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.
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.
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 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.
