Alexander Tzannes
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Alexander Tzannes is an Australian architect. Tzannes is a graduate of architecture and urban design from Sydney University and Columbia University who began his career in the New South Wales Government Architects Office. [1] He went on to work with a private architectural firm before striking it out on his own in 1982, creating Alexander Tzannes Associates (ATA).
Alex Tzannes designed the Federation Pavilion in Centennial Park, New South Wales, which was erected around the Commonwealth Stone as a permanent monument to Federation, in the Bicentennial Year of European Settlement in 1988. The Federation Monument which consists of the Commonwealth Stone (1901) and the Federation Pavilion (1988) is significant as the site of the official ceremony to mark the Federation of Australia and the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. [2]
He is a winner of the Robin Boyd Award:
- 1988 Alexander Tzannes - Henwood House, Paddington, New South Wales
- 1997 Alexander Tzannes Associates - House, Northbridge, New South Wales
