Alex Popov (architect)
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Alexander Popov is an Australia
n architect working in the Late 20th Century Modern
style.
of Russian parents and moved to Sydney
aged twelve. He was educated at Newington College
(1958-1960) and the University of Sydney
before studying further in Denmark
. Popov graduated in architecture from the Royal Danish Academy of Art
in 1971 and then worked with Henning Larsen
and Jørn Utzon
. He returned to Australia in 1983 and established Alex Popov Architects Pty Ltd (now known as Alex Popov & Associates). The practice has been successful in a number of design competitions and has received numerous major awards from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects
including several Wilkinson Award
s and the Robin Boyd Award
.
A comprehensive monograph on Alex Popov's work 'Alex Popov Architects : Selected Works 1999 - 2007' ISBN: 9781877015175 with text by Anna Johnson and photographs by Patrick Bingham-Hall is available from Pesaro Publishing
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 working in the Late 20th Century Modern
Australian architectural styles
Australian architectural styles, like the revivalist trends which dominated Europe for centuries, have been primarily derivative.-Background:...
style.
Biography
Popov was born in ShanghaiShanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
of Russian parents and moved to Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
aged twelve. He was educated at Newington College
Newington College
Newington College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
(1958-1960) and the 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...
before studying further in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. Popov graduated in architecture from the Royal Danish Academy of Art
Royal Danish Academy of Art
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has provided a practice-oriented complement to the scholarly investigation of the arts carried out at Danish universities for more than 250 years, playing a crucial part in the development of the distinctive tradition of the art of Denmark.- History :The Royal...
in 1971 and then worked with Henning Larsen
Henning Larsen
Henning Larsen is a Danish architect.He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadhand the Copenhagen Opera House...
and Jørn Utzon
Jørn Utzon
Jørn Oberg Utzon, , AC was a Danish architect, most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia. When it was declared a World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007, Utzon became only the second person to have received such recognition for one of his works during his lifetime...
. He returned to Australia in 1983 and established Alex Popov Architects Pty Ltd (now known as Alex Popov & Associates). The practice has been successful in a number of design competitions and has received numerous major awards from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects
Royal Australian Institute of Architects
The Australian Institute of Architects is a professional body for architects in Australia. Until August 2008, the Institute traded as the "Royal Australian Institute of Architects", which remains its official name....
including several Wilkinson Award
Wilkinson Award
The Wilkinson Award is an Australian architectural prize presented by the Australian Institute of Architects and was first awarded in 1961....
s and the Robin Boyd Award
Robin Boyd Award
The Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture is an Australian architectural prize presented by the Australian Institute of Architects since 1981....
.
A comprehensive monograph on Alex Popov's work 'Alex Popov Architects : Selected Works 1999 - 2007' ISBN: 9781877015175 with text by Anna Johnson and photographs by Patrick Bingham-Hall is available from Pesaro Publishing
Key works
- Mosman House 2, MosmanMosman, New South WalesMosman is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mosman is located 8 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Mosman.-Localities:In February...
- Point Piper House 3, Point PiperPoint Piper, New South WalesPoint Piper is a small, harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located six kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area known as the Municipality of Woollahra....
- The Grantham, Potts PointPotts Point, New South WalesPotts Point is a small, densely-populated suburb of inner-city Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Potts Point is located 3 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney....
- Middle Cove House, Middle CoveMiddle Cove, New South WalesMiddle Cove is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Middle Cove is located 7 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Willoughby....
- Whale Beach House, Whale BeachWhale Beach, New South WalesWhale Beach is a northern beachside suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Whale Beach is located 40 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council, in the Northern Beaches region.At the northern end just off the...
- Sam Miranda Winery, OxleyOxley, VictoriaOxley is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Snow Road, south-east of Wangaratta, in the Rural City of Wangaratta. At the 2006 census, Oxley had a population of 289....
- Canopy, CammerayCammeray, New South WalesCammeray is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Cammeray is located 5 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.Cammeray is mostly a residential area...
- Northbridge House, NorthbridgeNorthbridge, New South WalesNorthbridge is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Northbridge is located 7 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Willoughby....
- Castlecrag House, CastlecragCastlecrag, New South WalesCastlecrag is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Castlecrag is located 8 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Willoughby....
- Thredbo, ThredboThredbo, New South WalesThredbo Village and ski resort is in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, and a part of the Snowy River Shire.Thredbo is about 500 kilometres south of Sydney, accessible by the Alpine Way via Cooma, Berridale and Jindabyne...
- Point Piper House 1, Point PiperPoint Piper, New South WalesPoint Piper is a small, harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located six kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area known as the Municipality of Woollahra....
- Rockpool, Mona ValeMona Vale, New South WalesMona Vale is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 28 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of Pittwater Council. Mona Vale is also part of the Northern Beaches region.-...
- Griffin House, CastlecragCastlecrag, New South WalesCastlecrag is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Castlecrag is located 8 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Willoughby....
- SCECGS Redlands GymnasiumSCECGS RedlandsRedlands, is an independent, co-educational, day school, located in Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia.The school is non-selective and currently caters for approximately 1700 students from pre-school to year 12....
. CremorneCremorne, New South WalesCremorne is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Cremorne is located 6 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council....
Awards
- 2011 Mosman Design Awards - Mosman House 2, MosmanMosman, New South WalesMosman is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mosman is located 8 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Mosman.-Localities:In February...
- 2005 RAIA Robin Boyd AwardRobin Boyd AwardThe Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture is an Australian architectural prize presented by the Australian Institute of Architects since 1981....
Commendation - Canopy, CammerayCammeray, New South WalesCammeray is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Cammeray is located 5 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.Cammeray is mostly a residential area... - 2005 RAIA Award for Architecture Multiple Housing - Canopy, Cammeray
- 2005 RAIA Commendation Single Housing - Northbridge House
- 2000 RAIA Award for Architecture Single and Multiple Housing - Rockpool, Mona ValeMona Vale, New South WalesMona Vale is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 28 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of Pittwater Council. Mona Vale is also part of the Northern Beaches region.-...
- 1996 RAIA Robin Boyd Award Commendation - Florida Road, Palm BeachPalm Beach, New South WalesPalm Beach is a northern beachside suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Palm Beach is located 41 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council, in the Northern Beaches region. Palm Beach sits on a peninsula at...
- 1992 RAIA Sulman Merit Award - SCEGS Redlands GymnasiumSCECGS RedlandsRedlands, is an independent, co-educational, day school, located in Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia.The school is non-selective and currently caters for approximately 1700 students from pre-school to year 12....
, CremorneCremorne, New South WalesCremorne is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Cremorne is located 6 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.... - 1992 RAIA Architecture Australia Prize for Unbuilt Projects - Boardwalk of Sydney Opera HouseSydney Opera HouseThe Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...
- 1990 Robin Boyd Award for Outstanding Architectural Project - Griffin House, CastlecragCastlecrag, New South WalesCastlecrag is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Castlecrag is located 8 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Willoughby....
- 1990 RAIA Wilkinson AwardWilkinson AwardThe Wilkinson Award is an Australian architectural prize presented by the Australian Institute of Architects and was first awarded in 1961....
Residential Architecture Griffin House, CastlecragCastlecrag, New South WalesCastlecrag is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Castlecrag is located 8 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Willoughby....