Alexander Popov (born 3 February 1942) is an Australian architect working in the Late 20th Century Modern style.
Biography Popov was born in Shanghai, China to Russian parents and moved to Sydney aged twelve. He was educated at Newington College (1958–1960)Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 158 and the University of New South Wales 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 (to whose daughter Lin he was married for 15 years).McGillick.com He returned to Australia in 1983 and established Alex Popov Architects (later Alex Popov & Associates). The practice is now known as PopovBass with both Australian architect Brian Bass and Alex Popov as directors. 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 Awards and the Robin Boyd Award.
An original monograph on Popov's earlier works, titled Alex Popov: Buildings and Projects with text by Paul McGillick and photography by Kraig Carlstrom, was published by Axel Menges, Stuttgart. Another comprehensive monograph titled Alex Popov Architects : Selected Works 1999—2007 with text by Anna Johnson and photography by Patrick Bingham-Hall was published by Pesaro Publishing.
Key works Griffiths Teas Apartments, Surry Hills Griffith House, Griffith Balmoral House, Balmoral Mosman House, Mosman Point Piper House, Point Piper The Grantham, Potts Point Middle Cove House, Middle Cove Whale Beach House, Whale Beach Sam Miranda Winery, Oxley Canopy, Cammeray Northbridge House, Northbridge Castlecrag House, Castlecrag Thredbo, Thredbo Rockpool, Mona Vale Griffin House, Castlecrag SCECGS Redlands Gymnasium. Cremorne
Awards 2014 Wilkinson Award for Residential Architecture (New) — Griffith House, Griffith 2011 Mosman Design Awards — Mosman House 2, Mosman 2005 RAIA Robin Boyd Award Commendation — Canopy, Cammeray 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 Vale 1996 RAIA Robin Boyd Award Commendation — Florida Road, Palm Beach 1992 RAIA Sulman Merit Award — SCEGS Redlands Gymnasium, Cremorne 1992 RAIA Architecture Australia Prize for Unbuilt Projects — Sydney Opera House Boardwalk 1990 RAIA Robin Boyd Award for Outstanding Architectural Project — Griffin House, Castlecrag 1990 RAIA Wilkinson Award Residential Architecture Griffin House, Castlecrag
References
Bibliography The New Asia Pacific House Patrick Bingham-Hall 2010 POPOV Alex Popov Architects Selected Works 1999-2007 Anna Johnson (photography by Patrick Bingham-Hall) 2008 Concrete Poetry Joe Rollo 2004 Alex Popov: Buildings and Projects Paul McGillick (photographs Kraig Carlstrom) 2002 Australian Architecture Now Davina Jackson 2002 Living in Sydney 2001 Guide to Sydney Architecture Graham Jahn 1997 Award Winning Australian Architecture Neville Quarry 1996 Australian Style Bettsy Walters 1992
External links PopovBass Website