Ilana’s guest is Alec Tzannes, Founding Director of Tzannes, a leading architecture and urban design practice based in Sydney, Australia. He established the studio’s distinctive design philosophy, with its emphasis on intellectual rigour, collaboration, sustainability and a strong sense of ethics.
Alec studied Architecture at the University of Sydney and later at Colombia University in New York. He served as Dean of the Built Environment at the University of New South Wales for nearly a decade and is now Professor Emeritus (Practice).
He established Tzannes in the early 1980s and it has grown to become a recognised leader in designing Australia’s built environment – from homes, workplaces, and institutions to large city-shaping projects. The practice’s work spans beyond the architecture of a building, seamlessly integrating across design disciplines.
Over the past 40 years, Tzannes’ commitment to design excellence has been recognised with over 200 international, national and state awards in all the specialised fields of design that the practice undertakes.
In 2006-7 Alec served as the National President of the Australian Institute of Architects and in 2018, was awarded the AIA’s Gold Medal, its highest accolade.
