Megan Rule
Megan Rule | |
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| File:Photo of Megan Rule.jpg | |
| 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 | edit source]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 inaugural co-chair of the organisation for five years, from 2011 to 2016.[5][6]
Rule's 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 | edit source]Rule's Northland Waterfall Chapel (2003) won the Premio Internazionale Dedalos Minosse Award in Italy, and was the first New Zealand project to win.[7][8] In 2016, Rule won the National Association of Women in Construction Helen Tippett Award for actively promoting women in construction.[9]
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