John Andrews

John Andrews studied at University of Sydney, Harvard University and Harvard Graduate School of Design. The recorded working language is English. Works named in the authority record are CN Tower and Andrews Building. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Order of Australia, Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal and Sir John Sulman Medal.

• Name — John Andrews • Birth Name — John Hamilton Andrews • Born — 29 October 1933 • Birthplace — Sydney, New South Wales • Died — 24 March 2022 • Place of death — Orange, New South Wales • Children — Lee Andrews (Landscape Architect) • Awards — Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal (1980) • Practice — John Andrews International • Significant Buildings — CN Tower, American Express Tower, Sydney Convention Centre, Cameron Offices

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.

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 — Years built — Heritage register(s) — Notes • Australia • Adelaide Convention Centre — Adelaide — 1985–1987 — Part of Adelaide Station Environs Redevelopment (ASER) • Age of Fishes Museum — — Canowindra — 1999–2001 — (design and construction of the Age of Fishes Museum) • Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) — — Canberra • Callam Offices — — Woden, Canberra — 1977–1981 — ACT Heritage Register (NI2008-354) • Cameron Offices — — Belconnen, Canberra — 1973–1976 — Commonwealth Heritage List (#105410) — (partially demolished) • Hooker Tower — Sydney central business district — 1974 • Hyatt Hotel — Perth • King George Tower (now NRMA House) — Sydney central business district — 1976 • Octagon Offices — 110 George Street, Parramatta • RMIT University Student Union and Library — Melbourne City Centre — (subsumed into Building 8) • Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre — — Darling Harbour — 1988 — Demolished 2014 • Convention Centre — Melbourne — 1987–1990 • Canada • Bellmere Junior Public School — — Toronto — 1965 • Africa Place, Expo 67 — Montreal, Quebec — 1967 • CN Tower — — Toronto — 1973 — (with WZMH Architects) • Andrews Building, University of Toronto Scarborough — — Scarborough, Toronto — 1963 — Also known as the Science Wing and Humanities Wing • 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) • 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 is recorded as having received Officer of the Order of Australia, Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal and Sir John Sulman Medal. Recognition and collections. Andrews received Officer of the Order of Australia, Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal and Sir John Sulman Medal.