Machado and Silvetti Associates. Boston, Massachusetts

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. He received his Master of Architecture degree in 1998 from Rice University. During that time, he spent a year as a Fulbright scholar in Barcelona, conducting research on 19th and 20th century Spanish urbanism. Mr. Cruse worked for Sasaki Associates and Lutsko Associates in San Francisco. He relocated to Boston in 2000, initially working for Office dA.

Mr. Cruse joined Machado and Silvetti Associates in 2000 and is now an Associate. His early contributions to the firm include design development and construction documents for the North Campus of the J. Paul Getty Museum of Antiquities in Malibu, California. He also worked on the design development and construction documents for the adaptive reuse of the Rockefeller Stone Barns in Tarrytown, New York. He is currently completing his duties as project manager for the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, a renovation and expansion project to an existing building with an emphasis on sustainable design in which he has been involved since schematic design.

Mr. Cruse is a registered architect in Massachusetts. 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, he has been an instructor at Northeastern University and the Rhode Island School of Design, and has served as a guest critic at Harvard University and the Boston Architectural Center.

Selected Projects

Provincetown Art Association and Museum

Provincetown, Massachusetts

Rockefeller Stone Barns

Pocantico Hills, New York

The Getty Villa

Los Angeles, California

Mystic Seaport New North End

Mystic, Connecticut

The Mint Museums

Charlotte, North Carolina