Andrew Andersons
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Andrew Andersons is an Australia
n architect. Buildings he has designed include various extensions to art galleries, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales
, the National Gallery of Australia
and the Heide Museum of Modern Art
building.
Andersons was born in Riga
, Latvia
and his family settled in Australia in August 1949. He was educated at Sydney Boys High School
, University of Sydney
and Yale University
. He became an architect with the former New South Wales
Department of Public Works in 1964, Principal Architect Special Projects Section in 1967, Assistant Government Architect in 1984. While he was offered the position of Government Architect in 1988, and was expected to accept it, he turned it down. He was appointed Visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of New South Wales
in 1989. He is the Principal Director of PTW Architects
(formerly Peddle, Thorpe and Walker Proprietary Limited).
He designed the new galleries for large-scale temporary exhibitions, built on the eastern side of the National Gallery of Australia
, opened in 1997.
Andersons also designed the controversial and much-maligned Toaster building in Circular Quay.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n architect. Buildings he has designed include various extensions to art galleries, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales , located in The Domain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was established in 1897 and is the most important public gallery in Sydney and the fourth largest in Australia...
, the National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia is the national art gallery of Australia, holding more than 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Australian government as a national public art gallery.- Establishment :...
and the Heide Museum of Modern Art
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Heide Museum of Modern Art, more commonly just Heide, is a contemporary art museum located in Bulleen, east of Melbourne, Australia. Established in 1981, the museum comprises several detached buildings and surrounding gardens & parklands of historical importance that are used as gallery spaces to...
building.
Andersons was born in Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
and his family settled in Australia in August 1949. He was educated at Sydney Boys High School
Sydney Boys High School
Sydney Boys High School is an academically selective public secondary school for boys, located in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with 1,180 students, from years 7 to 12...
, University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
and Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. He became an architect with the former New South Wales
Government of New South Wales
The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then...
Department of Public Works in 1964, Principal Architect Special Projects Section in 1967, Assistant Government Architect in 1984. While he was offered the position of Government Architect in 1988, and was expected to accept it, he turned it down. He was appointed Visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in 1989. He is the Principal Director of PTW Architects
PTW Architects
PTW Architects is an Australian architecture firm founded in Sydney in 1889.-Selected works:*AMP Place, Brisbane *National Gallery of Australia Extension *The Toaster Building...
(formerly Peddle, Thorpe and Walker Proprietary Limited).
He designed the new galleries for large-scale temporary exhibitions, built on the eastern side of the National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia is the national art gallery of Australia, holding more than 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Australian government as a national public art gallery.- Establishment :...
, opened in 1997.
Andersons also designed the controversial and much-maligned Toaster building in Circular Quay.