He joined the school in 1987 after almost 20 years of structural engineering consultancy experience, including three years as an earthquake engineering advisor in Indonesia. He currently enjoys teaching structures to architectural students with little recourse to mathematics. Andrew has two main research interests. The first relates to earthquake engineering. He is the Director of the Earthquake Hazard Centre, a NGO that has disseminated earthquake damage mitigation information to developing countries since 1997. He is also currently working on a book about seismic resistant design for architects. Secondly, his research examines how structure can integrate with and potentially enrich architecture. His findings are highlighted in his recently published book Structure as Architecture: A sourcebook for architects and structural engineers.