A life in sections.

Born 2 June in Harare, then called Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.

Studies at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London.

In Zambia, designs Dairy Marketing Board Milk Processing Factory, Trades and Training Institutes at Kaabwe and Livingstone, Students' Residences, University of Zambia, Lusaka

Hindu Temple, Harare; Chinhoyi Hospital - design of Hospital, Staff Housing and Training School. First systematic experiments with passive cooling.

Eastgate Centre opens in Harare — a 55,000 m² building cooled almost entirely by termite-mound logic.

Lead design architect for Melbourne's new municipal offices CH2, Design of Centre for the Environment, Zolda, Belgium.

Awarded the Prince Claus Award (Netherlands) for ecological and sustainable design.

Council House 2 (CH2), Melbourne — co-designed with DesignInc — opens as Australia's first six-star Green Star building.

The Vortex, visitor's centre for Gippsland Water Factory in Victoria built on an artificial lake to demonstrate the thermal capacity of water.

Three years working with Vanke in China on large-scale low-carbon building. Designed stack effect ventilation in high-rise buildings and an innovative window system which dehumidifies air before it enters the room powered by the sun.

Yunnan Province rainforest environment in an ETFE bubble, in collaboration with Yunnan botanists and academics.

Redesign of the National Gallery in Harare ahead of hosting CIMAM, the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art.

Pioneering design of urban farming to restore wetlands in the high density suburb of Kuwadzana.

Designing world's first passively cooled data centre that restores nature with James Saruchera.