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 COVID-19 pandemic. 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.
Tere Hunuku te Kawakawa Leadership Award The award is open to all Architecture + Women NZ members who are in their second decade after graduation.
From 2014-2026, the award was called the Wirihana Leadership award, named after Moana Wirihana (Te Kawerau ā Maki) whose leadership saw the design and construction of many wharenui (meeting houses) in New Zealand. It was announced in 2026 that the award would be renamed Tere Hunuku te Kawakawa Leadership Award in honour of Tere Insley, the first Māori woman registered architect.
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 national award.
Judges The jury for the 2026 awards was Lindley Naismith, Charmaine 'Ilaiū Talei, Ica Tiseli, Huai Reriti, and Tere Insley. 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, Sharon Jansen, Anna Tong and Dave Strachan.
Recipients
+YearAwardRecipientNotes2023Wirihana Leadership AwardRaukura Turei, Monk MackenzieMunro Diversity AwardKathy Waghorn, HOOPLAChrystall Excellence AwardSharon Jansen
+YearAwardRecipientNotes2020Wirihana Leadership AwardLouise Wright, Assembly Architects Munro Diversity AwardJade Kake, Matakohe Architecture and Urbanism LtdChrystall Excellence AwardChristina van Bohemen, Sills van Bohemen
+YearAwardRecipientNotes2017Wirihana Leadership AwardBureaux Ltd (Jessica Barter and Maggie Carroll) Munro Diversity AwardLindley Naismith, Scarlet ArchitectsChrystall Excellence AwardSarah Treadwell
+YearAwardRecipientNotes2014Wirihana Leadership AwardCecile Bonnifait, Bonnifait + Giesen Atelier Workshop Munro Diversity AwardJustine Clark & Gill Matthewson, ParlourChrystall Excellence AwardJulie Stout, Mitchell & Stout Architects
See also
List of awards honoring women
References