John Hamilton Andrews AO LFRAIA HonFAIA FRAIC RIBA (29 October 1933 – 24 March 2022[1]) was an Australian architect, known for designing a number of acclaimed structures in Australia, Canada and the United States.[2] He was Australia's first internationally recognised architect, and the 1980 RAIA Gold Medalist.[3] He died peacefully in his hometown of Orange on 24 March 2022.[4]
John Andrews | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Hamilton Andrews 29 October 1933 |
| Died | 24 March 2022 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Children | Lee Andrews (Landscape Architect) |
| Awards | |
| Practice | John Andrews International |
| Buildings | American Express Tower, Sydney Convention Centre, Cameron Offices |
Biography
editJohn 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.[5] After graduation he worked with John B Parkin Associates in Don Mills, a suburb of Toronto, until 1962. From 1962 until 1967 John Andrews was chairman of the University of Toronto's program in architecture. 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.[6]
Partial list of works
editThe following buildings designed either in part or in full by Andrews:[7]
| Building name | Image | Location | Years built |
Heritage register(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | |||||
| Adelaide Convention Centre | Adelaide | 1985–1987 | Part of Adelaide Station Environs Redevelopment (ASER)[8] | ||
| Age of Fishes Museum |  |
Canowindra | 1999–2001 | (design and construction of the Age of Fishes Museum)[9] | |
| Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) | Canberra | ||||
| Callam Offices | Woden, Canberra | 1977–1981 | |||
| Cameron Offices |  |
Belconnen, Canberra | 1973–1976 | Commonwealth Heritage List (#105410) |
(partially demolished)[10][11] |
| Hooker Tower | Sydney central business district | 1974 | |||
| Hyatt Hotel | Perth | ||||
| King George Tower (now NRMA House) |
Sydney central business district | 1976 | [12] | ||
| Octagon Offices | 110 George Street, Parramatta | ||||
| RMIT University Student Union and Library | Melbourne City Centre | (subsumed into Building 8) | |||
| Sydney Convention Centre | Darling Harbour | 1988 | Demolished 2014 | ||
| Convention Centre | Melbourne | 1987–1990 | |||
| Canada | |||||
| Bellmere Junior Public School[13] |  |
Toronto | 1965 | ||
| Africa Place, Expo 67 | Montreal, Quebec | 1967 | [14] | ||
| CN Tower |  |
Toronto | 1973 | (with WZMH Architects) | |
| Scarborough College |  |
Scarborough, Toronto | 1963 | [15] | |
| South Residence, University of Guelph | Guelph | 1968 | |||
| Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute complex |  |
Scarborough, Toronto | 1970 | (with Abram and Ingleson) | |
| D. B. Weldon Library, University of Western Ontario |
 |
London, Ontario | 1967 | ||
| DeCew Residence, Brock University |
St. Catharines, Ontario | 1969 | (with Salter Fleming Secord)[16] | ||
| 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
editJohn 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".[17]
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.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Vale John Andrews AO – Australian Institute of Architects".
- ^ Weder, Adele (21 April 2022). "Australian architect helped design the CN Tower and other iconic structures". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Reconsidering John Andrews". Architecture AU. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Vale John Andrews AO". 28 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ Walker, Paul. "Vale John Andrews, 1933–2022".
- ^ "Architect's famous tower acclaimed at Canadian awards". 25 May 2017.
- ^ Charlton, Ken (July 2017). "John Andrews (1933- )" (PDF). Australian Institute of Architects. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ John Andrews International Pty. Ltd (1984), Adelaide station environs redevelopment: design report 1984, John Andrews Int. P./L., retrieved 13 March 2019
- ^ File:Plaque commemorating the opening of the age of fishes museum canowindra nsw.jpg
- ^ "Cameron Offices (Wings 3, 4 and 5, and Bridge), Chandler St, Belconnen, ACT, Australia (Place ID 105410)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Cameron Offices 1968-1977 ACT". Docomomo Australia (published 2019). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "NRMA House". Emporis. 2019. Archived from the original on 14 May 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Bellmere Junior Public School > About Us > General Information". schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca.
- ^ Goad, Philip; Walker, Paul (28 May 2013). "Reconsidering John Andrews". Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "About Us". www.utsc.utoronto.ca.
- ^ "DeCew Residence". Brock University.
- ^ "Mr John Hamilton ANDREWS". It's an Honour. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "2022 ACT Architecture Awards". ArchitectureAU.com. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
Further reading
edit- Walker, Paul; Moulis, Antony. "Before ScarboroughJohn Andrews in the Office of Parkin Associates 1959-1961" (PDF). Quotation, Quotation: What Does History Have in Store for Architecture Today? Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Canberra, 2017. SAHANZ. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- Walker P. John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Graduate School of Design; 2022. ISBN 9780674278561.
- Walker, P. (2022). Vale John Andrews, 1932-2022. Architecture Australia, 111(6), pp. 91–91.
External links
edit
- John Hamilton Andrews at the Canadian Encyclopedia Archived 23 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- John Hamilton Andrews
- John Andrews Fonds, Canadian Architectural Archives, University of Calgary
- Architecture – A Performing Art on YouTube
- John Andrews Entry (no. 254), Toronto City Hall Design Competition