Background
Popov was born in Shanghai of Russian parents and moved to Sydney aged twelve.
Popov was born in Shanghai of Russian parents and moved to Sydney aged twelve.
He was educated at Newington College (1958-1960) and the University of Sydney 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 some time).
He returned to Australia in 1983 and established Alex Popov Architects Pty Limited (now known as Alex Popov & Associates). 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 and the Robin Boyd Award. A comprehensive monograph on Alex Popov"s work "Alex Popov Architects: Selected Works 1999 - 2007" with text by Anna Johnson and photographs by Patrick Bingham-Hall is available from Pesaro Publishing Mosman House 2, Mosman.
2014 Wilkinson Award for Residential Architecture (New) - Griffith House, Griffith 2011 Mosman Design - Mosman House 2, Mosman 2005 RAIA Robin Boyd Award Commendation - Canopy, Cammeray 2005 RAIA Award for Architecture Multiple Housing - Canopy, Cammeray 2005 RAIA Commendation Single Housing - Northbridge House 2000 RAIA Award for Architecture Single and Multiple Housing - Rockpool, Mona Vale 1996 RAIA Robin Boyd Award Commendation - Florida Road, Palm Beach 1992 RAIA Sulman Merit Award - SCEGS Redlands Gymnasium, Cremorne 1992 RAIA Architecture Australia Prize for Unbuilt Projects - Boardwalk of Sydney Opera House 1990 Robin Boyd Award for Outstanding Architectural Project - Griffin House, Castlecrag 1990 RAIA Wilkinson Award Residential Architecture Griffin House, Castlecrag.
