John Andrews (architect)

John Hamilton Andrews LFRAIA HonFAIA FRAIC RIBA (29 October 1933 – 24 March 2022) was an Australian architect, known for designing a number of acclaimed structures in Australia, Canada and the United States. He was Australia's first internationally recognised architect, and the 1980 RAIA Gold Medalist. He died peacefully in his hometown of Orange on 24 March 2022.

Biography

John Andrews was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney in 1956. In 1957 he entered the masters of architecture program at Harvard University, where he studied under Sigfried Giedion and José Luis Sert. In 1958, in collaborations with three fellow Harvard students, he entered the design competition for Toronto City Hall and Square, coming in second place.
After graduation he worked with John B Parkin Associates in Don Mills, a suburb of Toronto, until 1962. From 1962 until 1970, he taught in the Architecture program at the University of Toronto's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design. From 1967 until 1968 John Andrews was Architecture Department chairman there. In 1962 he established John Andrews Architects in Toronto. In 1973 he expanded his practice to Sydney and renamed the firm John Andrews International Pty. Ltd.

From 2007 to 2022 Andrews resided and practiced in Orange in regional New South Wales.

Partial list of works

The following buildings designed either in part or in full by Andrews:

Awards and recognition

John Andrews was the recipient of many honours and awards including:
* Centennial Medal (Canada)
* Massey Medal (Canada)
* Arnold Brunner Award, National Institute of Arts and Letters (U.S.)
* Ontario Association of Architects 25 Year Award for Scarborough College

He was awarded the RAIA Gold Medal by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in 1980 and an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects.

In 1981, Andrews was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) "in recognition of service to architecture".

In 1988 Andrews was conferred with an honorary degree of Doctor of Architecture by the University of Sydney as "...a distinguished graduate of the University of Sydney. His career as an architect in Canada, the United States and Australia established him as one of the very small number of Australian architects with a truly international reputation."

He was further recognised with the ''John Andrews Award for Commercial Architecture'' by the ACT Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects.

References

Further reading

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* Walker P. ''John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense''. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Graduate School of Design; 2022. .
* Walker, P. (2022)
Vale John Andrews, 1932-2022
Architecture Australia, 111(6), pp. 91–91.

External links

John Hamilton Andrews
at the ''Canadian Encyclopedia''

John Hamilton Andrews

John Andrews Fonds, Canadian Architectural Archives, University of Calgary
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John Andrews Entry (no. 254), Toronto City Hall Design Competition

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1933 births
2022 deaths
Architects from Sydney
University of Sydney alumni
Recipients of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal
Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni
20th-century Australian architects
Officers of the Order of Australia
21st-century Australian architects