John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense
Opening Night: Wednesday, 27 March 6pm - 8pm
Public weekend openings:
Saturday, April 6 and Saturday, May 18, 11:00am - 3:00pm
From the megastructural Scarborough College in Toronto of 1965 to the high-tech pods of Intelsat HQ in Washington, DC, 1988, via a series of key projects in Australia, Andrews’s designs were remarkable. But in the face of postmodernism’s rise his fame quickly waned. Andrews, however, remained committed to modernism: design should make the built world better for everyone.
Organised through themes including Geography, Urbanism and Sustainability, the exhibition features period drawings, images and documents, with new photographs by Noritaka Minami.
Curated by Paul Walker & Kevin Liu
John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense was first exhibited October 28-December 22, 2022, at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The curators would like to thank the GSD for their ongoing support for this exhibition.
Drawing courtesy of the Frances Loeb Library, Special Collections, Harvard University
John Andrews's Laconic Legacy
Gallery Tour and Talk with Kevin Liu
Saturday 6 April, 12.00pm - 2.00pm
Venue: Tin Sheds Gallery
Join designer Kevin Liu for an afternoon in the gallery which will include a talk and tour of the exhibition.
Kevin will speak on Andrews’s early use of simple diagrams and innovative forms of collaboration and communication over his career with illustrated examples and presentation. He will also touch briefly on John Andrews as one of the first “international” architects which led to him receiving the prestigious commission for George Gund Hall over all of his much older and distinguished peers and mentors, at the age of 35.
Photo by Peter Bennetts, 2013
John Andrews: Sydney Projects
Wednesday 10 April, 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Tin Sheds Gallery
Talk by Paul Walker, editor & lead author John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense and co-curator with Kevin Liu of the exhibition of the same name.
Photograph of Scarborough College by PANDA Associates. From the John Andrews fonds, courtesy of the Canadian Architecture Archives
John Andrews International: A Roundtable Discussion
Saturday 18 May, 12.00pm - 2.00pm
Venue: Tin Sheds Gallery
Join us for an intimate discussion with former members of the John Andrews International Office, moderated by co-curators Paul Walker and Kevin Liu.
Tin Sheds Gallery acknowledges the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, upon whose ancestral lands our exhibitions take place. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge of these lands, waterways and Country.
Please note there has been a date change, we have brought forward the opening night of this exhibition to Wednesday 27th March (previously Thursday 28th March)
All photos by Maja Baska, 2024