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This is where we store articles and documentaries which deal with architecture and gender, in the hope to build a slow-growing and continuous resource for the academic and professional communities.
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Celebrating Julie Stout's Gold: Video 07-Julie Leading the Way
8 April 2022The seventh and FINAL in our series of short videos is now up - A+W NZ 07: Julie Leading the Way (3:20 min)
Julie Stout is its first female recipient
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Celebrating Julie Stout's Gold: Video 06-Julie's Activism
31 March 2022The sixth in our series of seven short videos has been posted - A+W NZ 06: Julie's Activism (3:26 min)
Julie Stout is its first female recipient to be awarded the Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand
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Celebrating Julie Stout's Gold: Video 05-Urban Projects
25 March 2022To celebrate Julie Stout, and to acknowledge Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA in their selection for the Gold Medal 2021, A+W NZ have created seven short videos to capture some of Julie’s
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Celebrating Julie Stout's Gold: Video 04-Working With David
11 March 2022To celebrate Julie Stout, and to acknowledge Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA in their selection for the Gold Medal 2021, A+W NZ have created seven short videos to capture some of Julie’s
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Lillian Chrystall 1926-2022
25 February 2022We are sad to share the news that on 24 February 2022, Lillian Chrystall passed away (1926 - 2022).
Our condolences to Lillian's family, especially her children Paul, Ben and Madeleine and their wider families.
Lillian was a very important mentor and role model
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Celebrating Julie Stout's GOLD - Video 02: Garden and Water Pavilions
25 February 2022The second in our series of seven short videos has been posted - A+W NZ 02: Garden and Water Pavilions.
Julie Stout is its first female recipient to be awarded the Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold
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GOLD! Julie Stout Gold Medal Winner 2021
16 February 2022We are celebrating!
On Wednesday 16 February 2022, Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects announced Julie Stout as the 2021 Gold Medal winner.
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A Big Thank You to our Recent Co-Chairs
5 July 2021A+W NZ would like to acknowledge and honour the work of our most recent Co-Chairs, Divya Purushotham (2018-21) and Lindley Naismith (2019-21).
(Divya and Lindley pictured here at the 2021 AGM, with
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A+W NZ Dulux Awards 2020 Publication
16 August 2020The third awards publication is fresh off the press! Designed again by Studio Catherine Griffiths, the 2020 edition for the A+W NZ Dulux Awards is
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A+W NZ and Homestyle Magazine Series #1
3 August 2020A+W NZ is pleased to announce that Homestyle will be running an ongoing A+W NZ profile series featuring a different A+W NZ member in each issue. A diverse range of the membership will be covered.
By way of
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Fifteen Finalists Announced for A+W NZ Dulux Awards 2020
28 June 2020A+W•NZ Dulux Awards 2020
The Five Finalists in each of our Three Award Categories have been announced!
We are pleased that the number of Nominees grows with each award round, and this makes the decision-making for the Jury very
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Lynda Simmons Stands Down from Co-Chair
20 June 2019The end of an era - Lynda Simmons is the last of the initial founding group to
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Parlour Article: A+W Dulux Awards by Lynda Simmons
22 November 2018We are always very proud to have the support of Australia's Parlour, world leaders in issues of equity, gender and architecture. On 5 November 2018, Parlour published an article on the
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A+W NZ Timeline Opening Speeches - Dr Julia Gatley & Dr Lucy Treep
14 September 2017A+W NZ Timeline Opening 7 Sept 2017, 5 pm
Auckland University of Auckland, Level 2, Building 421
At the opening event of the Re-
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Obituary: Dorothy Mahon 1925-2017
12 April 2017Our condolences go to the family and friends of Architect Dorothy Mahon, who passed away on 7 April 2017, aged 92 years.
MAHON, Dorothy Isabel (nee Gawith):
Dorothy Gawith was enrolled at the University of Auckland Architecture School in 1944,
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NZIA creates Nga Aho position on Board
26 January 2017The NZIA has created a position on its National Board for a Nga Aho representative, indicating its commitment to the
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The Pioneer Class, by Denise Civil
31 March 2016The Pioneer Class: Women who Started at the Auckland School of Architecture in 1972.
Fifty-one independently pioneering women attended the Auckland School of Architecture in the 25 years between 1947 and 1971. We can identify them
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NZIA A+W•NZ Venice Tote bag
5 December 2015A+W•NZ supports Future Islands, The New Zealand Pavilion at the 15th Venice Biennale of Architecture, opening in late May 2016.
To help out, we are the sponsor of the official
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Marilyn Reynolds
2 September 2015Obituary - Marilyn Reynolds
Architecture+Women•NZ are very sad to hear of the passing of Marilyn Reynolds (nee Hart) on Monday 31 August 2015.
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Between Silos 2013 - Timeline
24 February 2015For the 2013 A+W•NZ Exhibition held in Auckland, named Between Silos,
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Bobby Shen's blog on TRANSFORM, May 2013
12 June 2013Bobby Shen attended the recent Transform conference, held in Melbourne 30 May 2013, along with a team from New Zealand, ranging from students to mid-career architects. His summary of the interesting, provocative and well-organised day can be found
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Marilyn Reynolds in Conversation
11 February 2013image: Patrick Reynolds
Marilyn Hart was one of the founding members of The Group and one of the few female architectural students in the 1940s. There she met Ian Reynolds and the two married in London in 1949. After