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11 May 2023 — African Journal of Landscape Architecture: Indigenous Knowledge

A photograph taken looking up at a lush green Japanese tree canopy.

02 May 2023 — Landscape Architects as Change Makers

An aerial photograph of Sydney, with the harbour and Barangaroo Precinct in the foreground, and the city and a cloudy sky behind. A white outline has been added to indicate the Harbour Park site perimeter, as part of a larger construction site.

26 Apr 2023 — Harbour Park Design Competition: Shortlist

A photograph of a landscape architect at a climate rally, holding a cardboard sign above their head that says 'Landscape Architects for Climate Action'

04 Apr 2023 — Climate Positive Design

A photograph of walkway in an elevated urban park. The enclosed structure is teeming with an array of lush green plants. A few people can be seen in the park. There are city buildings in the background.

17 Mar 2023 — Support Sustainable Design Mandates

A black and white photograph (scanned from film) of an International Women's Day March in Sydney in the 1980's. People are marching towards the camera, a banner stretches across the street reading 'International Women's Day'. The crowd stretches down the street, disappearing into the background of the photo.

08 Mar 2023 — Innovation for a Gender Equal Future

A photograph of a building embedded in the landscape. The building has a green grass roof. A child is visible on a boardwalk runs across the image. The foreground is a meadow of flowering plants. Green trees fill the background of the photo.

01 Mar 2023 — American Institute of Architects Award Winner

A photograph of bathers at a Sydney Harbour swimming spot. People swim, as well as sit on sandstone terraces. The sun is shining and a blue sky with small clouds is visible above.

28 Feb 2023 — Making a Splash in Sydney Harbour

A photograph of a large group of people gathering in a sunny park, everyone is facing towards a tent with a pink roof, listening to a speech. Trees and blue sky is visible in the background.

20 Feb 2023 — From the Heart, Yes

$A photograph of sunlight refracted through coloured glass panels onto stone paving.$

17 Feb 2023 — World Pride in Sydney

A photograph of group of business people in a courtyard space surrounded by lush green planting, including ferns. The courtyard is surrounded by a glazed building, with a reflection of the sky visible at the top of the image.

15 Feb 2023 — Bendigo Hospital Case Study

A colour photograph of Australian native planting design. Grey-green branches of round eucaluptus leaves emerge from bright green tufts of grass.

31 Jan 2023 — Growing more at LESS

A black and white photograph of an indoor plywood bike rack. There is one bicycle hanging on the wall to the left of the image.

30 Jan 2023 — Now hiring: Washington D.C.

A coloured photograph of an open book on a white background. The spread features three renders of a contemporary gallery, with some tiny text, and lots of white space on the pages.

24 Jan 2023 — NGV Contemporary Design Competition Exhibition Closing Soon

A photograph of a printed statement on canvas, surrounded by signatures in black marker, and framed with an Aboriginal dot painting.

12 Jan 2023 — History is Calling

15 Dec 2022 — Whale Watching at Cape Solander

An artist's impression of a renewed precinct, shown at night. A sign reading 'Canberra Theatre Centre' is featured above a glowing entry foyer. There are a couple of people outside, and lots more people inside under sculptural lights.

05 Dec 2022 — Canberra Theatre Redevelopment: Shortlist

A photograph of a gum leaf covered in raindrops, the dark green leaf is elongated, more eucalyptus tree leaves are out of focus in the background.

02 Dec 2022 — International Federation of Landscape Architects Awards: Climate Crisis Design

01 Dec 2022 — Australian Urban Design Awards: Leadership, Advocacy and Research

An artist's impression of a waterfront promenade filled with people. There is water to the left of the image, and trees to the right. In the background a distinctive bridge fills the sky.

30 Nov 2022 — A new waterfront park for Sydney

A photograph of an urban park. There are small groups and individuals sitting on bench seating that surrounds a large olive tree. There is grass in the foreground and heritage buildings in the background.

16 Nov 2022 — Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

A digital render of a green urban landscape. There is a person crossing the road in the foreground, moving towards two people, one wheeling a suitcase. More people can be seen in a plaza area. Plants cover large areas of the ground, and there is a dense canopy of leafy trees. A car or two can be seen in the distance.

14 Nov 2022 — Sunshine Station Superhub

A small group of people, inside and office space, talking.

07 Nov 2022 — Sharing Practice in Landscape Architecture

A photograph of lush, green, rambunctious planting in a rooftop garden. The top of a timber seat is visible in the foreground, the background is a tangle of plants.

03 Nov 2022 — Rambunctious Rooftop

A photograph of five people walking along a path on Country. Illustrated, organic, white text over the image reads 'Country'.

21 Oct 2022 — Festival of Landscape Architecture: Country

A photograph of five people in a row, smiling at the camera. Four are wearing dark colours, three are holding wine glasses, two have short hair. Above their heads we can see trees and a night blue sky.

18 Oct 2022 — AILA National Awards for Climate Positive Design + Civic Landscape Architecture

A photograph of flock of eighteen galahs, pink and grey Australian birds, flying across a clear, dusty blue sky. They are lit with warm, low, sunlight.

17 Oct 2022 — Aussie Bird Count

A photograph of two children playing on sandstone rocks in an urban park. A landscaped water channel and banksia sculpture can be seen on the left, and there is a dog on the right. In the background there are trees, plants, and glimpses of a city skyline.

12 Oct 2022 — Melbourne Awards: Finalists Revealed

A black and white photograph of a bookshelf of landscape architecture books and models.

27 Sep 2022 — What do Landscape Architects do?

A 3D computer render of the entry space of a large building. There is a large wall of glass windows and doors to the left, with views to the waterfront landscape. Blue and Pink Flags as seen on the windows, and people are moving about in the distance.

13 Sep 2022 — Geelong Convention and Exhibition Centre: Shortlist

08 Sep 2022 — Powerhouse Ultimo Design Competition: Shortlist

A photograph of person's hands on the ground next to a small Australia native tree.

22 Aug 2022 — Growing Forests and Climate Hope

A photograph of a sunny roof garden with purple flowers and tall grasses. The sky is pale blue, and a building is visible in the background.

17 Aug 2022 — Rooftop Meadow in Bloom

A photograph of people painting stripes on large concrete planters. The planters each have a tree surrounded by small flowering shrubs. They are located on a grassy slope next to a wall of graffiti. Apartment buildings can be seen in the background.

08 Aug 2022 — Painting at Bryant Street NE

Three book covers on a a white background. The book on the left is Breaking Point: The Future of Australian Cities by Peter Seamer with a photograph of a city at night. The middle book features a monochromatic pink graphic and says 'The Mesh Book'. The third book is Dear Sun, with a handwritten title and a black and white photo of people.

02 Aug 2022 — Melbourne Bound: The City in Books

A photograph of a public plaza, there is a sculpture to the left of the image, casting long shadows across a seating area. Commercial buildings can be seen in the background

20 Jul 2022 — Brett Whiteley Place Case Study

A photograph of an urban public plaza beneath a new commercial building. There are grey stone pavers and tiered timber seating. Office workers are eating lunch and talking on the seats.

07 Jul 2022 — Open House Melbourne

29 Jun 2022 — NAIDOC Week 2022 – Show Up!

22 Jun 2022 — AILA + AIA Victoria award wins

A photograph of pink flowers in an urban setting, out of focus in the background is a heritage bluestone church.

15 Jun 2022 — Molly Coulter shortlisted in the 2022 Landezine International Landscape Awards

A graphic with coloured dots representing trees on a cropped black and white map of the study area.

14 Jun 2022 — OCULUS Urban Tree Canopy Master Plan wins ShadeSmart Award

An aerial photograph of a lake front site. There is an large open corridor of grass running though the middle of the image, trees and buildings surround the open area, with mountains and blue sky visible at the top of the image.

07 Jun 2022 — Ngurra Design Competition: Shortlist

Photograph of undulating sandstone, with white text, crossed out, that reads 'terra nullius.'

01 Jun 2022 — Reconciliation – Be Brave. Make Change.

Photograph of long grasses against a pale blue sky.

25 May 2022 — Female Landscape Architects Leading the Fight Against Climate Change

18 Mar 2022 — Subject/Object: Highlighting the personal and philosophical influences that inform design thinking

20 Dec 2021 — OCULUS and Woods Bagot-designed retirement living precinct in Kew receives Council support

13 Dec 2021 — OCULUS and RMIT University to take part in global research project examining high-performance landscape projects

09 Nov 2021 — Claire Martin and OCULUS feature in Small Footprint documentary series

05 Nov 2021 — Wheaton Town Center wins major design excellence award

04 Nov 2021 — New project: Buzzard Point, Washington, DC