rachel Chapman taking the lead. TBB’s commitment to Aboriginal community development can be measured by the number of Community Layout Plans prepared in these regions since 2000. This has helped secure funding for future housing and infrastructure improvements. The plans also ensure developments proceeds in an orderly and planned manner, taking into consideration location of dwellings in relation to existing services; and incompatible uses which has potential to impact the health and safety of residents (like power stations, waste disposal and treatment areas). Essentially, the remote Aboriginal communities are offered the same services and considerations as planning for towns or suburbs, with the same amenities safeguarded. These communities include Warralong, Warmum, Parnpajinya, Jigalong, Kurinyijarn and Yiyili, to name a few.

TBB’s role in developing Pilbara towns stems back to its beginnings 50 years ago and extends to today. Karratha, Paraburdoo and Wickham were all planned and developed in the late 60s and early 70s soon after Rio Tinto’s first iron ore mine, Mount Tom Price Mine, opened in 1966. Karratha, a former pastoral station, began to develop as a town in 1969 (the same year Bill joined the practice with Russel), followed by Wickham in 1971 and Paraburdoo in 1972. “I recall in 2008, when I first started working on the expansion of Wickham town site for Rio Tinto to support the increased iron ore export capacity at the Cape Lambert Port, Bill’s stories on the planning of the original town. Some 40 to 50 years on, TBB is back planning for the next major expansion phases of Wickham, Tom Price and Paraburdoo”. Rachel Chapman

Canarvon Fascine Structure Plan for LandCorp in 1994

A moment in time... Wickham Townsite expansion planning for Rio Tinto 2008

1986 The Environmental Protection Authority was established for the conservation, preservation, protection, enhancement and management of the environment.

1988 Swan River Trust established to address management of the Swan and Canning Rivers under the Swan River Trust Act 1988

Rachel joins the elders and other community members in the planning of the future layout of Yiyili.

Leading growth in the northern suburbs

TBB has been at the forefront of exploring subregional structuring of the northern corridor (now the north west corridor) and its many place-making gems. TBB’s involvement in the northern corridor commenced with the planning and design of fledgling suburbs such as Hillarys (Whitfords), Kallaroo and Craigie from 1972 to 1976, Kinross (1977 to 2000), Mindarie Keys (1984 to 1997), and Merriwa (1988 to 2000). With many projects and places through the Cities of Wanneroo, Joondalup and Swan designed and planned by TBB through the decades, other key examples include Harbour Rise at Hillarys (commenced in 1996), Somerly in Clarkson, Shorehaven in Alkimos, Two Rocks and Yanchep. The extension of the directional grid of roads northward along the northern corridor to Yanchep, followed by the passenger rail network, presented development opportunities and brave experiments in urban design. North Shore Estate at Kallaroo was planned in 1981 as a distinctive estate capitalising on its natural topography and close proximity to the waterfront and ocean views.

The planned environment was carefully remoulded to achieve a balance between the retention of limited natural vegetation in linear parkland, earthworks and landscaping. Mindarie Keys (1984) featured an inland harbour with surrounding residential units, tourist facilities, tavern and restaurant. The harbour, marina and private water frontage were excavated from the site’s coastal limestone, enabling flooding of the harbour form post construction. This resulted in a harbour catering for some 400 boats, a mixed use village precinct, food and beverage and specialty shopping supporting 2000 dwelling units.

Harbour Rise and Whitfords Beach Estate in Hillarys and North Shore Estate in Kallaroo.

A moment in time...

1989

Quinns - Mindarie Concept

The Berlin Wall is torn down at the end of the Cold War.

Harbour Rise, Hillarys stands out as one of the projects that has a strong integration with the adjacent Hillarys Boat Harbour, which forms the ‘town centre’ for the residential area consistent with the principles of Liveable Neighbourhoods. A collaborative and inclusive approach was employed during the early phases of planning at Harbour Rise given the newness of the New Urbanism concept at the time. Through a participative approach, general support for the design philosophy and an innovative concept plan was achieved - providing confidence to proceed with more detailed planning. Harbour Rise successfully achieved a variety of density outcomes to create diversity and lifestyle choices in close proximity to the ocean and regional recreation and commercial facilities. Harbour Rise, Hillarys

The brand story A tapestry through time The TBB logo has evolved over the years. It tells a story of a philosophy, a vision, a purpose and a commitment. It stems from the past, explores the present and imagines the future.

2008

2008 - Final Logo

Ken Cato had a deep understanding of the firm’s values, encapsulated in a simple handwritten note from Bill to Ken, which became the foundation of the new brand.

The rebrand embedded the firm’s new urbanist principles, the deep knowledge of the past and the culture and forms of successful places with the name Taylor Burrell Barnett, to represent a clear purpose for our planning and urban design work.

2001 The logo was revised to recognize the changes to Taylor Burrell Barnett. It encapsulated a more elaborate arrangement and pattern of urban geometry, peri urban fringe and rural hinterland representative of the firms focus and skills.

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2020

1995 TBB wanted to demonstrate their comprehensive understanding and feel for the underlying principles and textures of planning, design and development. The fundamental elements of the land include open space, water and landscape. The fabric of human settlement includes the urban form, streets, gardens, bricks and mortar.

In 1970, Ken Cato established Cato Brand Partners in Melbourne. His work has earned him an acclaimed international reputation and 16 global offices. He has developed some of Australia’s most iconic brand identities including the Qantas, Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie Bank, Channel 7, Coles supermarkets and

2008 Social logic of space Leading the way as new urbanists and conscious of the need for sustainable outcomes the TBB logo rebrand took cues from settlements like Bologna and the “social logic of space”1 and how societies work. The core strength of the centre. Respect for the fabric of the streets at the heart. The need to link the services of the centre to the places beyond.

SBS logos and of course was fundamental in creating the Taylor Burrell logo in the mid-1990s, collaborating closely with Bill and the other Directors. Bill found Ken to be of a like mind, a perfectionist and strategist and fellow design professional. Ken worked with the partners at the time to formulate the early logo design in the 1990s and a

Settlements of mixed use Settlements facilitate change through mixed uses, and subject to the way their evolution is facilitated it may be for better or worse. Following the analysis of major cities in the book the “City in Mind”, the TBB logo represents the vision that sustainable environments must maximise exchange while minimizing the travel necessary to do it.

Integrated neighbourhoods facilitate exchange To maximise exchange, neighbourhoods must be integrated and walkable. Places which encourage business, shopping, green design, healthy communities, vitality and quality of life.

decade on, in the mid 2000s, they joined forces again to work through the rebrand for Taylor Burrell Barnett. Bill drew some sketches and enclosed them with a note to Ken, “Dear Ken, some thoughts on what TBB is About – SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS, regards Bill.” And that was the genesis of the brand that exists today.

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2020 With an established brand and legacy of work spanning 50 years our logo has evolved but maintains the qualities of the past and introduces a contemporary and sensitive design. It represents the TBB commitment to shape exceptional places where communities prosper and people belong.

The Social Logic of Space, Bill Hillier, Julienne Hanson, 1984 The City in Mind, James Howard Kunstler, 2001

A journey to leadership Lex Barnett

Prior to starting with TBB I spent almost 10 years working in local government in both inner metro and regional settings, and then about seven years with other private practices. I had grown professionally to a point where I wanted to explore new challenges and pursue planning directions more aligned to my own values.

I have seen the progressive introduction of the next generation of partners, firstly through bringing on (a still-veryyoung) Ben De Marchi, then the company’s longest serving planner, Samantha Thompson and finally the more recent addition of the very highly respected, Rachel Chapman.

I was always a great admirer of Bill and the company had traditionally worked on many meaningful planning initiatives, both in the city and regions. I felt the business had always displayed values similar to my own. I saw this offer as an opportunity (albeit a risky one) to work with Bill to rebuild the practice into a new and improved model. And so I left the frying pan and leapt into the fire.

Perhaps most importantly, however, is the amazing team of people I have had the privilege of working with over this time. Over the last two decades we have recruited many people; some as young graduates or very early in their careers, who remain with us today; others have been strategic recruitments of highly credentialed specialists who have enriched the work we do, as well as the knowledge of those around them.

Sadly my earliest experience with the practice was to see Russell’s passing. Bill and I quickly bonded with a common intent to start the rebuilding process - spurred on by a couple of equally determined young associates by the names of Samantha Thompson and Karen McStravick (now Wright). Bill had also recruited Peter Ciemitis to fill the design void and shortly thereafter, we employed a very young design graduate by the name of Ben De Marchi. That was my introduction to the practice. We steadily rebuilt the business, helped by a strong sense of loyalty and respect amongst our most important clients, who stayed with us throughout this phase.

I am personally proud to have been (and continue to be) partly responsible for continuing the legacy of a professional practice founded on the values of integrity, authenticity and loyalty.

I have seen the practice involved in many highly influential projects that would make I am personally proud to have been (and continue to be) partly anyone swell with pride. There is nothing responsible for continuing the legacy of a professional practice more gratifying in this profession than involving yourself in projects that will help founded on the values of integrity, authenticity and loyalty. to shape our community. I have witnessed the devastating impact of the GFC and the When Bill approached me to join Taylor Burrell, the practice subsequent, seemingly endless, economic doldrums that this was undergoing a tumultuous change. Russell Taylor state continues to experience even today; and the turmoil was gravely ill and the other partners, Allen Blood and that has created in almost every business associated with Ian Everett, had just left the partnership. Bill was the sole planning and development. Yet another rebuilding phase saw remaining partner and there was some doubt as to whether us weather the storm and emerge stronger and fitter to deal the company could actually recover. with a completely changed economic paradigm.

I genuinely believe these values are a large part of our longevity and explain why we are able to celebrate 50 years in the business with no signs of slowing down.

I have now enjoyed over 23 years with the practice, most of that in the Managing Director’s chair. I have seen Bill flourish with the challenges and eventually take a wellearned retirement. SUCCESSION - The past, present and future leaders of TBB from left to right: Lex Barnett, Bill Burrell, Rachel Chapman, Samantha Thompson, Ben De Marchi

Innovation in urban renewal Ascot Waters Clients Domain Project Development Pty Ltd Estates Development Company Henry Walker Group

Area

100 hectares

TBB guided the project vision to produce a compact, walkable village on the Swan River using interconnected streets and lanes to promote site responsive solutions to problems of contamination, drainage flood mitigation and water quality. To this end TBB challenged the State Government’s brief, which called for a land-locked lake, by introducing the Swan River and a Marina into the heart of the village. The site needed rehabilitation from its previous uses, that included a drive-in theatre, brickworks, clay pit and tip site, and the polluted Belmont drain.

Ascot Waters has many special features, including:

Presenting a high quality public realm along the waterfront with expansive views from the marina and mixed use development

The Building Better Cities Program (BBC), initiated during the term of the Hawke Labor Government and administered by the then Department of Housing and Regional Development (DHRD), can be credited with making the Ascot Waters (formerly Ascot Fields) project possible. The 100-hectare project was a joint state, federal and local government-funded initiative aimed at unlocking formally degraded river foreshore land for a mixture of residential, recreational and environmental uses. The private sector consortium bid that won the tender included an innovative plan by TBB, which diverted some of the waters of the Swan River through the site and cleaned up both the local and wider environment.

A moment in time...

• Quiet walkable streets furnished with footpaths, trees and underground power; • Rear laneways providing rear access for cars, and an improved streetscape securing street tree provision;

Departing from the original brief allowed the Swan River to be introduced into the project and provide access for the Marina

1990 Average Cost of a new house - $123,000.00.

• High amenity open space that links with the river and lake foreshore parks and district cycleway network;

1970 Dr Carmen Lawrence elected as WA’s first female Premier.

• Double frontage ‘five-pack’ housing overlooking both the marina and the street; • Linear park and slotted pipe/bubble-up system as a nutrient management device which also protects a line of mature trees that provide a park focus; • Fresh water lake and boardwalk which attracts waterfowl and migratory birds.

The original Ascot Waters vision

Changing the face of a coastal city Mandurah Ocean Marina

A State Government Taskforce was appointed to oversee the development of the original Mandurah Ocean Marina project in 1998. Taylor Burrell were responsible for the Structure Plan Formulation, Town Planning Scheme Amendment and subsequent Venetian waterway design review. Mandurah Ocean Marina won the Marina Excellence Design Jack Nichol Award (MEDA), naming it the best marina in the world in 2011 and the first-ever Australian winner. Taylor Burrell played a key role, creating a premier and innovative development boasting tourist, marine, commercial and residential components for the local community, while maintaining strong links to existing cultural and Mandurah town centre precincts via an iconic pedestrian bridge. Mandurah Ocean Marina also contains a ‘Venetian’ styled waterway system which includes: • smaller more affordable waterfront lots to suit the Mandurah market; • an interconnected system of narrower waterways with continuous public pedestrian access to the waterfront; and • continuous public, pedestrian access around the periphery of the waterfronts including the internal waterway systems - something extremely unique to Australia. Public access made available via public access easements around the venetian waterways.

Mandurah Ocean Marina (2009) voted world’s best Marina 2011 a major catalyst for the rejuvenation of the Mandurah CBD and the first venetian waterways in the southern hemisphere

Venetian waterways support a range of densities and mixed use, with full public access available to all.

Importantly, the development maximises both tourism and economic outcomes. The mix of land uses and public spaces has resulted in a strong employment and tourist hub. Key challenges for the site included managing the displacement of the caravan park tenants that occupied the site, along with the fishing and sailing clubs and resolving how the various user groups (power boat club, skiers, fishermen, sea rescue, yacht club and DPI port planners) could co-exist to create more efficient outcomes under a single club structure. The planning, design and review process involved public meetings with caravan park tenants, meetings with fishermen, club officials, councillors and officers of the city and the general community. The marina has fast become a tourism icon for the Peel Region and has demonstrated significant economic and community benefits. Combining the club functions has resulted in an extremely successful club facility, which also boasts substantial social membership to ensure its long term economic sustainability.

A moment in time...

1991 The Internet becomes available for unrestricted commercial use.

Timing is everything. The success of the development, including the ability to deliver the Venetian waterways and the extent of density and built form outcomes owes itself to the fortunate economic period during which the development occurred.

More perspectives

Memories from the early days

Wendy Morris & Chip Kaufman (Collaborating Consultants with TBB) Ecologically Sustainable Design Pty Ltd, Melbourne

David Lawn (An early partner of Taylor & Burrell)

What aspects did you most enjoy about your time with the firm?

the Ministry. It is now in its fourth edition. The LN Code has contributed to a major transformation of WA’s urban extensions towards more sustainable urbanism, and that project earned TBB, WA Ministry for Planning (Evan Jones), and ESD a 2001 CNU Charter Award in New York City. Another interesting project we did jointly with TBB was the 2007 South Metro Peel Growth Framework Study, where we indicatively designed several mixed-use transit-oriented growth strategies, including comparative plans for heavy and light rail through that whole corridor.

Memories of TBB Chip Kaufman and Wendy Morris

Background facts about ourselves A phone message from Wendy to come lecture in Melbourne, on Chip’s Sacramento California answer machine in 1991, catalysed our joining forces in 1994 and founding ESD. Shared passions both for New Urbanism and the Outdoors have led to many world journeys to the Grand Canyon, Egypt, Europe, Africa, New Zealand and most of Australia. To catalyse New Urbanism outcomes, we have led dozens of Enquiries by Design and Charrettes across Australia and beyond, ironically operating out of our modest home-office with a staff of two cats.

We relish our friendships with many at TBB, but especially with Bill Burrell as a charming soft-spoken leader. And we remember fondly the many days spent working with the TBB team in the little conference room at Roberts Rd… so often, our ‘home in the West’! TBB contributed significantly to the Australian Council for New Urbanism, including to the New Urbanism Project Books. We also enjoyed Bill and Nola’s company at many Congresses for the New Urbanism in the US, and at all the ACNU congresses across Australia.

Were there any particularly memorable projects?

Tell us a bit about yourself. Well, I am a long retired planner, who has spent my recent years living in different places, growing oranges in Chittering, a few years in York and now settled in Safety Bay. After retiring from Taylor & Burrell some 25 years ago, I spent some years planning ‘part time’ in Chittering, while growing oranges and tomatoes. While my health permitted I was for many years St John Ambulance volunteer which was both rewarding and, at times, harrowing. I am happily still married to the same bird - my lovely wife Onah - two kids and now three grandies all of whom are brilliant scholars (they certainly did NOT get that from me).

I suppose the normalisation of Dampier, Tom Price and Paraburdoo is up there. Two stints in Canberra - one on a high court case for the National Capital Development Commission (NCDC) with some planning on the Lanyon district. The second was structure planning for the then new district of Gunghalin. I remember being happy to leave there just to get away from the infighting within the public service.

Special memories We all worked in seriously adverse conditions in Clive Street (West Perth) and later Roberts Road (Subiaco) - fairly cramped for space and in desperate need of repair. Everybody came to the party repairing the property and making our own furniture.

Personal Quirks I had some but they’ve all gone to the dogs. Old age does that to old horses. We used to sail a lot as family in the river but the best fun was going to Busselton for New Year.

Key projects with TBB The most pivotal joint TBB project was the 1996 Jindalee Design Workshop when, together with TBB and others in a large design workshop, we did a New Urbanist design for the Jindalee growth area of Perth (now Brighton), as a foil to an existing sprawl plan. At its conclusion, Terry Martin, the chief executive of the Ministry of Planning, stood up and declared “Chip and Wendy, you have disrupted our entire world view of urban development, and now we’d damned well better fix it!” This led directly to TBB and ESD producing the Liveable Neighourhoods Community Design Code with Evan Jones of

I think the main thing that stands out for me was simply the people, especially Russ and Bill. It was always a good feeling to be part of the best and most reputable planning company around.

What about your time with Taylor & Burrell?

Jindalee Plan 1996

I joined the Firm as a draftsman somewhere in the 1970s and after completing studies at WAIT (now Curtin Uni), and quickly made my way into doing planning work. I spent almost all of my planning career with Taylor & Burrell - around twenty years in total. While I spent several years afterwards - post retirement - working for the Shire of Chittering, it was supposed to be ‘casual’ part time, but I seem to have managed to create virtually a full time job for myself!

An original sketch by David of office workflow practices

From industrial blight to a world-class coastal village Port Coogee

Original 1995

Development 2007

Development 2019

Given the lifespan of the project, it has been imperative to ensure the project vision is protected as it can sometimes be lost in the evolution of design over the years. Subjecting the design to rigorous review and, importantly, providing the opportunity to assess and add value has been key to the success of the project. Maximising short term achievements can undermine the longer term gains that can be realised in a place that gets better with age.

The Marina Village features a diverse range and scale of built form centered by an active marina to form an idyllic coastal setting.

Port Coogee (originally known as Port Catherine) has a long and colourful history commencing in the early 1990s. It took some 15 years of planning and negotiations to launch Port Coogee from a Special Industry site, containing abattoirs, fellmongers, skin drying sheds, fish processing and bloodlines - to the beautiful coastal urban village of today. In 1996, WAPC entered into a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with the developer to facilitate the remediation of contaminated land and the project agreement between the State Government and the developer was signed. Shifting Cockburn Road eastward was key to the urban structure but site remediation proved complex, as did the Marina construction.

Taylor Burrell pursued the Liveable Neighbourhoods principles using a legible interconnected street network with laneways on a sloping site so the views could be preserved particularly from the street and parkland network. As with any coastal development project, Port Coogee was the subject of intense public scrutiny. Site responsiveness and community lifestyles drove the design of the public domain and built forms to ensure key community values were reflected and public equity delivered through design. The children’s beach, food and beverage facilities and ocean swimming around the Omeo Wreck make Port Coogee an attractive place to live and visit.

Port Coogee is now a unique, high quality, iconic masterplanned coastal community. The estate provides for a range of living opportunities at various densities, including approximately 800 lots and 1,100 apartments, 11ha of public open space/community space and a public marina designed for 300 pens. The jewel in the crown is undoubtedly the Marina Village, encompassing approximately 12,000 square metres of commercial and retail floorspace, which is only now starting to take shape with the recent opening of the Woolworths Supermarket and major apartment developments recently completed. Almost 30 years since its initial design inception, Port Coogee continues to evolve, constantly re-inventing itself to capture contemporary changes while remaining loyal to the vision as an exceptional coastal urban village.

A moment in time...

1991 East Perth Redevelopment Authority (EPRA) established to carry out the renewal of Claisebrook Cove in East Perth.

High quality public realm features and experiences framed by a diversity of housing and lifestyle opportunities

Pioneering development in Perth’s south

2000

Brookland Greens

Canning Vale

Twenty years ago the Canning Vale/Southern River area was considered to be an urban ‘no man’s land’ - neither a coastal nor a foothills environment and with limited apparent appeal. It needed some vision and courage to invest in the pioneering urban development projects in this untested market.

Riverbank

Brookland Park

Brookland Greens and Brookland Park are two of Taylor Burrell’s earlier land development projects from the mid 90s that were a catalyst for the redevelopment of the Canning Vale/Southern River urban cell. Located adjacent the Gosnells Golf Course and within the network of wetlands and regional open space reservations, the landscape setting provides a high-amenity backdrop for the residential estates.

Ambia Nature’s Edge

Twenty years on and the area has reached maturity with The Vale Shopping Centre precinct fully operational and comprising a range of offerings including the Brooklands Tavern, ALDI, the City of Gosnells Amherst Village Public Library and Dome, to name a few. The neighbouring suburb of Southern River has been unfolding over the last five to 10 years and TBB continues to create new residential communities in the area including River Bank and Ambia.

A moment in time... 2019

1992 Brookland Greens

Joondalup passenger rail line opened. The full service to Currambine opened in March 1993.

The Vale Shopping Centre

Riverbank

Brookland Park

Ambia Nature’s Edge

Brookland Greens and Brookland Park

Pioneers in the Baldivis urban corridor

Early sketch of the Settlers Hills Village Centre

Left: Taylor Woodrow’s Settlers Hills Estate 2003 was the first development in the Baldivis Urban corridor and included finalisation of the Safety Bay road alignment along with protection of the Tamworth wetland.

Settlers Hills Estate, Baldivis (2003)

TBB commenced planning for the Baldivis Urban Corridor in 1988 with the Settlers Hills Estate on behalf of Taylor Woodrow (now Stockland). The rural setting of the Baldivis urban area meant that Stockland needed to find a way to meet the shopping, community, recreation and cultural needs of its new residents, as well as the broader Baldivis district. The Baldivis Town Centre was born out of negotiations with the City of Rockingham to deliver a Main Street based town centre which encouraged a mix of land uses and a strong focus on sense of place with the delivery of the Baldivis Community Centre and Library forming a central focus point for the development.

TBB has also been involved in the preparation of the Baldivis District Structure Plan which generally covered the Town Centre and extent of urban development south to Sixty Eight Road, and the Baldivis North District Structure plan, through to Mundijong Road on behalf of the City of Rockingham. Some 30 years on we’ve had the privilege of creating Baldivis communities on behalf of Stockland, Peet, Rockingham Park and Cedar Woods.

Baldivis Urban Corridor 2012 some 15 years following commencement. Baldivis Town Centre constructed and development progressing north into Baldivis North.

Settlers Hills - Taylor Woodrow pioneer project that established the foundations for Baldivis Urban Area

Settlers Hills Iconic Cricket Pavilion 2015

Urban infill in the western suburbs

North East Precinct

Claremont Town Centre & Claremont Oval

Claremont Station

The Claremont Town Centre and North East Precinct (Claremont Oval) share a common feature - their proximity to the Claremont Train Station; hence they both have a strong transit based planning influence.

Town Centre

The Claremont Town Centre Plan was commissioned by the Town of Claremont to provide a contemporary guiding framework for major private redevelopment plans within the precinct – predominantly the development now known as Claremont Quarter. The focus on the Claremont Town Centre coincided with the government’s decision to consider redevelopment of the North East Precinct, the central feature of which was the Claremont Oval. TBB was also engaged to undertake the initial master planning and urban design of this precinct. The key challenge for the town centre was that the Centre Plan was being developed at the same time the Claremont Quarter developers were endeavouring to progress their approvals. Hence timing was imperative to ensure a framework was in place to effectively control the development outcome. Both precincts needed to manage the tension between optimising the opportunities of their transit- centred position and the highly conservative expectation of some stakeholders.

Highly effective stakeholder engagement which helped to properly inform the community, raised the community’s tolerance level for development scale and also tempered development expectations. Effective use of simple graphic communication techniques proved highly valuable in conveying the design vision. The adoption of the Town Centre Plan had immediate effect. The development was approved with more height and scale than had previously been supported. The Plan also proved highly valuable in negotiating detailed conditions through the SAT mediation process. Since that time the Plan has also guided other redevelopments as well as public realm works that have transformed the Claremont Station Precinct from a tired underperforming place into a vibrant contemporary mixed-use village.

A moment in time...

Claremont Town Centre Plan

1992

The Claremont Station Precinct

“opportunities for meetings and daily activities in the public spaces of a city enable one to be among, to see, and to hear others, to experience other people functioning in various situations”

Mabo vs Queensland: a landmark High Court of Australia decision is made recognising native title in Australia for the first time.

Jan Gehl

Putting The Plan into action - Claremont Quarter after completion. Claremont Summer Street Party, Bay View Terrace. Image source: facebook.com/townofclaremontevents

A passion fulfilled

I was really lucky to develop my statutory planning chops from people like Samantha Thompson, Karen Wright, Andy Pawluck and Lex Barnett (the red-pen assassin). I would sometimes get in trouble for prioritising design jobs over planning jobs, and hadn’t learned Bill’s talent of regularly getting approvals without a supportive planning framework.

Ben De Marchi My track to Taylor Burrell in 1997 was covered in the pindan dirt from the multi-cultural melting-pot of Broome. Most people have a strong connection to place and ‘country’. For me, the people, environment, characters, cultures and ethos of Broome from the 1970s onward were mine as they shaped my outlook and professional practice. Well before place-making and place-economy became fundamental topics for our social and physical environments, the richness and diversity of community life was instructive to my keen interest in combining social planning and shaping places. Additionally, the growth of the frontier town’s suburban streets and houses in the mid-1980s really interested me, for some reason. As did the evolution of Chinatown and the transformation of old bush blocks into tourist resorts. Most apparent though was the change in the community. The influx of people bringing a faster pace to ‘Broome time’, a different community outlook and having less awareness of the multi-cultural backbone of the community has been a constant reflection-point during my studies and working life. To top it off, my father designed many climate-responsive houses and gardens for family and friends to build in the tropics, which instilled in me a passion for the creative process of design and for trying to make buildings and spaces people would love to experience.

It was with this background that my desire to be a Town Planner came to be. By the end of my first year at Curtin University I wanted to be the next Kevin Lynch and head off to MIT as soon as I could. However, learning urban design from Evan Jones crystallised what I wanted to do. It was the proverbial epiphany and ignition of my passion for urban design. Seeking his advice, Barrie Melotte recommended I find work experience at either Taylor Burrell or Chappell Lambert. I loved the Secret Harbour design and enjoyed many days learning from Peter Chappell and Tony Lambert during 1995. It was that experience that helped me become a Student Planner at BSD Consultants later that year, where I was very fortunate to gain Peter Ciemitis as my mentor. In 1996 Peter left to join Taylor Burrell. Serendipity led me to reconnect with Peter and join the brilliant design-based planning firm of Taylor Burrell in 1997. With my seat occupied, Taylor Burrell had eight town planners and three drafters – a ratio reflective of the manual-drafting era. The company would grow from 12 to 34 during my first ten years. I spent my first eight years sharing a room with Bill Burrell and working closely with him and Peter, which was a privilege and an amazing gift personally and professionally. During that time, I undertook the Master of Arts in Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University – following the path of Evan and my terrific honours tutor, Steve Thorne. At Taylor Burrell, the emphasis was for everyone to be proficient in both statutory planning and design.

Link, Perth Airport Masterplan, East Perth Power Station Precinct and the East Perth TOD Masterplan. The firm’s strength as design-based, community-focussed planners has been strongly reflected in numerous major local government projects that I have loved working on, such as the Better Suburbs Project, Herdsman Glendalough Area, Mandurah CBD Revitalisation and Redcliffe Station Precinct. The planning, design, place and community engagement The concept of connection to place has become a central achievements on our array of significant element to how investment, governance, planning and projects has been enriched by many of our community well-being is considered and delivered. team over the years, and I’ve particularly enjoyed learning a great deal from our That makes me so happy. senior leaders such as Karen Hyde and Mark Bancroft. Despite those, and other shortfalls, I was asked by Bill and Lex in 2002 to join them as a partner in the firm. I loved the culture and values of the company and the two blokes leading it and in humbly accepting their offer said, ‘I’ll be a part of the firm for as long as Taylor and Burrell are in the name’. Fortunately, that proviso didn’t require any deft correction when the firm became Taylor Burrell Barnett in 2003. Many of my favourite jobs were passed down from Bill and Peter; it was such a blessing to have the opportunity to collaborate and learn a great deal from them. Settlers Hills Estate, Joondalup City Centre, Lakelands Estate, The Village at Wellard, Somerly Estate and The Glades at Byford are just a few examples. Being a boy from the bush, I am grateful to have the opportunity to work on many regional projects – from Broome, Port Hedland, Exmouth and Karratha; to Kalgoorlie, Bunbury, Albany and the hills of Denmark. I have also greatly valued being part of stretching the company into new areas, particularly as a lead consultant on projects such as Perth City

In my time with Taylor Burrell Barnett, there have been many changes and challenges to absorb, respond to and advance. Improvement in technology, tools and techniques have expanded our knowledge and capabilities, increased collaboration opportunities and work-delivery expectations. We now have much better government and developer support and ability to listen and engage with communities and achieve public equity. The concept of connection to place has become a central element to how investment, governance, planning and community well-being is considered and delivered. That makes me so happy. It is my great fortune to share ownership and leadership with Lex, Samantha and Rachel and collaborate with a fantastic team for a company whose future is bright, exciting and enduring.

Transformative change Liveable Neighbourhoods

In 1995, the WAPC recognised that if current suburban growth continued, a range of problems were likely to transpire. These included traffic, infrastructure, employment, social and environmental concerns – all issues associated with suburban sprawl. Having regard to the Victorian Code for Residential Development (1991), AMCORD (1995) and the cost effective, land-efficient and sustainable new urban development approach – in 1996 the WAPC initiated the WA Community Design Code. It went on to become the internationally successful Liveable Neighbourhoods project (LN). The first edition of LN was produced in 1997 and was issued as an optional alternative policy for consideration predominantly for residential urban extensions.

“Nothing is experienced by itself, but always in relation to its surrounding, the sequences of events leading up to it, the memory of past experiences”

The policy required a fundamental shift in thinking by traffic and civil design engineers to include road design; activated frontages to major distributor roads; kerb radii; truncations; and on-street parking as traffic calming devices. Housing diversity was also a major outcome which saw the introduction of Local Development Plans as a means of adapting the R Codes to facilitate diversity.

Kevin Lynch

Between the years 1996 and 2016, TBB played a key role as lead consultant for LN. From 1998 to 2004, LN catalysed a significant change in the form of urban development in WA, particularly in Perth. Today, LN ensures development incorporates interconnected streets with active frontages to arterials and parks; greater housing diversity; and local, neighbourhood and town activity centres based on main-street principles. All have a far higher standard of response to environmental and landscape considerations.

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2000 Sydney hosted the Olympics.

LN has been internationally-recognised as one of the most innovative and comprehensive regulating documents for shaping more sustainable and liveable outcomes for urban extension. It also received the international Congress for New Urbanism Charter Award in 2000. Its principles are now widely adopted outside Western Australia.

Planning Perth’s first greenfield TOD

The plan featured the introduction of small laneway lot product and a greater range of housing diversity, which was pioneering at the time. Given the local market conditions, the housing densities and extent of laneway product (of the size proposed) was untested in such a remote greenfield setting. The outcome is testament to the courage and foresight of the JV partnership.

The Village at Wellard

The Village at Wellard is one of the most awarded residential communities in Western Australia. The success of sales for higher-density lots in proximity to the Wellard station resulted in the Joint Venture partners increasing the residential density in the Village Centre and encouraged Peet to promote transit-orientated development in its other projects, Australia wide. Over the years, the progressive planning development of The Village at Wellard has seen several changes to reflect contemporary societal dynamics and it has matured into an impressive transit-based community.

The Wellard Village Centre - securing the Wellard Station as part of Stage 1 of the Mandurah railway line provided a catalyst for delivery of density and the Main Street and retail early in the project

The Village at Wellard optimised retention of environmental features including wetland and significant vegetation whilst incorporating the urbane Wellard Train Station and Main Street

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2004 Network City released - promoting urban consolidation & infill development, and included ‘Dialogue with the City’.

The Village at Wellard town centre main street

A partnership between Peet and the Department of Communities, The Village at Wellard located on the Mandurah railway line is Perth’s first walkable transit-orientated development (TOD) planned and developed in a greenfield location. The transit precinct contains a compact Main Street, with specialty retailers, a supermarket, family tavern and community uses - all surrounded by apartments and terraces, including the award-winning, Invita development. Challenges included securing delivery of the Wellard Train Station as part of the Mandurah railway line stage 1 works; minimising the impact of the kiss/bus-n-ride on the walkable catchment to the station; and minimising the amount of parking provided adjacent to the station. As a result, TBB were able to achieve an extremely compact outcome that seamlessly flows into the Wellard Village Centre.

Wellard Village Play Ground incorporating the retention of existing trees

Perth’s most significant urban regeneration project Perth City Link Client Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority (MRA) Area 13.5 hectares within Perth CBD

Critical Considerations: Urban regeneration, transit oriented development, community and stakeholder engagement, high quality public domain, placemaking and vibrant urban spaces Planning Outcomes: Approximately 1,650 apartments; 244,000sqm of commercial and retail space; 250 hotel rooms and 350 short-stay apartments; five new vehicle and pedestrian links to Northbridge; creation of Perth Arena, underground Busport, Yagan Square and Kings Square

The commitment in 2005 by the State Government and City of Perth to sink the Mandurah-Clarkson and PerthFremantle rail lines through to Lake Street, and provide a new underground bus station, was the catalyst for the redevelopment of the 13.5ha of land between the Horseshoe Bridge and Mitchell Freeway, Wellington Street and Roe Street. Federal and state governments and the City of Perth “invested more than $1.4billion in the Perth City Link project to deliver world-class transport infrastructure and create one of Australia’s most unique transit-oriented developments.” (Kieran Kinsella, former MRA CEO).

“A city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.”

Yagan Square

The Perth City Link is Perth’s most significant urban regeneration project. The project has not only reconnected the city centre with Northbridge for the first time in over 100 years, it has created stronger linkages to the foreshore and is delivering a greater intensity of people into the heart of the city. The project is estimated to create more than 1,650 dwellings for more than 3,000 people and 244,000sqm of commercial space for approximately 13,000 workers.

Perth City Link looking south

Patrick Geddes

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2004 Facebook is founded

The physical, technical and operational constraints of numerous infrastructure elements (rail, bus, trunk-line utilities) presented significant challenges for the masterplan, as did the effective incorporation of Perth Arena. As Lead Masterplan Consultant, TBB has been pivotal in the delivery of a plan that has achieved widespread community support.

Kings Square

The regeneration of the precinct is bearing the results of a comprehensive masterplan and development framework focussed on creating an innovative, progressive destination that brings together shops, offices, hotels, apartments, parks, plazas, cultural venues, restaurants and bars - whilst retaining and integrating high quality public transport.

Perth City Link Visualisation. Image courtesy of DevelopmentWA.

Perth City Link Masterplan

A world-class marina for a world-class coast Ocean Reef Marina Client City of Joondalup and Development WA Area 65 hectares

Critical considerations: Community engagement, stakeholder participation, waterfront marina, public realm amenity, quality mixed use development Planning outcomes: Medium to high density residential and mixed use built form, high quality parkland, waterfront promenade, integration of clubs and community open space Delivery timeframe: 2020- 2030+

Adding to our portfolio of masterplanned Marinas, TBB is proud to have played a significant role in the planning and design of the Ocean Reef Marina which is close to implementation. The City of Joondalup has had a vision to enhance the Ocean Reef Boat Harbour since acquiring the nearby land in the 1970s. The City has led the way since 2000 with support from successive state governments to bring the vision of a world-class mixed-use marina to fruition.

amenity setting to support residential, retail and commercial development. The plan has not been without its challenges including the need for a Public Environmental Review; lengthy planning approvals; and the impact of the GFC on the development market. However, the adaptability of the masterplan, the drive of the City of Joondalup and Development WA, and the support from the local community, has seen the project move steadily ahead. The project has been filtered through numerous assessment processes to ensure that the plan at a macro and micro scale can achieve world-class credentials in design, energy and resource efficiency; community wellness; investment opportunities; and environmental management.

The overarching goal is for a world-class marina which will create economic and social benefits and deliver innovation in environmental outcomes. Considerable thought has gone into the design, diversity and sustainable features of the plan.

The statutory and policy framework, developed by TBB in close collaboration with state agencies and the City of Joondalup, will guide the future implementation to ensure alignment with the vision and masterplan, whilst allowing sufficient flexibility over time.

The project will create a new benchmark in marina development, with the central harbour becoming a community focus and high

The next 30 years of the project will see the development of a legacy project for WA and Australia.

Architect impressions of the future marina. Images courtesy of Peter Richards.

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2007 Mandurah passenger rail line opened.

Ocean Reef Marina Concept Plan 2020. Image courtesy of Development WA

Smart urban infill ECU - Churchlands Green

In December 2001, the Western Australian Government endorsed the Edith Cowan University (ECU) Campus Consolidation Strategy and the subsequent redevelopment of the Churchlands campus. TBB was engaged by LandCorp as Project Managers for the ECU redevelopment, to formulate a design solution; prepare a structure plan; and make the necessary MRS and Local Authority Scheme modifications. The ECU redevelopment, Churchlands Green Estate was uniquely placed in the development industry as, unlike other private developer-led projects, the net profit generated from the release of residential lots was channelled back into educational facilities, specifically the ECU’s Joondalup and Mt Lawley campuses. A significant driver of the project’s design was the delivery of a variety of development densities - ranging from R20 around

the periphery of the site, through to R60 and R80 adjacent to the open space. This enabled the residential character of surrounding areas to be maintained and the visual amenity of the existing community to be protected. Churchlands Green Estate was required to overcome a significant number of challenges, including management of an extensive demolition programme to allow a staged redevelopment of the site (whilst minimising disruption to staff and students during the relocation phase). The removal and recycling of up to thirty campus buildings and associated site remediation works; and rigorous community consultation processes brought forward a number of issues including:

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• the need to address local area traffic management issues; • uncertainty in regard to the reservation of Stephenson Highway; • vegetation retention issues; • compatibility with housing densities within surrounding areas; • improved access to the Churchlands Primary School; and

Integrating existing significant vegetation was a fundamental design priority

Global Financial Crisis - a severe worldwide economic crisis considered by many economists to have been the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

• inclusion of aged care facilities. The protection of existing vegetation was a fundamental design principle in the planning of Churchlands Green Estate and the driving force in establishing the overall structure plan, including Public Open Space allocations and engineering design. The estate has taken advantage of the mature vegetated parkland setting, with additional bushland regeneration well advanced.

Diverse development outcomes and lifestyle opportunities are achieved, particularly adjacent high amenity open space

Diversity of housing product (R80) located around the central open space area

Ten years later and the housing product aligns with todays interpretation of diversity

My first major projects when I started at TBB where in Two Rocks and Wickham – two very different places but both involved planning for a significant growth in population over a long period of time. In fact, I continue to work on both these projects delivering the next stages of planning and providing ongoing advice to both Capricorn Village Joint Venture in Two Rocks, and Rio Tinto in Wickham. I have had the unique opportunity to see the communities in both these places prosper with the development of new community facilities and the opening of new businesses to support new and existing residents.

An advocate for regions

For the future, I would like to see more support for the regions, not just in townsite expansion planning, but also in economic development and planning for new rural industries and innovation. We need to strategically plan for and protect our food sources. We also need to understand how much

Rachel Chapman

I joined TBB for the diversity of projects and clients, and for the opportunity to make a contribution to planning in the regions. Having started my degree in geology before transferring to anthropology, archaeology and geography and landing in urban and regional planning - it was quite clear my interest lay in people and places.

land we need to house our future generations, employ them and feed them. Regional planning has devoted a lot of time exploring the first two, but much less time has been focused on food security for our future population. Just as we are planning for diverse housing types and more efficient use of land for residential development - like medium density housing in established suburbs; apartments in high amenity areas; ancillary dwellings on existing lots; tiny houses; and multi-family housing - we also need to better understand how innovative farming techniques can help us make better use of unproductive land or maximise use of the diminishing amount of productive land that is available to feed our future populations.

My first planning site tour as a post graduate student was hosted by one of TBB’s founding partners, Russell Taylor, who I soon learnt had a passion for planning in the regions, having prepared most of the original town planning schemes and townsite development plans in WA. Having spent a year progressing my post graduate studies, my first job as a planner conveniently landed me in the Country Planning section of the Department of Planning and Urban Development, under the tutorship of Peter Driscoll - a legend in regional planning. After 10 years developing my skills, I had a strong desire to expand my experience as a town planner and put my knowledge into practice. I wanted to be involved in the preparation of large scale planning documents, including structure plans for townsites and urban release areas. So when I got a call from Ben De Marchi asking if I was interested in joining TBB, I jumped at the chance.

Wickham South townsite expansion as part of the Wickham Accommodation Growth Project which TBB and Rachel played a significant role in planning and delivering for Rio Tinto.

Delivering the first Metronet station precinct Redcliffe Client City of Belmont Area 49 hectares within Redcliffe

Critical Considerations Stakeholder participation, transit oriented development, urban infill, infrastructure funding and integration, public realm amenity Planning Outcomes Medium to high density mixed use built form, high quality parkland, integration of living stream Delivery Timeframe 2021 - 2051 (anticipated)

The Redcliffe Station Precinct forms a core component of the initial delivery stages of the WA Government’s Metronet Project, but the project itself significantly predated the Metronet initiative. The City of Belmont initiated the project in 2005, known then as the Redcliffe Area Development and Rejuvenation (RADAR), to coordinate the removal of Brearley Avenue and capitalise on opportunities to reconnect the existing residential neighbourhood. In 2013 the City of Belmont, in collaboration with Perth Airport Pty Ltd, engaged TBB to assist in developing an aspirational vision plan for the broader precinct to assist in formulating more detailed planning and development. During the preparation of this plan the State Government announced their commitment to the delivery of the Forrestfield Airport Link as a predominantly underground passenger rail connection linking Bayswater Station to Redcliffe, Perth Airport and Forrestfield. The opportunity to integrate a new underground station within the precinct brought about a more transit- focused design to emphasise and optimise the high frequency public transport connections.

Vision of the station and central open space/spine

The Vision Plan was prepared in close collaboration with the local community and key stakeholders through a variety of public workshops, stakeholder meetings and community open days, and was ultimately adopted by the City of Belmont in 2016.

A moment in time... Built form visualisation for the ultimate redevelopment of the Redcliffe station precinct

“The wealth of experience and innovation employed by Taylor Burrell Barnett was of vital importance to the delivery of the Redcliffe Station Precinct planning framework and in continuing to work with the local community”.

The Vision Plan was followed by the preparation of an Activity Centre Plan in 2019 and will be further detailed by a statutory planning framework and design guidelines in 2020. As one of the first Metronet stations being delivered, and the first within a predominantly urban infill environment, the Redcliffe Station Precinct project is of significant importance. The planning framework prepared by the project team provides for substantial redevelopment opportunities and significant improvements to the public realm to deliver an integrated community with a high quality of living.

2010 Average Cost of a new house - $232,880.00.

2010 Julia Gillard becomes Prime Minister, the first female Prime Minister in Australia.

Juliette Gillan, Director Development and Communities, City of Belmont Redcliffe Station - Perth’s first Metronet Station Precinct

Shifting the mindset planning for urban infill

In preparing the Local Planning Strategy the project team undertook significant research and testing to ensure that growth could be appropriately accommodated in a way that acknowledged community expectations while maintaining sound urban growth principles.

LOCAL PLANNING STRATEGY

The proposed urban consolidation and infill precincts which were identified primarily focus on the existing district, neighbourhood and local centres, the Cambridge Street activity corridor and a number of surplus land assets owned by the local government. The success of the project was primarily due to the collaborative approach taken by the Town and the project team, working in partnership with community, the State Government and all stakeholders to achieve the best possible outcome.

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Town of Cambridge Local Planning Strategy - Report

With an abundance of high quality open space, community facilities and activity centres, the Town of Cambridge is a beautiful place to call home.

One of the more significant planning challenges for Perth over the past decade has been the shift in focus of planning for urban growth towards infill and away from greenfields expansion led by the state’s urban growth policy - Perth & Peel @ 3.5 Million. As one of the first local planning strategies to be prepared in the western suburbs of Perth following the release of Perth & Peel @ 3.5 Million, the Town of Cambridge Local Planning Strategy was an important step in demonstrating well considered and appropriate infill development, and the value of authentic engagement with the community. As an inner-metropolitan western suburbs local government with an abundance of high quality open space, community facilities and activity centres, the Town of Cambridge is a beautiful place to call home.

To accommodate a growing population and to meet the growth targets set by the Perth & Peel 3.5 Million, the Town was tasked with planning for an additional 6,800 homes, representing a 63% increase in total dwellings. The challenge for the Town was achieving such a significant level of growth without compromising the beauty and function of the natural and built environment. In early 2017 the Town engaged TBB to implement a comprehensive community engagement strategy to gain an understanding of the preferred areas for population growth and the key concerns with residential intensification and to inform the community about the fundamental role and function of the planning strategies. At the outset the community was very divided in its values and much of the challenge was to establish a mutual understanding of the needs for future growth and to give people the sense that their voices mattered.

Town of Cambridge Local Planning Strategy - Spatial Plan

Strategic plans to create better places

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”

City of Stirling’s Better Suburbs and City of Joondalup’s Place Neighbourhoods

Jane Jacobs

Client City of Stirling and City of Joondalup Area Greater than 2000 hectares

Better Suburbs Project Duration 2016 - ongoing Project Area Over 2000 hectares including the suburbs (or parts thereof) of Dianella, Balga, Dianella (north of Morley Drive), Nollamara, Mirrabooka and Westminster and parts of Balcatta, Tuart Hill, and Yokine Critical Considerations Urban infill, medium density development outcomes, community engagement, intensification of centres and corridors, public realm amenity, infrastructure funding strategy Planning Outcomes diverse range of housing types; promoting increased densities around centres and corridors; improving the quality of the environment and community facilities; greater use of public transportation Delivery Timeframe: imminent

Place Neighbourhoods Project Duration 2018 - 2019 Project Area 10 areas (formerly referred to as the City of Joondalup Housing Opportunity Areas) Critical Considerations Impacts of urban infill, particularly multiple dwellings as a housing type. Loss of vegetation and ‘green space’; increased traffic and parking; loss of character Planning Outcomes Improving the quality of design and built form; promoting increased densities around centres and corridors based on walkable catchments; improving the quality of the environment

The City of Stirling’s Better Suburbs and City of Joondalup’s Place Neighbourhoods projects have emerged in response to a strategic planning approach to urban infill. Perth is expected to experience significant population growth through infill development. Resistance to change and an instinctive fear of density can create complex challenges when working with the local community. Both projects have involved extensive community engagement using different techniques to involve diverse groups throughout the planning process. TBB was engaged by the respective local governments to prepare new planning frameworks to address the challenges of past infill projects that had poor development outcomes. Combining strategic planning, urban design and effective engagement, a shared vision for liveable places for the community has been developed.

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Neighbourhood Centre Redevelopment Visualisation

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A collaborative, co-design engagement process facilitated by TBB has ensured these places have been shaped by the community. The capacity of TBB to harness effective community engagement has resulted in greater community support and long term sustainability. Both of these projects provide important case studies to demonstrate how the underlying conditions of an area; the unique qualities of a place; and the demographic and socioeconomic profiles must be understood for successful design. Furthermore, community engagement must be fit for purpose and methodologies must be meaningful and honest. Planning decisions touch whole communities, therefore good planning practice should involve and empower all those affected.

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Before

Directions 2031 and Beyond released proposed limiting Perth and Peel’s unsustainable urban sprawl by creating a consolidated and connected city and redressing the balance between infill and greenfield developmen.

2012 Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority formed.

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Delivery Timeframe Imminent

Illustrative development diagrams were prepared as valuable community engagement tools

Community Engagement Open Days

Transforming Perth’s largest business park into a vibrant mixed-use corridor Herdsman Glendalough Area

A moment in time... Visualisation of the strategic vision for the Herdsman Glendalough Area connected by the future regeneration along Scarborough Beach Road West to the Scarborough Redevelopment Area

Visualisation of the Herdsman Glendalough Area integrating with the Stirling City Centre

TBB were engaged by the City of Stirling in 2013 to prepare a planning framework to facilitate the transformation of the Herdsman Glendalough area into Perth’s second central business district. The Herdsman Glendalough and Osborne Park areas have undergone significant change over the years, including the transformation of Scarborough Beach Road into Australia’s largest bulky goods retail area and the establishment of the Herdsman Business Park in the 1980s (the largest office area outside Perth’s CBD). The Glendalough area, which is synonymous with car yards, had previously been identified as a Transit Orientated Development (TOD) by the State Government as early as 1992 when the Joondalup train line was constructed. The area has huge latent potential for mixed use development around the train station.

In 2011 the WAPC released the Scarborough Beach Road Activity Corridor Framework, which provided an overarching transport and land use vision for Scarborough Beach Road and surrounds. Endorsement of the framework by the State Government was a key milestone in recognising the importance of the Scarborough Beach Road Corridor as a priority growth area for both employment and residential opportunities. The achievement of the framework objectives required comprehensive and collaborative strategy planning. In recognition of this need, the City of Stirling engaged TBB to prepare a strategic and statutory framework for the Herdsman Glendalough precinct. The planning framework was developed in collaboration with key government stakeholders and multiple landowners. The framework has established the area as urban in the Metropolitan Region Scheme and Local Planning Scheme amendments, design guidelines and precinct plans. Thus enabling land uses to transition over time so the vision for the area can be realised. It is envisaged the area will emerge as a major mixed-use urban transformation with a vibrant and cosmopolitan mix of activities, supported by a rapid transit system and a quality public realm. The area will encourage walking and cycling as well as provide a high standard of inner city living, working and leisure.

“TBB demonstrated an excellent understanding of built form and public realm provisions consistent with the precinct vision and developed a plan which balanced the needs of the precinct’s key stakeholders”.

2014 Population reaches two million people, noting that Directions 2031. had considered 2.2 million might be reached by 2031.

City of Stirling

A future vision for Scarborough Beach Road through the Herdsman Glendalough Area

Collaborating for a new growth paradigm

Curtin University - Greater Curtin Stage 1

Securing development approval for Stage 1 was regarded as a significant milestone for the Greater Curtin project under what can be regarded as a highly complex planning framework involving the Town of Victoria Park, WAPC, JDAP and Curtin University. A process of active engagement and collaboration by the team from the outset ensured a streamlined approvals process.

TBB, in collaboration with Christou Design, John Wardle Architects, Nettleton Tribe and Six Degrees, was commissioned to progress the necessary planning approvals for four development sites within Greater Curtin Stage One comprising 900 new student accommodation rooms, a hotel and serviced apartments, in addition to commercial, retail and education space.

Urban Infill

TBB is proud to be part of Curtin’s long held vision to deliver a truly innovative mixed use precinct allowing the Curtin Community – the opportunity to learn, live, work and play in a place where knowledge and innovation extend beyond buildings to a globally competitive learning environment.

Greater Curtin Stage One will form a dynamic hub for knowledge-sharing and include residential, hotel and retail facilities within the existing campus environment. It will integrate Curtin’s best educational and research offerings with an enviable urban lifestyle – creating a sustainable place where everything is available and connected.

DESIGN STEP 10.2 Design Report - St Catherine’s College

RENDERS

2015 Google provides the world’s first fully driverless ride on a public road in a car without any steering wheel or floor pedals – being 100 percent autonomous.

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PERSPECTIVES

Wearne Heritage House and Gardens forms the central focus of the redevelopment. Image courtesy of Grounds Kent Architects.

With Perth’s population projected to surpass 3 million in about 10 years and, beyond that, reach 3.5 million by 2050, there has been a renewed focus on ensuring Perth’s planning framework is up-to-date and geared to support population growth within a sustainable urban form over the next 10, 20 and 30 years. The State Government’s emphasis towards achieving infill targets and housing diversity in areas of high amenity and accessibility has seen TBB expand its services to the built-form sector – providing advice and education on good design and obtaining approvals for apartments, grouped dwellings, mixed use developments, student and aged accommodation. Among its extensive portfolio of built form development, TBB is particularly proud to lead the planning and urban design of a number of important infill initiatives for small to mid-size private developers in Crawley, as well as spear-heading award-winning projects for Nicheliving across the metropolitan area. TBB works closely with leading architects to deliver well designed and functioning apartments and buildings which are responsive to the areas they’re being built; integrated with the existing landscape; and suited to the future needs of residents.

Crawley For the Crawley project we brought the site, the client and Chaney Architecture together to create a vision for The Crawley Apartments on Fairway and Princess Road. TBB successfully obtained planning approval for the six storey and mezzanine apartment building with basement parking on a 845m2 site nestled between the Swan River, UWA and the Broadway Shopping Centre.

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Curtin University - F03 Student Accommodation (College) and Outdoor Common Room. Image courtesy of nettletontribe.

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Curtin University - F04 Student Accommodation (Halls of Residence), Grocer, Market Hall, Retail and Office Floorspace. Image courtesy of nettletontribe.

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Wearne Cottesloe Redevelopment TBB, in collaboration with Grounds Kent Architects and SPH Architecture and Interiors, was commissioned by Curtin Heritage Living to progress an engagement strategy; formulate an appropriate planning approvals framework; and obtain planning approval for the aged care and future over 55s community. In September 2019, the Metropolitan West Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP) granted approval of the Curtin Heritage Living Development with a construction value of $100million. Central to the redevelopment is the retention and rehabilitation of the Wearne Heritage House and the associated heritage gardens. Repurposing and reusing the building as a central focal point of the development has been an important element of the project.

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Curtin University - F06 School of Design and Built Environment, Commercial, Academic and Retail Floorspace. Image courtesy of John Wardle Architects.

Curtin University - F07 Self-Contained Apartments, Hotel, Education Space, Restaurant (Hawker Hall) and Retail Floorspace. Image courtesy of Six Degrees Architects.

6 big trends shaping the future of planning and design

“Study the past if you would divine the future.” Confucius

As a firm with a legacy now spanning half a century, TBB has remained at the forefront of planning and design by constantly looking to the future to understand the complex issues impacting the way in which our cities and regions evolve. As we shape our cities into the future, planners will require a diverse toolbox of skills, some new, and some as old as the profession itself. The below six key trends are poised to have an outsized impact on the evolution of planning and design in the coming decades.

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Data-Driven Planning and Artificial Intelligence Big-data, machine learning and artificial intelligence will fundamentally change the way we practice urban planning and design (e.g. automation of assessment processes; smart city modelling and data availability; participatory technologies and democratisation of design)

Future Mobility Evolving personal and mass-transport options will create a new age of urban mobility, with wide-reaching implications for spatial planning and detailed design of our cities (e.g. autonomous vehicles; shifting infrastructure requirements; adapting streets, spaces and land use distribution; online shopping, socialising, employment and entertainment).

New Urban Morphology Competing forces of decentralisation and densification will shape the new urban morphology of our cities, with planners increasingly needing to juggle complex and often competing priorities (e.g. verticalisation of cities; desegregation of land uses and urban functions; innovative responses to climate change and energy/food production and consumers as producers).

Agile Cities The accelerating rate of change combined with increased global competition for talent and resources will require planners, the planning system, and entire cities to be more agile in their response to these evolving challenges (e.g. proactive responses to sustainability and viability; demand for greater speed from regulatory systems; increase in grassroots and localised responses to provide tactical urbanism solutions).

A moment in time...

2029 Australia population expected to reach 29.5 million.

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People-Centered Planning & Design In an increasingly automated and inauthentic world, cities risk losing their human connection with citizens. People-centred planning and place design will be an essential counterbalance to these forces to ensure physical and mental wellbeing is upheld as the highest ideal of urban planning (e.g. focus on citizen wellbeing; reducing isolation as a result of “online life”; need for authentic place creation to challenge monotony of pre-fabricated and/or modular design).

Half the new cars sold in Australia will be electric

2040 Renewable energy expected to be the word’s main power source, according to BP

2066 Number of Australians aged over 85 projected to triple in size to around 1.5 million.

Seeing is Believing A revolution in the visualisation of development proposals and strategic planning outcomes will break down barriers between built-environment professionals and lay-persons as the wider community’s ability to comprehend proposals creates a more engaged and empowered citizenry (e.g. virtual/augmented reality to shape consideration, collaborative design and visualisation in real time).

The final word David Caddy, Chairman of the Western Australian Planning Commission

Acknowledgments

“Some of the most satisfying tasks working overseas involved planning for minimum cost housing and regulating squatter settlements which had grown organically without essential services. These tasks required co-ordination with the Department of Housing where Peter Webb was employed.

Trying to assemble a body of work that speaks of our wealth of experience and contribution to planning and urban design in WA and beyond, in a way that is succinct, relevant to today’s reader and offers insight into the future, has been an enormous task. It has been made possible by the collective efforts of a lot of people, led by a dedicated team within the TBB office. We have also been overwhelmed by the support and generous words provided by colleagues and industry leaders to help us paint the picture. While we are grateful to all of the many people who have been involved, we would particularly like to acknowledge the special contributions by the following:

“Other influential people who have been pivotal to the Taylor Burrell Barnett story so far, include John Chapman, Graham Houghton, Bruce Tomlinson, Allen Blood, David Lawn, Chris Thompson, Professor Alex Kerr and Jan Gilchrist.” Since those early years, Taylor Burrell Barnett has contributed to the aspirational goal we all have as planners -- to create great places for Western Australians to live, work and visit.

From Karratha to Paraburdoo, across the tropical waters of the Arafura Sea to Papua New Guinea, Taylor Burrell Barnett has shaped a diverse range of communities over the last 50 years. One person who is proudly part of that history is a good friend and mentor, David Gray. David was recruited as a young planner to the company that was the precursor to the Taylor & Burrell partnership - Taylor and McMullen - in the late 1960s. He fondly recalls the early years of the company he helped expand as far away as Port Moresby. “We prepared masterplans and subdivision plans for Karratha, the new town on Nickol Bay born in 1968 to cater for the tremendous growth of the iron-ore industry. We did the same in Paraburdoo before heading to Papua New Guinea where we carried out planning studies ranging from small patrol posts to regional centres,” David said.

The essence of good, considered, long-term planning has not changed over the past 50 years. Layers have been added, and have created a heterogeneous industry but the art of planning remains the same. Our industry continues to evolve and undergo reform with a key focus on making our state’s planning system more strategic, transparent and understandable so we can better balance growth and provide greater diversity and density, in cities people want to be part of. While we are planners not futurists, our profession requires collaboration between Government and the private sector to plan for population growth and disruptors, such as climate change, that challenge us along the way. I congratulate Taylor Burrell Barnett for respecting, embracing and enhancing the importance of those relationships over the past 50 years, and trust that the firm will continue to provide a positive influence on the way that we shape our communities of the future.

David Attenborough David Caddy Chairman Western Australian Planning Commission

“The fact is that no species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on earth, living or dead, as we now have. That lays upon us, whether we like it or not, an awesome responsibility. In our hands now lies not only our own future, but that of all other living creatures with whom we share the earth.”

The late Eric Lumsden

The TBB Project Team

David Caddy

Karen Hyde

Bill Burrell

Mark Bancroft

David Lawn

Jarrod Ross

Warwick Hemsley

Jessica Barr

Evan Jones

Nicola Marunczyn

Wendy Morris

Mark Elliss

Chip Kaufman

Claire Boland Graphic Design: Turner Design

With our sincere gratitude, on behalf of the partners of Taylor Burrell Barnett Lex Barnett Managing Director