About us
Andrew McKenna FRAIA, Senior Associate
After graduating in architecture with First Class Honours from the University of Adelaide in 1978, Andrew McKenna practised for two years in Adelaide before moving to Canberra to join the team at the Department of Housing and Construction working on the National Biological Standards Laboratory.
He joined Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp Architects in 1981 to commence work on Australia’s Parliament House. Initially appointed as a Team Leader on the Staff and Recreational Facilities for that project, he later was appointed Project Site Architect, and was still active in that role when the Parliament was opened in May 1988.
In the years after the completion of the Parliament, Andrew has undertaken a range of projects as Project Architect, including the ANA Hotel in Sydney, the tenancy fitout for the IBM Centre at Darling Park in Sydney, a range of mixed-use and residential developments in China, Singapore and Indonesia, as well as smaller projects within the Canberra region.
He was the Project Architect for the Orchard Cineleisure Entertainment Centre, and the Changi Naval Institute in Singapore, the award- winning Gallery Redevelopment at the Australian War Memorial, the new Embassy of Afghanistan building, and the commercial offices for the Department of Industry Tourism and Resources in Canberra.