Andrew Andersons

Name: Andrew Andersons
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Architecture and the Public Realm

By Bernice Murphy and Leon Paroissien

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Andrew Andersons explores the distinguished career of architect Andrew Andersons, whose influential designs have reshaped Australia's cultural landscape over five decades. From revitalising art galleries in Sydney, Adelaide, and Canberra to extending the NSW Parliament and transforming the State Library of New South Wales, Andersons' work spans a remarkable range of public projects. The book highlights his pivotal role in redefining Sydney's shorelines and civic precincts, including Darling Harbour and the Sydney Opera House area, through award-winning architectural innovation.
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This book will appeal to readers interested in architecture, Australian cultural history, and urban development, as well as professionals and students in the field of design and heritage conservation.

Distinguished architect Andrew Andersons has redefined Australia's art galleries over the last five decades and his award-winning designs have extended the NSW Parliament and transformed the State Library of NSW. This landmark book draws on interviews and research over many years to illuminate Andersons' life and achievements.

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Winner, National Trust Heritage Awards 2022, resources and publications

Distinguished architect Andrew Andersons has redefined Australia's art galleries over the last five decades, including in Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, and regionally. His award-winning designs have extended the NSW Parliament and transformed the State Library of New South Wales.

After two decades in the Government Architect's Branch, Andersons joined PTW Architects, embarking on a new period marked by the renovation of the Capitol Theatre, the design of the City Recital Hall and the Roslyn Packer Theatre, along with offices and major apartment buildings from Bondi to Canberra.

Andersons' work has reimagined industrial areas of Sydney's shorelines, transforming Darling Harbour, Walsh Bay, Jones Bay, and Barangaroo. He has redefined the Sydney Opera House and East Circular Quay as Australia's 'first national precinct' and a pre-eminent civic gathering place.

In this landmark book, Andrew Andersons, Bernice Murphy and Leon Paroissien draw on interviews and research over many years to illuminate Andersons' life and achievements.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781742236575

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 March 2022

Country: Australia

Imprint: NewSouth Publishing

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 300.0mm

Weight: 363g

Pages: 368

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Arts & Culture Bernice Murphy Leon Paroissien Non-Fiction

About the Author

Bernice Murphy has been national director of Museums Australia since 2006, with more than three decades of museums-sector experience. She was chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, from 1989 until 1997 and director of the museum from 1997 until 1998. She is the editor of Museums Australia Magazine.

Leon Paroissien AM has been chairman of the City of Sydney Public Art Advisory Panel since 2007. He was founding director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, from 1989 until 1997 and founding director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan, from 2001 until 2003. He has been Adjunct Professor: Design and Architecture, University of Canberra; Visiting Fellow, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University; Editor, Visual Arts and Culture: An International Journal of Contemporary Art; and Co-editor and Editor of Art and Australia.