Winsome Hall Andrew

Winsome Hall Andrew (1905–1997) was an Australian architect.

Background and career
Andrew was born in Woollahra, New South Wales in 1905. She was the fifth child born of ten to Arthur Hall and Susy Foy. Being raised in a middle-class family, Andrew and her siblings had a tough upbringing due to their mother coming from a wealthy family and their father working for the New South Wales public service as a surveyor on a clerical wage. Arthur Hall had a strict eye for perfection and only expected the highest of standards from his sons and daughters. Winsome attended Sydney Girls High School where she was an outstanding student both academically and athletically. This ensured her a scholarship to study architecture at the University of Sydney from 1922 to graduate in 1928, where she was the sole woman in her year and the only woman graduate to proceed to find employment.

Andrew's life at university were some of her best as she attended theatres and balls, settled down to a long-term boyfriend (potential fiancé) and started to cement herself within the confines of a looming architectural profession.

Partial list of works
The following buildings designed either in part or in full by Andrew:

Awards

 * 1934 RIBA competitions Medal, Stockleigh Hall at Regent Park
 * 1936 RIBA competitions Medal, Police Section House residential block
 * 1939 Sulman Award (winner), Manly Surf Pavilion
 * 1948 Anzac House Competition (second place), Anzac House