John Hamilton Andrews (29 October 1933 – 24 March 2022) was an Australian

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, 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

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ist. He died peacefully in his hometown of Orange on 24 March 2022.

Biography

John Andrews was born in Sydney,

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, and graduated with a bachelor's degree from the

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in 1956. In 1957 he entered the masters of architecture program at

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. After graduation he worked with John B Parkin Associates in Don Mills, a suburb of

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, until 1962. From 1962 until 1967 John Andrews was chairman of the

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