The recent redevelopment of this iconic harbourside public swimming facility by Lippmann Partnership provided us with the opportunity to not only work with Ed Lippmann and his team on this project but to also integrate the public domain of this important location with the adjacent Sydney Botanic Gardens and Domain Parkland. A dramatic array of indigenous plants, designed around a dry creek bed landscape incorporating river stones and sandstone boulders, were utilised, with the large Cabbage Tree palms and native grasses being used to fully complement the wonderful architecture.