The A+W NZ Article Archives

The Five Finalists in each of our Three Award Categories have been announced! After solid deliberations and exhaustive discussion, the 2017 Jury made up of Brit Andresen, Sharon Jansen, Anna Tong and Dave Strachan have confirmed the following Finalists;

ArchitectureNow has a news piece on the upcoming A+W NZ / SGA Motu Kaikoura Trust Building Workshop, which is taking place in July / August / September at the SGA Workshop.

Registered Architects Sue Marshall join Jasmax’s Principal leadership group, becoming the third female principal at Jasmax.

A+W NZ member Tina Engels-Schwarzpaul presented her Inaugural Professorial Address at AUT University on Tuesday 30 May 2017, 4:30-5:30pm.

This is the first of a monthly series of articles by Sally Arnold written for Sourceable on challenges for women in architecture, engineering, construction and property.

Our condolences go to the family and friends of Architect Dorothy Mahon, who passed away on 7 April 2017, aged 92 years.

In order to mark International Women’s Day, Elizabeth Cox honours one of New Zealand’s first and most forthright feminists, Mary Taylor, and her connection to a prominent corner of Wellington, where she ran a business in a building she designed herself.

The three videos shown here are made by current and past students from The University of Auckland School of Architecture & Planning, who are proactively calling for more visible diversity in the New Zealand architectural profession - they note the lack of role models for people from the Pacific for students like themselves and future generations.

The NZIA has created a position on its National Board for a Ngā Aho representative, indicating its commitment to the newly-signed Kawenata ('covenant') between the NZIA and Nga Aho. The Kawenata signing took place prior to the NZIA National conference In: Situ 2017.

GENDER AND ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE, by Gina Hochstein, March(Prof) Student, The University of Auckland SoAP