Winsome Alice Hall Andrew (née Hall; 1905–1997) was an Australian architect.
Background and career Andrew was born in Woollahra, New South Wales in 1905. She was the fifth child born of ten to Arthur Hall and Susy Foy. Being raised in a middle-class family, Andrew and her siblings had a tough upbringing due to their mother coming from a wealthy family and their father working for the New South Wales public service as a surveyor on a clerical wage. Arthur Hall had a strict eye for perfection and only expected the highest of standards from his sons and daughters. Winsome attended Sydney Girls High School where she was an outstanding student both academically and athletically. This ensured her a scholarship to study architecture at the University of Sydney from 1922 to graduate in 1928, where she was the sole woman in her year and the only woman graduate to proceed to find employment.
Partial list of works The following buildings designed either in part or in full by Andrew:
+ Buildings designed either in part or in full by Winsome Hall Andrew Building name Image Location Yearsbuilt Heritage register(s) Notes St. Ignatius Church , New South Wales 1933 Stockleigh Hall Regent's Park Estate, Camden Borough, London 1934 Police Section House residential block Scotland Yard, London 1936 Manly Surf Life Saving Pavilion , New South Wales 1939 Embassy of the United States Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 1939 Proposed student hostel and lecture room Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 1939 Anzac House Sydney, New South Wales 1948 Alterations to Edgworth School , New South Wales 1948 Ryde housing scheme , New South Wales Late 1950s Australian Institute of Builders Headquarters Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 1956
Awards
1934 RIBA competitions Medal, Stockleigh Hall at Regent Park 1936 RIBA competitions Medal, Police Section House residential block 1939 Sulman Award (winner), Manly Surf Pavilion 1948 Anzac House Competition (second place), Anzac House
References
External links Winsome Hall Andrew 1905-1997 (Australian Women's History Forum) Winsome Hall Andrew (Women's History Month) Winsome Hall Andrew (AN INTERPRETATIVE BIOGRAPHY OF WINSOME HALL ANDREW ) “Practising Women Architects” Sydney Morning Herald 14 May 1954, p.13 “Girl Architect Runs a Business” Sunday Times (Perth) 12 January 1941, p.19