Will is the Principal and Managing Director of ARGO Architects + Master Planners and has over 33 years continuous experience as an architect and 21 years as a master planner.  Until August of 2013 Will was also a Principal and Director of Regional Innovations Australia, an environmental consultancy commercialising the theories of and collaborating closely with Mr. Peter Andrews OAM, recognised recently for his efforts in restoring Australia’s landscape to its original condition through his theories in ‘Natural Sequence Science’.  Will is also a Board Member of the Vihara Foundation, advising in regards to landscape restoration and master planning and development of a major community, agribusiness initiative in Bihar Province, India, which will affect over one million people.

Will’s special areas of expertise are in Master Planning, Aquatics, Leisure Facilities, Necropoleis and Low Cost Medium to High Density Housing, social equity planning issues, place making and restoration of the natural environment and its interface with human settlements.  Will is a registered architect in Australia and a member of the AAA professional body and a member of ACCA and QCCA industry associations and regularly lectures at industry and professional conferences on place making, master planning, aquatic and funerary architecture.  Will is co-presenting a keynote lecture on innovation and the environment at the “Big Blue Sky” conference being held in November on the Gold Coast later this year.

Will is recognised as a leading innovator in environmental and social master planning and the design of aquatic and funerary facilities, having won several significant international and Australian awards for design excellence and environmentally sustainable projects.

NFS principles and their practical outcomes have also received close attention of scientific community both international and within Australia. Several scientific reviews applauded Peter’s empirical achievements and primary observations that laid not only the foundation of NFS but also identified several research directions vital for the future natural resource management.

Peter’s work has been extensively used abroad in New Zealand and China to establish productive farming systems and healthy landscapes to influence both climatic extremes and markedly increase land productivity. Application of his principles in landscape regeneration projects on highly degraded industrial and agricultural landscapes have proved that rapid recovery solutions are within reach of land managers.
In recognition of his efforts and achievements in January 2011 Peter Andrews was awarded The Order of Australia Medal.

(1)The development of sustainable membrane processes for the removal and recovery of ammonia from wastewater:Viewing nutrients in contaminated waters as a resource not as a problem, Ha and her team developed selective membranes which are not only highly efficient but also able to produce concentrated fertilizer solutions as a product.

(2)Desalination of brine solutions; using membrane distillation: Membrane distillation systems have been developed to desalinate brackish water using waste heat instead of pressure used in traditional reverse osmosis units.

(3)Low alcohol wine: A commercial demonstration plant has been employed to treat up to 30,000 L per day of wine in order to either “scalp it” or reduce alcohol content to 8 % v/v or less.Technology was developed which allowed selective recovery of the alcohol from the wine and not the volatile compounds which provide the flavour.

(4)Lactoferrin separation for the dairy industry: Lactoferrin is a protein found in milk and other animal fluids which has been found to exhibit significant antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.Extraction of this compound from milk products is difficult, yet Dreamtime Technologies has successfully achieved this latter goal using innovative membrane concepts.

(5)Fruit juice concentration: Osmotic distillation has the inherent advantage of not spoiling fruit juice when concentrating fruit juices in contrast to the widespread use of heat.