John Andrews (architect)

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. 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.

Since 2007 Andrews has resided and practiced in Orange in regional New South Wales.[2]

The following buildings designed either in part or in full by Andrews:[3]

Buildings designed either in part or in full by John Andrews

Building name	Image	Location	Years built	Heritage register(s)	Notes
Australia
Adelaide railway station		Adelaide	1985–1987		(redevelopment and construction of adjacent Adelaide Convention Centre)[4]
Age of Fishes Museum		Canowindra	1999-2001		(design and construction of the Age of Fishes Museum)[5]
Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)		Canberra
Callam Offices		Woden, Canberra	1977–1981
Cameron Offices		Belconnen, Canberra	1973–1976	Commonwealth Heritage List (#105410)	(partially demolished)[6][7]
Hooker Tower		Sydney central business district	1974
Hyatt Hotel		Perth
King George Tower (now NRMA House)		Sydney central business district	1976		[7][8]
Octagon Offices		Parramatta
RMIT University Student Union and Library		Melbourne City Centre			(subsumed into Building 8)
World Trade Centre		Melbourne
Canada
Bellmere Junior Public School[9]		Toronto	1965
Africa Place, Expo 67		Montreal, Quebec	1967		[10]
CN Tower		Toronto	1973		(with WZMH Architects)
Scarborough College		Scarborough, Toronto	1963		[11]
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
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

John Andrews has been 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".[12]

• 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.</ref>

Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Andrews.

• John Hamilton Andrews at the Canadian Encyclopedia
• John Hamilton Andrews
• John Andrews Fonds, Canadian Architectural Archives, University of Calgary