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Born Lyme Regis,
Dorset, England 31.10.1936, married to Mügül (Ataç) Andrews
28.09.1967.
Qualifications
- Ph.D.
University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies,
Department of the Near and Middle East, Faculty of Arts.
- Reg.
Arch. Architects’ Registration Council of the United Kingdom.
- M.A.
Cambridge University, School of Architecture.
- Dipl. Arch. Regent Street Polytechnic, Department of
Architecture, London.
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Education
- 1950-55
Stowe School, Buckingham: Medical side: Science: 1st M.B.
- 1955-58
School of Architecture, Cambridge University (St John's College):
B.A.
- 1958-61
Department of Architecture, Regent Street Polytechnic: Dipl.Arch.
- 1960
Department of Tropical Architecture, Architectural Association,
London.
- 1960-61
Thesis on low cost housing in Ahmedabad, India: 80%.
- 1964
Cambridge University: M.A.
- 1965
Royal Institute of British Architects: Professional Practice
examination.
- 1966
Royal Institute of British Architects: Charter.
- 1969-80
Postgraduate study at Department of the Near and Middle East, School
of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, under Prof.
Mary Boyce, supervised by Dr. (now Prof.) A.D.H.Bivar. Studied
Turkish, Ottoman, Persian and Art History.
- 1971
Central Polytechnic, London. Reading course in Russian.
- 1980
Ph.D. thesis examined by Dr.R.L.Tapper, Dept. of Anthropology,
University of London, and Dr.R.Hillenbrand, Dept. of Fine arts,
University of Edinburgh: described by the latter as "Nothing
short of magisterial".26.6.1980.
- 1982-83
Universität zu Köln: Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Kursus
I, II-III, IV-V to university entrance level.
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Languages,
in order of fluency:
- Speak
and read: French, Turkish, German, Persian.
- Read:
Spanish, Italian, Russian, Swedish, Latin, Ottoman.
- Familiar
with: Türkmen, Azäri.
- Have
worked with: Chaghatay, Qazaq, Qirg|iz, Old Mongolian.
- Studying:
Qazaq and Mongolian (Xalxa)
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Dissertation
1970-1980 The Felt tent in Middle Asia. The Nomadic Tradition and its
Interpenetration with Princely Tentage. Two volumes, 1059 pages text
and 187 plates. Presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the
University of London, Faculty of Arts, School of Oriental and African
Studies, Department of the Near and Middle East: Art and Archaeology.
Accepted for publication in the series Kölner Ethnologische
Mitteilungen, by Prof. U.Johansen, series editor, in 1981. Publication
financed by J.Paul Getty Trust. Published 1999 by Fox Publications (Melisende),
London, as Felt tents and Pavilions. The Nomadic Tradition and its
Interpenetration with Princely Tentage.
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Field
work and Museum work
For technical
reasons no diacritical marks and few special letters are used here
- 1954-66
Extensive architectural tours of Europe and the USA.
- 1960
India: architectural tour of traditional and modern buildings. 3
months.
- 1962
Sweden: first ethnographical work among Sami (Lapps). 1 week.
- 1966
Morocco: pilot study of nomadic architecture and tour of Islamic
buildings. 6 weeks.
- 1967-68
Turkey: study of Selçük and Ottoman buildings and tilework.
Developed special interest in wooden houses. 9 months.
- 1967
Turkey: nomadic architecture of Central Anatolia and Western Toros.
2 months.
- 1968
Morocco: complete survey of nomadic architecture. 6 months.
- 1969
Turkey: nomadic architecture of Eastern Anatolia: Kurds and Arabs. 6
weeks.
- 1969
South European museums: studied Turkish collections in Switzerland,
Austria and Germany.
- 1970
Turkey: nomadic architecture of Central Anatolia, and work in
museums. 3 weeks.
- 1970
Iran: general survey of nomadic architecture. 10 months. Visited
major Islamic monuments.
- 1972
Turkey: nomadic architecture of Central Toros. 1 month.
- 1973
North European museums: studied Central Asian collections at
Hamburg, Lübeck, Copenhagen and Stockholm. 6 weeks.
- 1974
Iran: resumed general survey of nomadic architecture. 6 months.
- 1976
Turkey: architectural tour with 50 students, Istanbul and Bursa. 10
days.
- 1980-81
Northern India: studied surviving court tents, Moghul and Rajput, on
invitation of Calico Museum, Ahmedabad, at Ahmedabad, Jaipur, and
Jodhpur, with reference to frescos at Udaipur and Burhanpur. Studied
fittings for tents on palace buildings. Studied Islamic buildings of
Malwa, Gujarat, Agra and Delhi; also Rajput buildings at Chitorgarh,
Gwalior, Jaisalmer, Udaipur, and Jodhpur. 3 months.
- 1982
Turkey: library work for TAVO at Istanbul and Ankara. Studied
nomadic architecture and buildings in Western Anatolia. 3 months.
- 1985
Turkey: nomadic architecture in Central Anatolia. 1 month.
- 1986
Turkey: nomadic architecture in Western, Central, and Eastern
Anatolia: Yörük, Türkmen and Kurds. 6 weeks.
- 1987
Pakistan: detailed survey of Sazîn Kot, Indus Kuhistan, and general
survey of village architecture in Pâlus, Sêo, Harban, Thor, Tangîr,
Darel, Ghor, Astor, Yasîn, Pûnyal, and Hûnza. 5 months. Visited
Islamic buildings in Lahore and Peshawar.
- 1988
Mongolia: nomadic architecture and derivatives in Ulan Bator and
neighbourhood. Extensive interviews with Mongolian scholars. 3 weeks.
- 1988
Turkey: survey of traditional guest rooms, lantern roof dwellings,
and also flatweaves in Sivas, Erzurum, Gümüşhane and Muş
provinces. Nomadic architecture of Kurds in Erzurum. 5 weeks.
- 1989
Turkey: resumed survey of village architecture and flatweaves in
Zonguldak, Samsun, Cankırı, Kırıkkale and Kırşehır
provinces. 3 weeks.
- 1990
Denmark: studied Central Asian collections at Moesgaard and
Copenhagen. 1 week
- 1993
Russia: studied Central Asian collections in museums at St
Petersburg. 1 month.
- 1993-94
Germany: Qırġız tents at Köln and Bochum.
- 1993
European museums. Studied Central Asian and Middle Eastern
collections in Budapest, Karcsag, Vienna, Moesgaard, Copenhagen, and
Lübeck. 4 weeks.
- 1994
German museums: studied Central Asian collections at Dresden and
Berlin: 1 week.
- 1995
Germany: studied Ersârı Türkmen collection at Stuttgart. 1
day.
- 1999
Germany: studied Ottoman tent from Berlin at Helmstedt restoration workshops. 2
days.
- 1999
Turkey: studied carpets and flatweaves, Muğla and Tokat, 1 week.
- 2001
Germany: Ottoman tent, Helmstedt restoration workshops. 2 days
further research.
- 2001 Germany:
Ottoman tent, Schloß Friedrichstein,
Bad-Wildungen, 2 days.
- 2002
Qırghızstan:
studied museum collections at Bishkek, and tent-making techniques in
Issıq Köl
province, 2 weeks.
- 2003
Turkey: manufacture of reed-screens, Isparta and Bolvadin, Yörük
tents and flatweaves, 1 week.
- 2004
Turkey: nomad tents
and weaving Kürtün Yaylası,
Pontic Mountains, Turkey, 3 days.
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Professional
experience as architect:
- 1962-63
Architectural assistant with Robert Matthew, Johnson Marshall &
Ptners, London: work on National Library and National Museum,
Islamabad.
- 1963
Six month architectural tour of Scandinavia.
- 1963
Architectural assistant at Thurfjells Arkitektkontor, Kiruna, Sweden:
work on Arctic housing.
- 1964-66
Architectural assistant with Architects' Co-Partnership, London:
work on design of schools at Gafsa and Sfax in Tunisia. Work on
constructional details for Maudsley Hospital, London, and Hull
University.
- Job
architect for Simpson, Piccadilly Ltd., and Child's Bank, London.
- 1964-66
Own architectural practice: domestic extensions and conversions.
- 1967
Architect at Ministry of Works: design of airport in Akrotiri,
Cyprus, and technical details for R.A.F. hostel at Brize Norton.
- 1967
Domestic architectural work at Istanbul.
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Architectural
teaching experience
- 1969-80
Department of Architecture, Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes
University). Studio supervisor and tutor in architectural design to
students of second and third years, with occasional duties and
assessments in fifth and sixth years. Usually responsible for 10-15
students. Particular responsibility for students specialising in the
Third World and Japan. Regular supervision of historical studies in
these subjects. Introductory lecture course on Islamic Architecture.
Occasional lectures each year on my own research. In 1976 took 50
students on architectural tour of Istanbul and Bursa for ten days.
- 1977 Made Deputy Director of Historical Studies: I
was offered full responsibility in this position, but refused it as
I wished to have time to complete my own thesis. Accepted
responsibility for measured drawing projects and history theses.
Leave taken for field work in Iran in 1970-71 and 1974.
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Seminars
and lecture courses in Germany
University of Cologne, Institute of Ethnology
- 1980
Invited to join the team working for the Tübingen Atlas of the
Middle East at the Institut für Völkerkunde (Institute of
Ethnology), Universität zu Köln.
- 1980-84
Seminar "House Form in Comparative Cultures", Cologne.
- 1988-90
Seminar "Camp and Settlement in Comparative Cultures, I-II".
- 1989
Seminar: practical course on ethno-architecture and surveying.
- 1989-90
Seminar "Settlement and dwelling: concepts and practice".
- 1990
Seminar "Ethnic minorities in Turkey".
- 1991
Seminar "Symbolism in ethno-architecture, I".
- 1991-92
Seminar "Symbolism in ethno-architecture, II".
- 1992
Seminar "Ethnic groups in Turkey".
- 1993
Seminar "Material culture in the Middle East".
- 1994
Seminar "Aspects of symbolism in the Middle East and Central
Asia".
- 1995
Seminar "Symbolism in ethno-architecture, III".
- 1996
Seminar "Ethnological aspects of symbolism".
- 1997
Seminar "Recent ethnological approaches to material culture".
- 1998
Seminar "Recent ethnological approaches to material culture".
- 1999
Seminar "Ethnicity in the Middle East".
- 2000
Seminar "Ethnic groups in the Middle East".
- 2001
Seminar "Symbolism in the Middle East and Central Asia".
- 2002
Seminar "Nomads in the Middle East".
- 2003
Seminar "Ethnological aspects of symbolism in the Islamic world".
- 2004
Seminar "Symbolic aspects of architecture from an ethnological
viewpoint".
- 2005
Seminar "Aspects of nomadic life in the Middle East and North
Africa".
University
of Bamberg,
1991-92
Endowed Professorship for Islamic Art and Archaeology, grade C4:
- Timurid
Architecture
- Islamic
Architecture in India
- Dwellings
in the Islamic World
- Textiles
of the Nomads in the Islamic World: offered as block-seminar.
- Public
lecture on "The Context of Flatweaves in Anatolia".
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Research
positions in German universities
- 1981-86
Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter (Research fellow), grade BAT IIa at
the Institut für Völkerkunde, Universität zu Köln, to work on
the Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients (TAVO), SFB 19, compiling a
series of ethnic maps under contract to the University of Tübingen.
- Given
personal responsibility under the direction of Prof. U.Johansen for
maps of:
a) Ethnic groups in Turkey, A.VIII 14a-b: draft completed Oct. 1985.
Accompanying book, Beiheft B 60 completed Nov. 1986.
b) Labour migration in the Persian Gulf countries, A.VIII 17: draft
completed Mar. 1985.
c) Distribution of nomad tent types in the Middle East: draft
completed Dec. 1986. Accompanying book, Beiheft B 74: vol.1 text
completed 1994; vol.2, drawings and photographs completed October
1995; vols. 3-4 in progress.
d) Contributions on Turkey and Saudi Arabia to the general ethnic
map, A.VIII 13: completed Dec. 1984.
- 1982-
Advisory member of SFB 230, "Natürliche Konstruktionen"
at Prof. Frei Otto’s Institut für Leichte Flächentragwerke (IL),
Universität Stuttgart.
- 1987-89
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Research Collaborator) to Prof. K.Jettmar,
Südasien-Institut, Universität Heidelberg, with sole
responsibility for a survey of village architecture in Indus-Kuhistan
and Northern Areas, Pakistan, focussed on a complete record of the
fortified village of Sazîn, but extending from Pâlus to Hûnza and
Yasîn. Five months field work in 1987, followed by drafting of
plans and collating notes into publishable form. Supervision of
draftsmen in completing further plans of individual buildings and
redrafting of wax rubbings of wood-carving. Contract renewed Feb.
1989 for nine months.
- 1989-90
Renewal of contract with University of Tübingen, as recommended by
the Assessors of SFB 19, for a further six months to allow the
completion of the book on Nomad Tent Types.
- 1990-91
Stiftungsprofessur für Islamische Kunst und Archäologie (Endowed
Guest Professorship in Islamic Art and Archaeology), grade C 4, at
the University of Bamberg for six months, until the end of March
1991.
- 1992-93
Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter (research fellow) at the Seminar für
Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft Zentralasiens (Seminar for the
Languages and Culture of Central Asia), Universität Bonn, under
Prof. K.Sagaster, for book on the nomadic tent forms of Central Asia
in their cultural context.
- 1994-97
Contract renewed for continuation of project with emphasis on the
reasons for variations within this clearly defined regional dwelling
type. In progress. Universität Bonn until 2.8.97, thereafter transferred to the
Lehrstuhl für Türkische Sprache und Kultur, Universität Bamberg,
under Prof. K.Kreiser. Upgraded to BAT Ib from 1.4.97 at Bonn,
confirmed Bamberg. Work in progress.
- 1990-01
Project part II as comparative study of Central Asian tent
vocabularies, University of Bamberg, from 30.3.99 for two years.
- 2001
Operation and convalescence, 27.6. - 17.8.01. Studied Qazaq for
vocabulary work. Continued project while unemployed.
- 2002-3
Renewal of project on Central Asian tents: typology, comparison and
formal relationships, for University of Bamberg, from 1.06.02 for 18
months under Prof. K.Kreiser (Turcology) and Prof. M.Schuller (Building
Researrch and Building History), with continuing support from Prof.
K.Sagaster, University of Bonn (Central Asia).
- 2004-5
Renewal of
project on Central Asian tents: typology, comparison and formal
relationships, for University of Bamberg, from 1.09.04 for 6 months.
- 2005-6
Continued work on this project unpaid. Resume work on Nomad tent
Types in the Middle East, part II, velum tents, with support from
the Barakat Trust, Oxford, from 01.04.05 for 1 year.
- 1980-97
Continued specialisation in Islamic architecture with a series of
articles on India and Pakistan, with reference to influences from
Iran and central Asia; also with work on symbolism in seminars.
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Exhibitions
and Public displays
- The
Turcoman of Iran: travelling exhibition, collected by P.A.A. and Mrs
M.Andrews in Iran, 1970 and shown at Kendal, Manchester, Oxford,
Newcastle, Lewes, and London, 1971.
- Bedouin
Tent, scale model 1 : 10 as centrepiece for National Museum, Qatar,
loom and heddles devised by P.A.A., woven by Mrs M.Andrews.
- Horniman
Museum, London: slide sequence for tent exhibition.
- Architekturmuseum,
Zurich: slide sequence with text.
- Nederlandstextielmuseum,
Tilburg: photographs with text, poster, 1994
- Deutsches Textilmuseum, Krefeld: glossary of Türkmen
terms, placards, photographs 1994.
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Consultancies
- Sotheby's,
London, on tribal jewellery.
- Victoria
and Albert Museum, London, on tent of Tipu Sahib.
- Kattan-Gibb,
London, on Arabian tents.
- Deutsche
Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung, Bad Honnef, on Pashtun.tent.
- Österreichische
Nationalbank on Dr.Ebba Koch’s work on Moghul architecture.
- J.Paul
Getty Trust on Prof. Labelle Prussin’s work on nomadic
architecture in North Africa.
- Dansk
Nomadeforskning on Central Asian tents.
- BBC
on Turkish minorities.
- WDR
on Kurds and Zazas.
- numerous
testimonies for Landesverwaltungsgerichte (Provincial administrative
courts) on asylum applicants.
- Bundeskriminalamt,
Wiesbaden.
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Collections
made
- 1966
British Museum: Morocco: Tekna tent and accessories.
- 1967
British Museum: Turkey: Yörük tent from Aydın and accessories;
Ottoman costumes from Kütahya.
- 1967
Own collection: Turkey: Türkmen trellis tent and accessories from
Emirdağ.
- 1967ff.
Own collection: Turkey: Ottoman costume from Kütahya and Istanbul,
embroidery, oya and kese.
- 1968
British Museum: Morocco: Zaiane tent and accessories from the Middle
Atlas.
- 1970
British Museum: Iran: Yomut Türkmen tent and accessories from Yolme
near Pahlavî Dež.
- 1970
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal: Iran: Yomut Türkmen collection for
travelling exhibition in 1971. Now dispersed to the British Museum
(Museum of Mankind), the Horniman Museum, and the City Art Gallery,
Manchester.
- 1970
Horniman Museum: Iran: Geyiklü Şahsevän tent and accessories,
with costume from Miškinšahr and Ärdäbîl.
- 1970ff.
Own collection: Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan: tent bands.
- 1974
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh: Iran: Kurdish costume from Mâhâbâd;
Härkî Kurdish flatweaves; Därreşuri Qaşqay costume.
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Committees
- 1982-3
Academic Committee of IVth International Conference on Oriental
Carpets, (ICOC), London.
- 1992-6
Academic Committee of VIIth ICOC, Hamburg.
- 1995ff.
Standing Publications Committee of ICOC.
- 1995ff.
Editorial Committee of Nomadic Peoples, with responsibility for
articles on material culture.
- 1997
International Academic Committee of IXth ICOC, Turin.
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Awards
- 1967
R.I.B.A. Research Award for fieldwork in Morocco.
- 1967
S.S.R.C. Grant for fieldwork in Morocco.
- 1968
R.I.B.A. Research Award for writing up fieldwork.
- 1969
British Institute of Persian Studies (B.I.P.S.) Research Fellowship
(1) for fieldwork in Iran.
- 1971
Central research Fund (C.R.F.), University of London, Research Grant
(1) for fieldwork in Iran.
- 1972
B.I.P.S. Research fellowship (2) for fieldwork in Iran. Relinquished
for family reasons.
- 1972
C.R.F. Research Grant (2) for work in European Museum collections.
- 1973
B.I.P.S. Research Fellowship (3) for fieldwork in Iran.
- 1973
C.R.F. Research Grant (3) for fieldwork in Iran.
- 1974
C.R.F. Research Grant (4) for fieldwork in Iran.
- 1978
B.I.P.S. Research Fellowship (4) for writing up fieldwork done in
Iran.
- 1980
Aga Khan Program grant towards preparing material on nomadic
architecture for publication.
- 1980
Calico Museum, Ahmedabad, invitation to India to study princely
tents in Indian collections and write monograph.
- 1980
British Academy Research Grant for Indian project.
- 1984
J.Paul Getty Trust grant to cover publication costs of Ph.D.
dissertation at Cologne.
- 1985
B.I.P.S. Grant towards costs of computerising text of dissertation.
- 1987
British Council Specialist Tours Exchange Award for field work in
Mongolian People's Republic.
- 1993
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, academic exchange award for
research in Russian museum collections.
- 2005
Barakat Trust, Oxford, grant for continued work on publication of
fieldwork on black tents.
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