Anthony Sharples

DIRECTOR | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

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Anthony Sharples is the co–founder of AKAS, a qualified Landscape Architect and University Lecturer. 

"The most exciting aspect of landscape architecture is that I get to design spaces which enhance the everyday lives and shared experiences of people. I feel very fortunate to be in a profession in which I get to introduce a biodiversity of plants and habitat back into our urban environment."

Anthony comes from a fine art background and has studied in Japan, Netherlands, Indonesia and Melbourne. Anthony is interested in landscape as a spatial force and experience. His design approach has developed through the act of observation and is refined through a process of revisiting design sites post implementation to learn through the built outcome. Anthony has investigated key interests through a Masters thesis project and continues to explore and develop ideas through his design practice AKAS landscape architecture and University teaching. Anthony has an interest in the current urban framework of modern cities and is fascinated with the notion of ‘hyper-reality’, the fragmentation of modern society caused by the proliferation of devices, technology and distraction. Anthony is interested in the role future public space will play in reconnecting people with the landscape.