• Title
  Item 2: John Andrews interview by Colin Bisset, 26 October 2017
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  26 October 2017
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9589223
• Physical Description
  4 audio files - digital, WAV (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  John Andrews describes his architectural career in Australia. He talks about returning to Australia with his wife Rosemary and their four sons to live in Palm Beach, Sydney, and working on Cameron Offices, A.C.T. He gives his thoughts on the Australian architectural scene and its tendency towards “tall poppy syndrome”. He describes working on projects including the King George Tower in Sydney, various educational and hotel convention buildings, and eventually winning the commission for the prestigious Intelsat headquarters in Washington D.C., a project later marred by financial scandal. He reflects on the highs and lows of his career, and how much he thinks architecture is about problem solving. He describes living in his country property in Eugowra and setting up a vineyard, and how his health problems obliged him to move to Orange.
• Access Conditions
  Partly restricted: Part 3 of Item 2: John Andrews interview by Colin Bisset, 26 October 2017, is a redacted version of the audio file; access to the complete recording is closed during the lifetime of the interviewee
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Rights and Restrictions Information:: Download available for research, personal use and public use
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Orange, New South Wales, on 26 October 2017
• Subject
  Architects--Interviews.
  Andrews, John, 1933-2022--Interviews.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE5592785
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