OCULUS acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the places we work.

We honour Elders past and present, whose profound knowledge systems can teach us much about how we care and design for Country.

Bob Earl
Director

+61 3 9670 0699

Bob Earl co-founded OCULUS and has more than 35 years of experience in landscape architecture and urban design across Australia, the United States, New Zealand, Singapore, and Malaysia.

Bob’s work is focused on the impact of public space on the life of cities. He believes public space is a canvas to be acted upon in unexpected ways and is a force that shapes the culture of our urban environment.

He is committed to open collaboration and exploring ideas that arise through listening, doing, and making with others. Bob pushes the practice to constantly evolve, with people, ideas, and making at its heart.

A black and white headshot of a person in a laneway. They have a pen in their top jacket pocket.

Education

Bachelor of Science (Landscape Architecture), Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Selected Projects

A photo of a public park, with large grass area and shade structures. There is a flock of cockatoos eating on the grass in the foreground.

Subi East

A digital render of a large art gallery, in the foreground many people are pictured in gathering in different spaces of a landscape space with curved paths and planting.

Tarrkarri – Centre for First Nations Cultures

A digital render of a curved outdoor courtyard filled with people and plants.

UTS National First Nations College

Melbourne Quarter

A photo of two people walking through a curved outdoor passage between buildings, past a sculpture towards an avenue of trees. They are both carrying bags.

TarraWarra Museum of Art: Eva and Marc Besen Centre

National Gallery of Australia Sculpture Garden Design Competition

A photo of a very large rooftop park taken from above.

Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) City Park

A digital visualisation of a waterfront landscape featuring dramatic architectural topography. There is a person running with two dogs in the foreground, and large trees in the background .

Harbour Park Design Competition

A digital render of a dense city precinct, with green open space at the centre, and green planting extending up on building terraces and rooftops.

RMIT City North Social Innovation Precinct

A digital render of a large, lush public plaza split across two levels. It is surrounded by tall buildings.

South City Square

A digitally rendered landscape masterplan of a dense city precinct close to a body of water.

Kingston Arts Precinct

Wesley Place

Collins Arch

Dairy Road Precinct

Sydney Olympic Park Stadia Precinct Competition

Barangaroo South Public Domain

A photograph of a new business park with glass office buildings to the left and right. The space between is filled with a mix of plants in core ten steel planters. A staircase leads into the site.

Caribbean Park Public Realm

Unitec Urban Strategy

ANU Pop-Up Reunion Village

New Acton Precinct

A digital mock-up of a double page spread A4 document on a white background. The spread features a rendered urban landscape and text reading "D: Public Realm Guidelines"

ANU Union Court Framework Plan

Victoria Harbour City Quarter

Buluk Park

GTV9 Redevelopment

National Circuit

Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)

Rouse Hill Town Centre