Julie Margaret Stout (born 1958) is an architect, academic and urban design advocate based in

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, New Zealand. She is a Distinguished Fellow of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) and a professional teaching fellow at the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

's School of Architecture and Planning. She was awarded the 2021

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Biography

Stout was born in

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in 1958, and was educated at

Palmerston North Girls' High School Palmerston North Girls' High School is a secondary school for girls, located in the suburb of West End in the city of Palmerston North, New Zealand. Location The main entrance of the school is located on Fitzherbert Avenue, near the Victoria ...

. Her father was a draughtsman and deer culler. She studied at the

, graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1985, and gained registration as an architect in 1989. Early in her career, Stout worked with Marshall Cook at Cook Hitchcock Sargisson, and with architect Murray Cockburn in Fiji. In 1989, she formed Mitchell and Stout Architects Ltd with partner in life and work, architect David Mitchell. The pair split their time travelling by boat and working together up to Mitchell's death in 2018. Stout has also practised in Hong Kong. In 2001, Stout became a member of the NZIA Auckland Branch Urban Issues Group, which she went on to chair between 2002 and 2003. In 2005, she was made a member of Auckland mayor Dick Hubbard's Urban Task Force, which was described by ''

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'' as "an attempt to block bad architecture passing for urban renewal". She joined the Society for the Protection of Auckland City and Waterfront Inc (Urban Auckland) in 2009, and chaired the lobby group between 2010 and 2021. In the role, Stout fronted a successful campaign to stop Ports of Auckland's continued expansion of wharves into the Waitematā Harbour. Alongside Mitchell, Rau Hoskins and others, Stout was part of the creative team that designed New Zealand’s first show, ''Last, Loneliest, Loveliest'', at the

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in 2014. Stout is a partner at Auckland architecture practice Mitchell Stout Dodd.

Works

* Baragwanath House, Parnell (1987)"Mitchell & Stout in Auckland"
(PDF). ''Block Architecture Guides''. Auckland branch, NZIA (3). * Mitchell–Stout House,

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(1990) *

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– NEW Gallery (1995) * Waitamariki House, Bay of Islands (1998) * Landscape and Plant Science Building, Unitec Institute of Technology (2002) * Mitchell-Stout House, Narrow Neck (2006) * Tauranga Art Gallery (2007) * Fishman House, Waiheke Island (2009) * Otoparae House, King Country (2013) *

Lopdell House Lopdell House is situated next to Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery as part of the Lopdell Precinct arts centre in Titirangi, Auckland. It was first opened as Hotel Titirangi in 1930. In 1942 it was bought by the Ministry of Education and be ...

refurbishment, Titirangi (2014) *

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery (commonly known as Te Uru, formerly known as Lopdell House Gallery) is a contemporary art gallery located in Titirangi, Auckland. The gallery, which serves the West Auckland region, was originally opened wit ...

, Titirangi (2014)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stout, Julie 1958 births Living people People from Palmerston North People educated at Palmerston North Girls' High School University of Auckland alumni New Zealand architects Fellows of the New Zealand Institute of Architects University of Auckland faculty New Zealand women architects Recipients of the NZIA Gold Medal