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Emma Appleton (landscape architect)
Emma Appleton is an Australian landscape architect and urban designer notable for her contributions to urban planning and development. She is Director City Strategy at the City of Melbourne.

Background
Appleton has held senior public agency and design consultancy roles in Australia and the UK. She has over twenty years experience in the design and development of urban environments. Prior to joining City of Melbourne, Appleton served as Director of the Office of the Victorian Government Architect's Victorian Design Review Panel (VDRP). In 2018, Appleton was included in the list of Top 50 Public Sector Women in Victoria. Previously the Director of Urban Design for regeneration projects at VicUrban, Appleton was advisor and Head of Urban Design and Housing at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) in London. At CABE, she co-authored ‘Creating Successful Neighbourhoods’ and contributed to ‘Creating Successful Masterplans’.

Appleton is a Churchill Fellow with a focus on the revitalisation of post-industrial contexts in Germany and the Netherlands. Appleton contributes to advisory boards of design courses at Melbourne universities and contributed to the Board for Urban Places for Queensland Government. Appleton is a passionate advocate for high-quality design and its role in shaping great places for people. Appleton has a Master of Urban Design from Oxford Brookes University (2002 - 2003), a Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture from Queensland University of Technology (1994-1996) and a Bachelor of Design Studies in Architecture from The University of Queensland (1991 - 1994). Appleton is a Registered Landscape Architect.

Appointments

 * City of Melbourne, Director City Strategy 2020 to present
 * City of Melbourne, Acting General Manager Strategy, Planning and Climate Change 2019 - 2020
 * City of Melbourne, Manager Urban Strategy 2016 - 2019
 * Office of the Victorian Government Architect, Director, Victorian Design Review Panel 2011 - 2016
 * VicUrban, Director Urban Design - Regeneration 2009 - 2011
 * Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), Head of urban design and homes (enabling programme) 2005 - 2008
 * Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), Advisor / senior advisor (enabling programme) 2003 - 2005
 * Gillespies, Urban Designer 1999 - 2002
 * Maroochy Shire Council, Landscape Architect 1997 - 1999

Achievements

 * Women's Planning Network and City of Whittlesea forum MC 2019
 * Queensland Government Urban Design and Places Panel member 2016-18
 * University of Melbourne Urban Design Advisory Board Chair
 * Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA), Victorian Chapter President 2015-17
 * City of Whitehorse Built Environment Awards invited judge 2015
 * MPavilion, “Rethinking the Strip: High Streets, Hinterlands and Vacancy” invited panel speaker 2014
 * 5th International Urban Design Conference speaker, Melbourne, Australia 2012
 * 3RRR The Architects - Show 260 - VicUrban radio interview 2010
 * Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Churchill Fellowship - The potential of urban waterways in post-industrial cities 2005

Key Projects

 * CABE DownUnder initiative with David Rayson, Geoffrey London, Jill Garner, Jenny Rayment, Laura-Jo Mellan, Justin Kelly, Gerry McLoughlin, Bruce Echberg, Leon Yates, Rod Duncan and Bill Chandler.