- Andrew Andersons
Andrew Andersons (born 5 July 1942) is an
Australia n architect. Buildings he has designed include various extensions to art galleries, including theArt Gallery of New South Wales , theNational Gallery of Australia and theHeide Museum of Modern Art building.Andersons was born in
Riga ,Latvia and his family settled in Australia in August 1949. He was educated atSydney Boys High School ,University of Sydney andYale 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 theUniversity of New South Wales in 1989. He is the Principal Director ofPTW Architects (formerly Peddle, Thorpe and Walker Proprietary Limited). [cite book| title =Who's Who in Australia | date = 2006 ]He designed the new galleries for large-scale temporary exhibitions, built on the eastern side of the
National Gallery of Australia , opened in 1997.References
http://www.ptw.com.au/
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