Megan Rule
Megan Rule | |
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| Born | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Helen Tippett Award (2016) |
| Practice | South Pacific Architecture |
| Buildings | Northland Waterfall Chapel |
Megan Rule is a New Zealand architect.[1] She was a recipient of a National Association of Women in Construction Excellence Award in 2016.
Biography[edit]
Rule studied architecture at the University of Auckland, graduating in 1992. She has worked with community groups, not-for-profits, churches, clubs, Pacific groups, iwi, Ngā Aho, and accessibility organisations in New Zealand and internationally.[2] She has been a director for Habitat for Humanity and Architecture for Humanity.[3]
In 2000, Rule founded South Pacific Architecture in Auckland, focusing on architecture for diversity.[4] She is the chair of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects' Auckland branch.[2] Rule is also a teaching fellow at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland and co-founder of Architecture+Women NZ.[3] She was co-chair of the organisation for 5 years, from 2014 to 2019.[5]
Her work features in the book Worship: A History of New Zealand Church Design by Bill McKay and Jane Ussher, and in The Phaidon 21st Century Atlas of World Architecture.[3]
Awards and honours[edit]
Rule's Northland Waterfall Chapel (2003) won the Premio Internazionale Dedalos Minosse Award in Italy, and was the first New Zealand project to win.[6][7] In 2016, Rule won the National Association of Women in Construction Helen Tippett Award for actively promoting women in construction.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "AWNZ". AWNZ. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ a b "A+W NZ Interview with Chair of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Auckland Branch, Megan Rule – AWNZ [staging]". AWNZ. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "A house for life". The Design Guide. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "South Pacific Architecture". www.southpacificarchitecture.co.nz. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Megan Rule to step down as co-chair". Architecture Now. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Favourite things: Global Designs". NZ Herald. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Cox, Elizabeth (2022). Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. p. 298. ISBN 9781991016348.
- ^ Stevens, Ben (15 May 2017). "National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Awards » Connexis | Infrastructure Training". Connexis | Infrastructure Training. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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