ANDREWS, Edwin Douglas

Architect

Was born in Cape Town where his father worked in the Surveyor's Office. He started his training in 1926 in the office of Hubert L ROBERTS attending evening classes in architecture at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town. In his senior student years he was given a reasonably free hand on some jobs, designing two blocks of flats in Sea Point and a motor showroom for Farber on the corner of Dock Road and Bree Street in Cape Town. As a fifth-year student he won the Architect, Builder and Engineer's prize and qualified in 1932.

By 1933 Andrews was chief draughtsman with ROBERTS & SMALL in Cape Town (Roberts thought highly of Andrews), leaving in 1936 to become an assistant in Max POLICANSKY's office where he remained until 1939. In 1939 entered practice on his own account and then entered into partnership with the Netherlands trained architect HTO NIEGEMAN (cf ANDREWS & NIEGEMAN). The greater part of Andrews's career took place after 1940 in Cape Town. His knowledge of the older Cape architecture enabled him to carry out important restoration work among which was the restoration of the ANREITH pediment at the Groot Constantia wine cellar. Andrews practised in Cape Town from 1939 until his retirement as a partner of ANDREWS & NIEGEMAN (s.a.).

Recipient of the Gold Medal Award from the South African Institute of Architects in 1964 as well as the Simon van der Stel Foundation - Heritage South Africa Gold Medal in 1987.

He married Hester Helena Meyer Steyn (1911-2005) in Cape Town, Cape Province on 1941 07 22 (FS).

He was Vice President of the South African Institute of Architects in 1947-1948 and President in 1948-1949.

[AB&E Mar 1933:12; Andrews 1986; ISAA mem list; ARIBA nom papers 5193, (1933), Family Search].

All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.

List of projects

With photographs
With notes

Groot Constantia Wine Cellar: 1791. Constantia, Western Cape - Restoration Architect

Mon Bijou: c.1800 : 1949 : 1970s. Tulbagh, Western Cape - Restoration Architect 1949

References

Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pp 372c

Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pp 185

ISAA. 1959. The Yearbook of the Institute of South African Architects and Chapter of SA Quantity Surveyors 1958-1959 : Die Jaarboek van die Instituut van Suid-Afrikaanse Argitekte en Tak van Suid-Afrikaanse Bourekenaars 1958-1959. Johannesburg: ISAA. pp 87, 205

ISAA. 1969. The Yearbook of the Institute of South African Architects and Chapter of SA Quantity Surveyors 1968-1969 : Die Jaarboek van die Instituut van Suid-Afrikaanse Argitekte en Tak van Suid-Afrikaanse Bourekenaars 1968-1969. Johannesburg: ISAA. pp 88, 155