Andrew Barrie, elected to Royal Society
Andrew Barrie, Professor of Design & Planning at Auckland University of Architecture has been elected to the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
Learning From Trees, created by UoA students of Architecture headed by Andrew Barrie for the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, 2021.
Andrew Barrie, Professor of Design at the University of Auckland’s School of Architecture and Planning, is one of 23 new Ngā Ahurei hou a Te Apārangi Fellows elected to the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi this year.
The Society recognised Barrie’s innovative work in the field of timber design, and the role his research has played in advancing New Zealand architecture on the world stage.
Barrie joins Deidre Brown (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu), former head of the University of Auckland’s School of Architecture and Planning, and acoustician Sir Harold Marshall, as one of only three of the current 471 Fellows with a background in architecture.
“The founders of the Royal Society back in the 17th century included Christopher Wren, the greatest English architect of his generation,” says Barrie. “Here, in New Zealand, the Society has a limited history of designers serving as Fellows so this election signals a sense that the creative fields can again make a contribution to advancing knowledge.”
Other work from Andrew Barrie includes the extensively researched Itinerary series and the multi-award-winning Cathedral Grammar School. Barrie is a regular contributor to Architecture New Zealand magazine.
Further information on Barrie’s work, including the 2021 New Zealand installation at the Venice Biennale (pictured above), can be found on his website Andrew Barrie Lab.
