As an architect, Frank has designed award-winning buildings and masterplans for leading organisations in Australia and abroad, strategically integrating their business models with ecological thinking to deliver capital works that are zero-waste, carbon-sequestering, habitat-creating and provide myriad cascading benefits to the community and environment.
Frank’s recent works include the regenerative masterplan for Gili Meno, an island in Indonesia, the Woodleigh School Senior Campus Masterplan, the Woodleigh Year 10 Regenerative Futures Studio and the Biomimicry for Regenerative Design Lab at the Green School in Bali.
With business partner Bronwen Main, Frank cofounded MAIN&FRANK, a design company that creates architecture, art, masterplans and material systems that build resilience in place, grounded in bioregional intelligence, regeneration and stewardship.
MAIN&FRANK projects are guided by three principles: Collaborative; Nature-based; Living.
They help organisations adapt to uncertain futures and support communities to thrive in complex environments by strategically integrating their aspirations with ecological thinking, transforming strategy into masterplans and projects that build real resilience, close the loop on waste, sequester carbon, regenerate habitat and provide myriad cascading benefits to the community and environment.
Their projects range from regenerative learning environments and masterplans to public artworks, flat-pack construction systems, prototypes and bespoke designs. They innovate with regenerative biomaterials including hemp, straw and biochar, treating material practice as a platform for community development, habitat creation, climate-responsive performance and public health.
MAIN&FRANK projects do not just withstand uncertainty but get better through adaptation, care and ecological reciprocity, creating cascading benefits for communities, local economies and ecosystems over time.