The New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal is an award presented annually by the Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) to a New Zealand architect.
History From 1927 until 1977 a gold, silver or bronze prize was awarded each for the design of a public building and was judged by the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 1978 a "National Award" replaced the Gold Medal.
The Gold Medal was reintroduced in 1999 and was awarded to an architect who, over a period of time, made an outstanding contribution to the practice of architecture, as demonstrated through the production of a consistently high-quality body of work.
Recipients
1927–1977
Year Name Building AwardRef. 1927 Stanley Fearn William Booth Memorial Training College, Wellington Gold 1928 Gummer and Ford Remuera Library, Auckland Gold 1929 Grierson, Aimer & Draffin Auckland War Memorial Museum Gold 1930 Surrey S. Alleman Hampton Court Flats, Auckland Gold 1931 Gummer and Ford Auckland Railway Station Gold 1932 Gray Young, Morton and Young The Wellesley Club, Wellington Gold 1933 Tole and Massey St. Michael's Catholic Church, Auckland Gold 1934 Herbert W. Hall St. David's Memorial Church, Cave, South Canterbury Gold 1935 no award 1936 K. W. Aimer Marino Gardens, Auckland Gold 1937 Horace Massey Cintra Flats, Auckland Gold 1938 A. F. Morgan & Horace Massey New Public Library, Whangārei Gold 1939 Turnbull & Rule Surgical Block, Public Hospital, Timaru Gold 1940 Horace Massey Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial Gold 1941 no award 1942 Bernard Jones His own house, 7 Gill Road, Wellington Bronze 1943 no award 1944 1945 1946 Vernon Brown Lemon House, 51 St. Stephen's Ave, Auckland Bronze 1947 Gordon Wilson Dixon Street Flats, Wellington Gold 1948 Richard Toy His own house, 61 Selwyn Road, Auckland Bronze 1949 Watkin & Stermson Browne House, 83 Heliers Bay Road, Auckland Bronze 1950 Massey, Beatson, Rix-Trott & Carter Massey House, 452A Remuera Road, Auckland Bronze 1951 Massey, Beatson, Rix-Trott & Carter Webb House, 68 Paratai Drive Bronze 1952 Structon Group St. Joseph's Orphanage, Upper Hutt Gold Lightbody & Koefoed Fordham House, Wadestown Bronze 1953 James H. Hall-Kenny Milk Treatment Station, Penrose, Auckland Gold Massey, Beatson, Rix-Trott & Carter Redwood House, 20 Westridge Rd, Titirangi Bronze 1954 Structon Group The Church of St. James, Lower Hutt Gold Peter Middleton Latch House, Auckland Bronze 1955 King and Christie Swallow House, 170 Upland Rd, Auckland Bronze 1956 Ted McCoy Aquinas Hall, Dunedin Gold Nees House, Dunedin Bronze Tibor Donner Vehicle Testing Station, Auckland Silver 1957 Tibor Donner Parnell Baths, Auckland Gold 1958 Hall & McKenzie The Hermitage, Aoraki Mt Cook Gold Derek Wilson Moore House, Masterton Bronze 1959 Warren and Mahoney Dental Nurses' Training School, Christchurch Gold 1960 Paul Pascoe Christchurch International Airport Gold Mark Brown & Fairhead Silk Warehouse for Makower McBeath & Co Ltd, Auckland Silver G. G. Kenny Own house, Auckland Bronze 1961 Newman. Smith & Greenhough Whanganui War Memorial Gold
Since 1999 The Gold Medal was not awarded in 2007, 2009, 2019 and 2025.
+Year Name 1999John Scott2000Sir Miles Warren2001The Group2002Ted McCoy2003Peter Beaven2004Ian Athfield2005David Mitchell2006Gordon Moller2007no award2008Ivan Mercep2009no award2010Marshall Cook2011Jack Manning2012Pete Bossley2013Pip Cheshire2014Patrick Clifford2015Stuart Gardyne2016Roger Walker2017Andrew Patterson2018Jeremy Salmond2019no award2020Dave Strachan2021Julie Stout2022Nicholas Stevens and Gary Lawson2023Deidre Brown2024Hugh Tennent and Ewan Brown2025no award2026Richard Naish
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