Session Partner: Dulux
Session 4A (S4A)
When: 4:00pm-5:00pm, Saturday, 03 May
Where: York Theatre, Seymour Centre, University of Sydney
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. Last year, Professor Deidre Brown (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) was awarded the 2023 Gold Medal. In 2019, Dr Brown’s appointment as Head of Te Pare School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland made her the first Indigenous woman in the world to hold such a position. Dr Brown’s appointment also marked 30 years since she began studying architecture at the school, where – in her first crit – she was told to ‘leave Māori architecture on the marae where it belonged’. Her response was to do the opposite.
The 2024 Gold Medal recipient will be announced on 5 March.
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.
