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Richard Mann is a practicing architect with and the founding director of Ecosystem Architecture. His experience over 30 years has demonstrated a passion for design innovation that produces practical sustainability, both environmentally and socially. Richard focuses an architecture that creates buildings as communities.

Ecosystem Architecture funds a dedicated research program into biophilic urbanism and architecture. The designs deliver viable ecosystem capability that contributes advanced environmental amenity for residents and building occupiers.

Richard’s holistic approach to design has been expressed in innovative tall building designs for extreme climates. For example, a 60 storey residential building in the Middle East and a climatically atrium transitioned series of tall commercial buildings in central China currently under construction.

New multi-unit high rise residential building design by Richard in Australia incorporates his latest research using advanced materials, structural systems and erection processes producing affordable housing outcomes.

Richard’s architecture has always focused on the integrated design process by his commitment for working collaboratively with the project engineering consultants and specialist team.

His recent work also includes advanced oncology treatment departments, operating theaters and medical specialist facilities in a major public and teaching hospital in Sydney. His passion for problem solving covers work in affordable earthquake resilient housing, cyclone resilient and bush fire resilient residential architecture.

Currently Richard is working with international research teams on green technology.

Richard Mann is a practicing architect with and the founding director of Ecosystem Architecture. His experience over 30 years has demonstrated a passion for design innovation that produces practical sustainability, both environmentally and socially. Richard focuses an architecture that creates buildings as communities.

Ecosystem Architecture funds a dedicated research program into biophilic urbanism and architecture. The designs deliver viable ecosystem capability that contributes advanced environmental amenity for residents and building occupiers.

Richard’s holistic approach to design has been expressed in innovative tall building designs for extreme climates. For example, a 60 storey residential building in the Middle East and a climatically atrium transitioned series of tall commercial buildings in central China currently under construction.

New multi-unit high rise residential…

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