Architecture + Women NZ Dulux Awards explained

Awarded For:the contribution of women to architecture
Sponsor:Dulux
Country:New Zealand
Year:2014

The Architecture + Women NZ Dulux Awards is a tri-annual set of awards which recognise the contribution of women to the field of architecture in New Zealand. The awards recognise full bodies of work and community connections.[1]

The awards were first made in 2014. In 2020 the awards event was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Nominations are invited from the public, and a panel selects finalists in each category. The finalists are invited to an awards dinner where the recipients are announced. The award trophy is designed and made by Ainsley O'Connell.

Categories

The awards are presented in three categories.

Wirihana Leadership Award

The award is open to all Architecture + Women NZ members who are in their second decade after graduation. The award is named after Moana Wirihana (Te Kawerau ā Maki) whose leadership saw the design and construction of many wharenui (meeting houses) in New Zealand.[3]

Munro Diversity Award

This award is "open to all genders, and looks specifically for evidence of continued support strategies for diversity in the workplace, including but not necessarily restricted to gender". The award is named for the structural problems in early New Zealand architecture where affluence was a requirement for education, and bias meant women often were not named architect even though this is what they were doing.

Chrystall Excellence Award

This award is open to women with three or more decades of architecture practice. It is named for Lillian Chrystall who in 1967 was the first woman to win a New Zealand Institute of Architects national award.

Judges

The jury for the 2023 awards had four members: Justine Clark, Craig Moller, Sarah Treadwell and Carinnya Feaunati.[4] The jury for the 2020 awards was Lori Brown, Julia Gatley, Raukura Turei and Andrew Tu’inukuafe. The jury for the 2017 awards was Brit Andresen, Sharon Jansen, Anna Tong and Dave Strachan.[5]

Recipients

!Year!Award!Recipient!Notes
2023Wirihana Leadership AwardRaukura Turei, Monk Mackenzie[6]
Munro Diversity AwardKathy Waghorn, HOOPLA
Chrystall Excellence AwardSharon Jansen
!Year!Award!Recipient!Notes
2020Wirihana Leadership AwardLouise Wright, Assembly Architects
Munro Diversity AwardJade Kake, Matakohe Architecture and Urbanism Ltd[7]
Chrystall Excellence AwardChristina van Bohemen, Sills van Bohemen[8]
!Year!Award!Recipient!Notes
2017Wirihana Leadership AwardBureaux Ltd (Jessica Barter and Maggie Carroll) [9]
Munro Diversity AwardLindley Naismith, Scarlet Architects
Chrystall Excellence AwardSarah Treadwell
!Year!Award!Recipient!Notes
2014Wirihana Leadership AwardCecile Bonnifait, Bonnifait + Giesen Atelier Workshop [10]
Munro Diversity AwardJustine Clark & Gill Matthewson, Parlour
Chrystall Excellence AwardJulie Stout, Mitchell & Stout Architects

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Architecture+Women.NZ Dulux Awards 2020 Winners Announced . 2023-03-31 . Architecture Now . en-AU.
  2. Web site: AWNZ . 2023-03-31 . AWNZ . en-NZ.
  3. Web site: Susie . 2018-11-05 . Filling the gaps . 2023-03-31 . Parlour . en-AU.
  4. Web site: A+W Awards Jury 2023 . 2023-03-31 . www.architecturewomen.org.nz.
  5. Web site: Winners: A+W•NZ Dulux Awards 2017 . 2023-04-01 . Architecture Now . en-AU.
  6. Web site: Celebrating Aotearoa, New Zealand female architects at the 2023 A+W•NZ Dulux Awards . AWNZ . en-NZ . 2 October 2023.
  7. Web site: Awards / Press . 2023-03-31 . matakohe architecture + urbanism . en-GB.
  8. Web site: Chrystall Excellence Award 2020 Sills van Bohemen . 2023-03-31 . en-US.
  9. Web site: AWNZ . 2023-03-31 . AWNZ . en-NZ.
  10. Web site: AWNZ . 2023-03-31 . AWNZ . en-NZ.

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