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)[1] 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).[2] 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.