Which planned capital was designed by Walter Burley Griffin?

The planned capital designed by Walter Burley Griffin was Canberra, Australia. Griffin’s design won an international competition for Australia’s new federal capital in 1912.

Griffin was an American architect and landscape designer influenced by the Prairie School. His Canberra plan used geometric avenues, vistas, circles and axes shaped around the surrounding hills. A central artificial lake was also part of his concept; it was later named Lake Burley Griffin.

The Australian government selected Canberra as a compromise location between Sydney and Melbourne, the country’s two largest cities and long-time rivals. The city was officially named Canberra in 1913, and construction developed gradually rather than following Griffin’s plan in every detail.

Griffin later became Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction, but disagreements with officials and changes to his scheme led him to resign in 1920. Canberra still preserves the core of his vision, particularly the Parliamentary Triangle and its landscape setting.