Andrew Andersons Architecture and the Public Realm

Distinguished architect Andrew Andersons has redefined Australia’s art galleries over the last five decades (in Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra and regionally) and 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 for a new period marked by renovation of the Capitol Theatre, 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, and redefined the Sydney Opera House and East Circular Quay as Australia’s ‘first national precinct’ and pre-eminent civic gathering place. In this landmark book, Bernice Murphy and Leon Paroissien draw on interviews and research over many years to illuminate Andersons’ life and achievements.

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 was founding Director of the Visual Arts Board (1974-80). He was later Director of the fifth Biennale of Sydney (1984), then Founding Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, and later the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei. He was Adjunct Professor, Design and Architecture, at the University of Canberra (2004-10) and has written extensively on contemporary art and design. He chaired the City of Sydney's Public Art Advisory Panel (2007-19) and continues to be involved in public art projects concerned with the commissioning of contemporary artists.

Introduction 1 Early years, training and international experience (1949–67) 2 Public Works and public buildings (1967–88) 3 Enhancing the city: Preparing for the Bicentenary (1976–88) 4 Master planning and urbanism (1989–2012) 5 Transforming Sydney’s waterfront and industrial heritage (1992–2004) 6 The changing culture of office buildings (1994–2004) 7 The city for living and leisure (1999–2015) 8 Museums and art spaces (1972–2010) 9 Theatres and performance spaces (1979–2011) 10 PTW Architects, an outstanding design enterprise with a legacy history Catalogue of works and projects Acknowledgments Author biographies Illustration credits References Endnotes Index