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Before British colonisation of New Zealand, the Indigenous architecture of Māori was an 'elaborate tradition of timber architecture'. [1] Māori constructed rectangular buildings (whare) with a 'small door, an extension of the roof and walls to form a porch, and an interior with hearths along the centre and sleeping places along the walls' for protection against the cold.
Alington began his career as an architectural cadet in the New Zealand Ministry of Works (MoW) in 1949, before studying architecture at the Auckland University College School of Architecture (Auckland, New Zealand) from 1951 to 1955.
Thompson was a member of the team that created Future Islands, New Zealand’s exhibition at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. [14] The Rewi Thompson Undergraduate Scholarship in Architecture was established in 2018 to encourage and support a student of Māori descent undertaking study in Architecture at the University of Auckland.
The New Zealand Institute of Architects recognises and honours architects, academics or retired architects who have "achieved a high standing in the profession" or "given meritorious service to the profession or institute." Nancy Northcroft is the first known women to have received this honour in 1966. [13]
Gately's book Long Live the Modern: New Zealand's New Architecture, 1904-1984 (2008) is said by author Elizabeth Cox to have saved from demolition some of the houses included. [ 9 ] Gatley is the historian of the Architectural Group, (later Group Architects) who formed as students in the 1940s to reform architectural education and outcomes.
Beard contributed to New Zealand architecture and landscape design and architecture, as well as town planning throughout his career, both as a professional and as an astute and committed commentator in institute and organisational publications such as: New Zealand Architect/Architecture New Zealand, The Landscape, Cuttings, and Off Centre.
Stanley William Toomath (12 November 1925 – 20 March 2014) was a New Zealand architect who practised mainly in Wellington.He was a founding member of the Architectural Group in Auckland in 1946, [1] a life member of the Wellington Architectural Centre and a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects.
She soon changed to study anthropology and psychology and then left university the following year. After some years working and travelling overseas, she moved back to Auckland and enrolled in architecture at the University of Auckland, starting her course in 1980. [2] Allison had two children while studying, and completed her degree in 1986. [3]