News + Insights – OCULUS

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03 Feb 2026 — Triple win for Seafarers

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27 Jan 2026 — New waterfront park sets ambitious goal for Women in Construction

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20 Jan 2026 — Renewing the old Sydney Fish Market site

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04 Dec 2025 — Summer Swimming in Sydney

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02 Dec 2025 — Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities

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26 Nov 2025 — World Architecture Festival Win for Creative Reuse

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24 Nov 2025 — Guide to Growing a Woody Meadow

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19 Nov 2025 — Australian Institute of Architects National Awards

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18 Nov 2025 — Australia By Design

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13 Nov 2025 — Good Design Award for Younghusband

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06 Nov 2025 — Keith Stead selected for NSW State Design Review Panel

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05 Nov 2025 — Celebrating Sustainability

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30 Oct 2025 — The Oval at Subi East wins two AILA National Awards

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29 Oct 2025 — Victorian Premier’s Design Awards: Triple Finalist

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15 Oct 2025 — Nature Design Guide

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16 Sep 2025 — Living Future Resilience Symposium

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11 Sep 2025 — Keith Stead appointed to AILA CPD Committee

10 Sep 2025 — Biophilic Luxury

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19 Aug 2025 — Equal recognition for architect Marion Mahony Griffin, partner of Walter Burley Griffin

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14 Aug 2025 — Turning Over A Redleaf

05 Aug 2025 — Keith Stead joins AILA NSW Executive Team

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22 Jul 2025 — Slow-Moving Water in Architecture Australia Magazine

08 Jul 2025 — Stories of the City

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02 Jul 2025 — Award-winning architectural collaborations at the Australian Institute of Architects state awards

30 Jun 2025 — Reconsidering Material Practice

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05 Jun 2025 — The Oval at Subi East wins three AILA WA Awards

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04 Jun 2025 — Planning Greener Australian Cities

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30 Apr 2025 — Celebrating Heritage in NSW

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23 Apr 2025 — Melbourne Design Week: Reimagining Our Living Landscape

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22 Apr 2025 — Melbourne Design Week: A New Normal

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27 Mar 2025 — Subi East shortlisted in the Australian Urban Design Awards

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25 Mar 2025 — What Bees Need

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13 Feb 2025 — This Is Public... Space

11 Feb 2025 — Urban Development Institute of Australia Victorian Awards

06 Feb 2025 — Landscape Performance: An Emerging Field

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18 Dec 2024 — Making Models

An architectural visualisation of a new hospital forecourt filled with plants, trees, and wide paths. There are diverse groups of people dispersed throughout.

05 Dec 2024 — Designs unveiled for the new Melton Hospital

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03 Dec 2024 — International Federation of Landscape Architects: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Middle East 2024 Awards Announced

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27 Nov 2024 — Community Infrastructure + Core Values Awards for Subi East

A digital render of a masterplan concept for a new regional community park. A person is looking across a lake at street of trees and townhouses.

26 Nov 2024 — NSW Planning Excellence Award: Improving Planning Processes

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21 Nov 2024 — Parametric Seating Design

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12 Nov 2024 — TRX City Park and Gender Sensitive Urban Design celebrated at AILA National Awards

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29 Oct 2024 — Reflecting on the 2022 Festival of Landscape Architecture: Country

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24 Oct 2024 — Places to Swim: Marrinawi Cove

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25 Sep 2024 — New Australian Associate Director

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12 Sep 2024 — Embracing Change and Innovation

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30 Jul 2024 — Western Australia Park of the Year

24 Jul 2024 — West Head Wins Award of Excellence

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23 Jul 2024 — Open House Melbourne Weekend

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18 Jul 2024 — World Architecture Festival Award for Cultural Identity