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. The awards were first made in 2014. In 2020 the awards event was held online due to the

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. 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 Te Kawerau ā Maki, Te Kawerau a Maki, or Te Kawerau-a-Maki is a Māori ''iwi'' (tribe) of the Auckland Region of New Zealand. Predominantly based in West Auckland (Hikurangi also known as Waitākere), it had 251 registered adult members as of J ...

) whose leadership saw the design and construction of many

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(meeting houses) in New Zealand.

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 because of 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. It is named after Christchurch architect Margaret Munro.

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 Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) is a membership-based professional organisation that represents approximately 90 per cent of registered architects in Aotearoa New Zealand and supports and promotes architecture in ...

national award.

Judges

The jury for the 2023 awards had four members: Justine Clark, Craig Moller, Sarah Treadwell and Carinnya Feaunati. 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,

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, Anna Tong and Dave Strachan.

Recipients

References

{{reflist New Zealand awards 2014 establishments in New Zealand Awards established in 2014 Art awards honoring women