Andrew Cruse

Associate

Biography

Andrew Cruse was born in York, Pennsylvania. In 1993 he graduated with honors from Columbia University, where he received a Bachelor of Art in Art History. In 1998 he received his Master of Architecture from Rice University. While at Rice, he spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Barcelona, Spain. Mr. Cruse worked for Sasaki Associates and Lutsko Associates in San Francisco before relocating to Boston in 2000.

Mr. Cruse joined Machado and Silvetti Associates in 2000 and is now an Associate. His early contributions to the firm include work on the J. Paul Getty Museum of Antiquities in Malibu, California and the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, New York. He was project architect for Citadel Square, an urban design and landscape project in Beirut Lebanon, and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, in Provincetown, MA, the first art museum in the United States to earn a LEED rating. Mr. Cruse is currently project manager for the Mint Museums in Charlotte, North Carolina, a 150,000 square foot art museum, and the Al Muwaiji Fort Museum in Al Ain, UAE.

Mr. Cruse is a registered architect in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Maryland, Arkansas, North Carolina, Wisconsin and California. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the Boston Society of Architects, and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. He is also LEED certified through the US Green Building Council. In addition to his professional experience, Mr. Cruse has been an instructor at Northeastern University and the Rhode Island School of Design, and has served as a guest critic at Harvard University.