Thomas has over ten years experience working in residential and commercial architecture and has worked on many large projects in Australia and the UK.Thomas completed his Architecture degree in New Zealand, and then spent much of the past ten years working in London and completing an MSc. (Architecture) in Environmental and Energy Studies.Thomas believes that future buildings must be designed in a way that minimizes energy consumption and that the key challenge for Architects is to design low energy buildings that are pleasant to live and work in, while being visually attractive.