Karotkin heads architecture body

David Karotkin has become the 75th national president of the Australian Institute of Architects.

Mr Karotkin has been the institute’s WA president for the past three years, and is managing director of Sandover Pinder.

He has practised in the UK, Israel, Asia and Australia across a diverse portfolio of projects, and most recently led Sandover Pinder’s expansion into the Indonesian healthcare industry.

Mr Karotkin’s presidency at the institute’s WA chapter has now been taken up by Philip Griffiths, who is director of WA-based architecture practice Griffiths Associates.

Mr Griffiths specialises in heritage architecture.