John Newman
John Newman is an AILA Registered Landscape Architect and the Director of NewScape Design.
John’s early appreciation of landscape and nature was fostered through his childhood spent on the family farm in the NSW Riverina. Formal studies in landscape began with his degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Canberra and the University of Georgia, USA.
He has a wide range of experience in landscape architecture, urban design, planning and furniture design projects for private and public sector clients. Before founding NewScape, John worked in a number of Sydney design firms and the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. His designs respond to site and environmental conditions and reflect his strong interest and knowledge of natural landscapes and sustainability.
Hayden Green
Hayden Green is an AILA Registered Landscape Architect and Horticulturalist with over 20 years experience.
Hayden has a wide range of experience in landscape architecture, urban design and planning projects for both private and public-sector clients across multiple industry market sectors.
He has worked for multiple specialist companies where he has a proven track record in master planning, concept and planting design, contract documentation and construction administration.
In recent years, Hayden has been concentrating on the preparation of landscape design drawings for multi-unit residential apartment buildings. Working successfully with Councils he has a comprehensive understanding of the development application process, marrying together state and local government control guidelines that deliver innovative sustainable landscape responses to improve our built environment.
Brendan Murphy
Brendan Murphy is a Landscape Architecture student in the final year of his studies at UTS.
Brendan’s interests lie in large-scale ecology, urbanism and landscape. In his studies he is exploring how the future of our globalised environment will effect planning and design within cities and territories.
Brendan worked at Turner Studio on a variety of large-scale residential projects before moving to NewScape Design. His designs consider the many roles of landscapes and seek to address design problems through simple solutions.
Frankie Shaw
Master of Landscape Architecture graduate, and also Bachelor of Science graduate majoring in Conservation Biology. She is intensely passionate about botany, art, sustainability and community design.
Frankie is known for beautiful hand-drawn renders and creative solutions to design briefs, with a keen interest in environmental and social systems shown by her works.
Before joining NewScape, Frankie has worked in a number of casual and part-time positions including garden design and graphic signage work.
