Session Partner: Dulux
Session 4A (S4A)
When: 4:00pm-5:00pm, Saturday, 03 May
Where: York Theatre, Seymour Centre, University of Sydney
CPD: 1 Formal CPD Point
The Gold Medal is the highest honour Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects confers to those working in architecture in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The annual award recognises those who make an outstanding contribution to the practice of architecture through a consistently high-quality body of work over a period of time. Esteemed Pōneke Wellington architects Hugh Tennent and Ewan Brown have been announced as the 2024 Gold Medal recipients. They founded their eponymous practice Tennent + Brown Architects in 2003 and have been lauded for their “radical sustainability” and exploration of “bicultural collaboration”. Over the past 22 years, the duo have become known for their values-based architecture, including large, complex projects in the housing, education and commercial sectors. In 2018, the practice became a founding member of The Diversity Agenda and was the first in Aotearoa to obtain a JUST label for Social Justice. In 2022, it became the first practice in Aotearoa to achieve B-Corp Certification.
“Hugh Tennent and Ewan Brown have dared to journey along paths more commonly avoided, extending themselves beyond the perimeters of conventional observation and understanding that typically inform the architectural response,” cited the jury. Renowned for their bold, boundary-pushing approach and global perspective, Tennent and Brown are well-positioned to engage with this year’s conference theme: Architecture in Action.
The 2024 Gold Medal recipients were announced on Wednesday, 5 March at a ceremony held at Ngā Mokopuna, a project for Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington delivered by the Tennent + Brown Architects.
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
