OCULUS Associate Director Keith Stead has been appointed to the NSW State Design Review Panel for a five-year term. The panel provides independent, consistent design quality advice on projects of state significance.

Keith joins a new group of highly qualified design professionals with a wide range of skills and experience, providing a diverse mix of specialist expertise areas. With over 30 years of experience as a landscape architect and urban designer, Keith is known for driving strong design, community and sustainability outcomes in projects as well as creative, strategic, big picture thinking.

Established in 2018, the panel contributes to design and planning certainty by giving practical design advice to applicants. The NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure thanked outgoing panel members – including OCULUS Associate Director Roger Jasprizza – for the important role they have played in supporting better design in NSW.

The State Design Review Panel program is managed by the Government Architect NSW.