Walama – Ballast Point Park

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Cardiff City to Bay: Blue Line

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Grampians Peaks Trail (Gariwerd)

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Maitland Levee

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Parramatta Aquatic and Leisure Centre

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Landscape Architecture

Landscape architecture facilitates meaningful, sustainable connections between people and place

The beauty, quantity, quality and diversity of a city’s public spaces, parks and green/blue infrastructure is a key measure of its liveability and prosperity. Working closely with clients, stakeholders, communities, first nations peoples and other McGregor Coxall disciplines, our landscape architecture team deploys creative design thinking to deliver functional, nature positive, sustainable projects.

Our Biourbanism informed, systems based workflow, integrates digital intelligence from the BioLab as a site-specific evidence base for design. The BioLab enables the design team to access a multitude of data sets that are used for site analysis and simulation. Computational design methodologies including sustainability target setting, automated reporting, generative scripting, CGI production and 3D printing are utilised to enable rapid options testing and ideation.

Our landscape led master planning and design services bridge the full spectrum of scale from giga-scale regional master plans, to new cities, precinct design and the creation of vibrant, finely crafted local places. Working locally and collaborating globally, the team delivers sustainable place outcomes informed by local consultation, narratives and culture.

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Aerial view of Parramatta Aquatic Centre with a background of the Parramatta skyline.
Parramatta Aquatic Centre

We enhance the liveability and prosperity of cities & communities by designing high-quality public spaces, parks, and green infrastructure.

In a rugged, mountainous landscape under a cloudy sky, a person stands next to a small pitched tent on a wooden platform. The scene is surrounded by dense vegetation and features a towering rock formation on the left, perfectly capturing the essence of the Grampians Peaks Trail in Gariwerd.
Grampians Peaks Trail

Our landscape architecture team collaborates closely with clients, communities, and First Nations peoples to ensure our designs are resilient, innovative, and reflective of local culture and values.

A man and a woman sit at a table in a circular outdoor space with high brick walls and a clear blue sky above. The area, reminiscent of Parramatta's Leisure Centre, is shaded, with a small tree growing in the center, surrounded by additional tables and chairs. The atmosphere is calm and minimalist.
A cityscape view from a park with lush greenery in the foreground and a modern building with a rooftop garden. The background features Sydney's tall buildings under a partly cloudy sky. Paths and railings are visible among the greenery.

By integrating computational insights from our Biourbanism Lab, we develop site-specific evidence-based solutions that deliver sustainable outcomes and enhance the well-being of communities.

People / Landscape Architecture

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Philip Coxall

Chairman & Director of Design

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Adrian McGregor

Founder & CEO - Adjunct Professor, University of Canberra

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Ann Deng

Director | Director of new business

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Christian Borchert

Managing Principal, Melbourne

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Jim Riley

Senior Associate, Design Leader - Emerging Markets

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Daniel Ichallalene

Senior Landscape Architect

Landscape Architecture Projects

Latest news at McGregor Coxall

Aerial view of a coastal fortress at Ballast Point Park, with stone walls extending into the water. The structure features multiple levels with trees and pathways. Visitors are dispersed throughout the grounds. The surrounding water is calm, and the sky is clear.

Ballast Point Park: Featured on Gardening Australia

August 4, 2026 Media
This modest 2.5-hectare park, perched on Wangal Country in Birchgrove, sits on the bones of a former petrochemical refinery. In the local Wangal language it is called Walama — to return — and that word carries the full weight of everything Adrian McGregor and his team set out to...
Aerial view of the Tropicalia Village masterplan reveals a large, modern complex with white-roofed buildings nestled among dense green trees, open fields, and a distant coastline under a clear sky.

Aldea Tropicalia shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival

July 15, 2026 Project New Photos
World Architecture Festival (WAF) is the largest live awards event for architects and designers. Held annually, it is the only awards program where all finalists present their projects live to a panel of judges at the festival in Miami, Florida. McGregor Coxall’s Aldea Tropicalia masterplan for a biophilic village...
Aerial view of Sydney cityscape with the Rozelle Interchange, river, bridges, lush parklands, residential houses, and tall buildings under a clear blue sky. The skyline is visible in the background with scattered greenery throughout.

Celebrating A Decade of The Rozelle Interchange Parklands

March 6, 2026 Project New Photos
In 2016, McGregor Coxall was engaged by Infrastructure NSW to investigate the Rozelle Interchange, a critical node within the $16.8 billion WestConnex roads program. Originally conceived as an above-ground cloverleaf of elevated roads that would have permanently entrenched the disconnection between surrounding communities, the project presented a rare opportunity to rethink...
Aerial view of a Green Square Sydney with modern high-rise buildings, streets, and green spaces under a clear sky, reflecting the vision set by Green Square Guidelines, with water and the distant skyline in the background. Photo by Ruth Gold.

Green Square Centre Nears Completion

August 29, 2025 Project New Photos
In 2001 McGregor Coxall in association with Wiel Arets from the Netherlands and Turner Associates won an international design competition to masterplan the Green Square Centre in South Sydney. The urban regeneration project proposed new sustainable typologies of living, working and leisure over the existing Green Square railway station...
Aerial view of a large, green botanic gardens park with curving pathways, a central pond, dense trees, scattered buildings, and distant cityscape; birds fly overhead under a clear sky.

Botanic Gardens of Sydney Masterplan Unveiled

August 12, 2025 Project Milestone
Botanic Gardens of Sydney has released the McGregor Coxall masterplan to transform Australia’s largest botanic garden into a world class visitor destination for Western Sydney. Located on Dharawal Country and shared by the Dharug and Gundungurra nations, Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan spans an enormous 416 hectares, making it...
A modern, multi-story residential building with orange accents sits adjacent to Nine by Mirvac, a sleek white rectangular apartment complex. Both are enveloped by lush greenery and manicured lawns. In the foreground, a shaded structure with benches completes the serene setting under a clear blue sky.

Where Landscape Leads: The Vision Behind NINE

July 2, 2025 Awards
McGregor Coxall is proud to announce that NINE by Mirvac has received the 2025 AILA NSW Award of Excellence for Gardens — the highest honour in its category — recognising the project’s design excellence and contribution to urban garden-making in Australia. Once a gated television studio site closed to...
A view of a city skyline with modern high-rise buildings next to a river, showcasing urban biodiversity amid green trees and bushes under a partly cloudy sky in the late afternoon.

Two AILA Queensland Awards for Urban Biodiversity and Cemetery Design

June 18, 2025 Awards
McGregor Coxall has been recognised at the 2025 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) Queensland Awards, receiving two Landscape Architecture Awards for the South Bank Biodiversity Strategy and the Tallowwood Cemetery Masterplan. The award-winning projects demonstrate our continued leadership in creating sustainable, biodiverse urban environments that balance ecological health...
A 3D topographic map of the Birrarung Catchment sits on black stands in a dark room. Behind it, a glowing map, digital screens displaying Melbourne river catchment data, and other illuminated visuals are mounted on the dark walls.

McGregor Coxall Celebrates AILA Victoria Award Win for Visionary Birrarung Project

June 6, 2025 Awards
“Reimagining Birrarung: Design Concepts for 2070” has won the 2025 AILA Victoria Award of Excellence for Research, Policy and Communications. The groundbreaking exhibition, presented by the National Gallery of Victoria, brought together eight leading landscape architecture practices to envision the future of Melbourne’s iconic Yarra River. McGregor Coxall, along...
Aerial view of a lush, green peninsula extending into a body of water, surrounded by sailboats and yachts. The shoreline is dotted with parks like Ballast Point Park and residential areas, while a cityscape with tall buildings and bridges is visible in the background under a clear sky.

Ballast Point Park Added to NSW State Heritage Register

May 16, 2025 Project Milestone
A Milestone for Regenerative Landscape Design. McGregor Coxall is proud to acknowledge the recent announcement that Ballast Point Park has been formally added to the NSW State Heritage Register. This recognition cements the park’s significance not just as a public open space, but as a pioneering example of regenerative...

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