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:
+ Buildings designed either in part or in full by John Andrews Building name Image Location Yearsbuilt Heritage register(s) Notes Australia Adelaide Convention Centre Adelaide 1985–1987 Age of Fishes Museum Canowindra 1999–2001 :File:Plaque commemorating the opening of the age of fishes museum canowindra nsw.jpg Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) Canberra Callam Offices Woden, Canberra 1977–1981 ACT Heritage Register Cameron Offices Belconnen, Canberra 1973–1976 Commonwealth Heritage List Hooker Tower Sydney central business district 1974 Hyatt Hotel Perth King George Tower Sydney central business district 1976 Octagon Offices 110 George Street, Parramatta RMIT University Student Union and Library Melbourne City Centre Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre Darling Harbour 1988 Convention Centre Melbourne 1987–1990 Canada Bellmere Junior Public School Toronto 1965 Africa Place, Expo 67 Montreal, Quebec 1967 CN Tower Toronto 1973 Andrews Building, University of Toronto Scarborough Scarborough, Toronto 1963 South Residence, University of Guelph Guelph 1968 Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute complex Scarborough, Toronto 1970 D. B. Weldon Library,University of Western Ontario London, Ontario1967 DeCew Residence,Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario 1969 United States of America Kent State University School of Art Kent, Ohio 1972 Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Design Cambridge, Massachusetts 1972 Intelsat Headquarters (former) Washington, D. C. 1988 Miami Seaport Passenger Terminal Miami, Florida 1970
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
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
John Andrews Entry (no. 254), Toronto City Hall Design Competition