Alexander "Alec" Tzannes (born December 27, 1950) is an Australian

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and academic. He has taught at a number of Australian universities, including at the

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as Dean of the University's Faculty of Built Environment from 2008 to 2016. He is also the founding director of Tzannes Associates, an architecture and design practice.

Education

He studied architecture and science at the

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, where he graduated in 1974. He later studied in a postgraduate capacity at

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, where he graduated in 1978.

Career

Tzannes has taught at a number of Australian universities, including as a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the

Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The univ ...

in 2003. He is currently a Professor of Design Practice in Built Environment at the University of New South Wales, having previously served as Dean of the University's Faculty of Built Environment from 2008 to 2016. He is also the founding director of Tzannes Associates, an architecture and design practice. Tzannes designed the Federation Pavilion in

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, which was erected in 1988, during the

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. The site was previously used to mark the

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during the official ceremony on 1 January 1901.

Awards

He was made a member of the

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in 2014 for 'significant service to architecture, as a practitioner and educator, and through professional organisations'. In 2018 he was awarded the Australian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal. In 2019 the Hellenic Union of Eptanisians honoured Tzannes for his academic and architectural work. A stamp was issued in recognition of this honour by the

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References

External links

Tzannes Associates
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tzannes, Alexander 1950 births Living people New South Wales architects Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation alumni Members of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal