Caroline Chandler

Caroline has 20 years’ experience in the water and sustainability sectors in Australia and Peru, with extensive experience in sustainability leadership in local government. Caroline has devel...

Northland Redevelopment Area Concept Design

The Northland Principal Activity Area in Preston has been identified for urban renewal, changing a predominantly commercial and light industrial area to a mixed use community hub. Given that change...

Construction season begins!

It’s construction season at E2Designlab! A range of WSUD assets we have designed or been involved in are taking shape around the world. In this blog we’ll look at a few of these, their ...

Dylan Cain

Dylan is a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ 7684) with extensive experience in Urban and Environmental Civil Engineering. He has achieved successful outcomes on many projects, i...

Watersmart Futures

Brisbane City Council’s WaterSmart Strategy is a guide for how the vision ‘to support the liveability of Brisbane by managing water sustainably’ can be delivered.  The E2D te...

Could Insects Be The Best Urban Planners?

No offence to all the city planners and urban designers out there, but there is a lot we could learn from the little creatures of the world when it comes to planning an efficient settlement. After ...

Upper Mary Street Revitalisation

E2Designlab was contracted by Gympie Regional Council to design passive irrigation solutions for their main street revitalisation.  The project included eight street tree pits and incorporate ...

Better urban planning could save Melbourne's foodie reputation

Select three words to describe the Melbourne culture. I’d be willing to bet that food is one of them – it defines us Melbournians. Well, foodies of Melbourne, brace yourself, I have som...

Dr Courtney Henderson

Dr Courtney Henderson is a Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) specialist with 17 years in consulting and 7 years of academic experience. Since undertaking his PhD in stormwater bioretention system...

Planning for Waterway Health in the Northern and Western Growth Corridors

Recognising the extensive plans for new growth in the northern and western areas of Melbourne, Melbourne Water sought to identify the health and vulnerability of local waterways to inform design re...

Yarra River extraction for open space irrigation

As a result of changes in land use in central Melbourne, City of Melbourne and Royal Botanic Gardens have the opportunity to take over licences to extract river water from the Yarra River which is ...

Toilet to tap: Would you drink recycled water?

Let’s face it, we all feel a little bit icky when we think about toilet water generally. Then, if we are asked to think about transforming wastewater into drinking water – our stomachs ...