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John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense

Without question, the late John Andrews is one of Australia’s most accomplished and successful architects, and yet our knowledge of and appreciation for the breadth of his work have become increasingly clouded in recent years. Too many books on the work of architects are hagiographies. In contrast, (Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2023) offers a thorough, thoughtful account of Andrews’s work in the United States, Canada and Australia. It is encyclopaedic in its documentation of all stages of his career, and of the nature and impact of his architecture and

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