Alexander Tzannes

In 2019 The Hellenic Union of Eptanisians honoured Tzannes for his contribution to architecture and academic endeavours. Hellenic Post issued a stamp in recognition of this honour.

Tzannes’ portfolio of architecture includes many seminal projects including the following.

In 2018 he was awarded the Australian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal. The Gold Medal recognises distinguished service by architects who have designed or executed buildings of high merit, produced work of great distinction resulting in the advancement of architecture or endowed the profession of architecture in a distinguished manner.

In 2017 UNSW honoured Tzannes's achievements with the degree of Doctor of the University honoris causa.

TZANNES won the prestigious international RED DOT and two Good Design awards in product design for a suite of street furniture for the City of Sydney (2016). The Brewery Yard, Central Park Sydney received the National AIA award, the Lachlan Macquarie (2015), an international architecture award by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies (2016), and the UNESCO International Conservation Award for New Design in Heritage Contexts (2016).

In 2014 Tzannes was made a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to architecture, as a practitioner and educator and through professional organisations.

In 2014 Tzannes was made a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to architecture, as a practitioner and educator and through professional organisations. In 2017 UNSW honoured Tzannes's achievements with the degree of Doctor of the University honoris causa. In 2018 he was awarded the Australian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal. The Gold Medal recognises distinguished service by architects who have designed or executed buildings of high merit, produced work of great distinction resulting in the advancement of architecture or endowed the profession of architecture in a distinguished manner. In 2019 The Hellenic Union of Eptanisians honoured Tzannes for his contribution to architecture and academic endeavours. Hellenic Post issued a stamp in recognition of this honour.

Tzannes is the founding director of TZANNES. He established the firm's distinctive culture based on transparent collaboration, ethical work practices and the pursuit of design excellence, measured by enduring beneits across public and private domains. The practice is today internationally recognised a leader in architecture, urban design and industrial design. Tzannes has also served the community and the profession in a diverse range of part-time positions including as National President of the Australian Institute of Architects (2006-7) and as Professor of Practice and Dean of UNSW Built Environment (2008–16) where he retains an ongoing relationship as Emeritus Professor. This academic experience has helped shape the development of the firm's rigorous and research led design process.

TZANNES has been honoured with more than 100 local, state, national and international architecture awards, including the Robin Boyd (1997, 1988, 1989), Wilkinson (1988, 1989, 1997, 2010), Blackett (1998), the Lachlan Macquarie award (2015), the Harry Seidler Award for Commercial Architecture (2019) and the National Architecture Award for Interior Architecture (2019) from the Australian Institute of Architects and the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal (2018).

Alexander "Alec" Tzannes AM (born December 27, 1950) is an Australian architect, designer, urban strategist, thinker and academic. Tzannes is one of Australia's most respected architects, with a portfolio of private and public work spanning more than 30 years. He is the founding director of TZANNES, an architecture and urban design practice. He is immediate past professor of practice and dean of the Faculty of Built Environment at the University of New South Wales, and remains associated with the university as an emeritus professor.

Tzannes designed the Federation Pavilion in Centennial Park, New South Wales, which was erected around the Commonwealth Stone as a permanent monument to Australia's 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.