Dirty Laundry Architecture

who's in the laundry

juliana wilson

founder / charwoman

dirt@dirtylaundryarchitecture.com

Juliana Wilson (b.arch) is the founder of dirty laundry architecture ltd. Her work has been recognised in multiple awards by professional industry organisations including Te Kahui Whaihanga The New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA), The National Association of Women in Construction (Excellence Awards 2015) and the Auckland Architectural Association (AAA Cavalier Bremworth Design Awards 2002, 2003, 2006). 

She is the recipient of the inaugural Te Kahui Whaihanga NZIA John Sutherland Practice Award (2022)and holds a Te Kahui Whaihanga NZIA President’s Award in recognition of her service to the profession (2014). Juliana was shortlisted in the A+W.NZ Dulux Awards (2020) in recognition of her diverse career achievements. 

She holds a Professional Teaching Fellow role within Te Pare The Faculty of Architecture and Planning at The University of Auckland where she has taught design and provided masters thesis supervision since 2013. She has previously taught design and held guest critic and external assessor roles at both Unitec and AUT respectively. 

Juliana is a co-founder of Architecture+Women.NZ, her creative work has been exhibited in several galleries and she is a published writer (having most recently contributed to ‘Making Space – a History of New Zealand Women in Architecture 2022). 

Juliana is an active member of Te Kahui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects where she has contributed to and participated in public discussion panels, lectures, mentorship events and exhibitions. 

She has previously held the role of Secretary for the NZIA Auckland Branch and A+W.NZ and has served on national and international design awards juries, including the World Architecture Festival (2023, 2024).

who's in the laundry

juliana wilson
founder / charwoman
dirt@dirtylaundryarchitecture.com

Juliana Wilson (b.arch) is the founder of dirty laundry architecture ltd.

Her work has been recognised in multiple awards by professional industry organisations including Te Kahui Whaihanga The New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA), The National Association of Women in Construction (Excellence Awards 2015) and the Auckland Architectural Association (AAA Cavalier Bremworth Design Awards 2002, 2003, 2006).

She is the recipient of the inaugural Te Kahui Whaihanga NZIA John Sutherland Practice Award (2022)and holds a Te Kahui Whaihanga NZIA President’s Award in recognition of her service to the profession (2014).

Juliana was shortlisted in the A+W.NZ Dulux Awards (2020) in recognition of her diverse career achievements. She holds a Professional Teaching Fellow role within Te Pare The Faculty of Architecture and Planning at The University of Auckland where she has taught design and provided masters thesis supervision since 2013.

She has previously taught design and held guest critic and external assessor roles at both Unitec and AUT respectively. Juliana is a co-founder of Architecture+Women.NZ, her creative work has been exhibited in several galleries and she is a published writer (having most recently contributed to ‘Making Space – a History of New Zealand Women in Architecture 2022).

Juliana is an active member of Te Kahui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects where she has contributed to and participated in public discussion panels, lectures, mentorship events and exhibitions.

She has previously held the role of Secretary for the NZIA Auckland Branch and A+W.NZ and has served on national and international design awards juries, including the World Architecture Festival (2023, 2024).

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Kiri Reihana

Kiri Reihana

collaborator

Kiri reihana (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tūhoe) is a kairangahau – Māori scientist who is a currently doing her PhD bringing Te Ao Māori and Neo-classical sciences together in the marine arena. Kiri is a Taiao ora specialist, environmental health specialist who applies her research to mobilising mātauranga (Māori knowledge) with iwi (tribes) and hapū (subtribes) throughout New Zealand. Her work on cockles’ forms part of the Sustainable seas National Science Challenge, a program that aims to protect and enhance the marine environment. 

Having trained in and practiced architecture Kiri  moved into environmental sciences, where the culmination of her experience is used to support digital platforms to create innovative Māori science solutions. 

Kiri is an advocate for mobilising mātauranga utilising digital based tools, and educational resources such as ‘Eko’ the ecology game www.eko.nz (National), ‘Karanga a Tanemahuta’ the VR experience and ‘Kaitiakitanga i te Au Warawara’ graphic novel (Te Rarawa). Kiri sits on the Tīwaiwaka trust board, a Te Ao Māori conservation movement led by Pā, or Rob McGowan, one of New Zealand’s foremost rongoā experts https://www.tiwaiwaka.nz, in championing the vision of ‘Ka ora te whenua, Ka ora te tangata’ (when the land is well, the people are well).

Gary Lawson

Gary Lawson

collaborator

Gary is one of the founding directors of Stevens Lawson Architects. The practice’s strengths lie in the creation of innovative design responses of aesthetic sensibility and functional resolution. Collaborative design with clients, consultants and users is intrinsic to Stevens Lawson approach to architectural practice. 

Gary, along with business partner Nicholas Stevens was the recipient of the 2022 NZIA Gold Medal for Architecture, New Zealand’s highest honour for an Architect. Stevens Lawson Architects have been the recipients of 29 NZIA National Awards, and are winners of the New Zealand Home of the Year Award, a record 4 times.

Gary was conveyor of the 2011 NZIA Auckland Branch Awards, member of the 2012 and 2021 NZIA National Awards jury, and a judge at the 2023 and 2024 World Architecture Festival. The practice won the 2022 WAF Completed Buildings – Religion category and was Highly Commended in the Completed Buildings – Civic and Community category.

Megan Rule

Megan Rule

collaborator

Megan Rule is the director of South Pacific Architecture, the Auckland based practice she founded in 2000. Her work spans adaptive reuse, community, cultural, commercial, education, exhibition, landscape, master planning, marine, research and residential. 

She has taught at the University of Auckland School of Architecture and Planning and served on international Architecture Award juries including the World Architecture Festival.

Megan co-founded Architecture + Women.NZ with an A+W.NZ nationwide exhibition, publication of ‘Snapshoot 500 Architecture + Women.NZ’ (2013) and later a landmark compendium Elizabeth Coxs ‘Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women in Architecutre’ (2022). 

Megan has authored a monograph book Monica Barham: So You’re Building: You and the Architect (2024) together with curating an exhibition to celebrate one of New Zealand’s earliest female architects. Megan sits on the Auckland Urban Design Panel and New Zealand Architects Registration Panel. 

Her work has featured in Italy, United Kingdom and New Zealand in exhibitions and has been recognised internationally with awards and in publications like Home-New Directions in World Architecture and Phaidon World Atlas of 21 Century World Architecture. 

Kiri Reihana

Kiri Reihana

collaborator

Kiri reihana (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tūhoe) is a kairangahau – Māori scientist who is a currently doing her PhD bringing Te Ao Māori and Neo-classical sciences together in the marine arena. Kiri is a Taiao ora specialist, environmental health specialist who applies her research to mobilising mātauranga (Māori knowledge) with iwi (tribes) and hapū (subtribes) throughout New Zealand. Her work on cockles’ forms part of the Sustainable seas National Science Challenge, a program that aims to protect and enhance the marine environment. 

Having trained in and practiced architecture Kiri  moved into environmental sciences, where the culmination of her experience is used to support digital platforms to create innovative Māori science solutions. 

Kiri is an advocate for mobilising mātauranga utilising digital based tools, and educational resources such as ‘Eko’ the ecology game www.eko.nz (National), ‘Karanga a Tanemahuta’ the VR experience and ‘Kaitiakitanga i te Au Warawara’ graphic novel (Te Rarawa). Kiri sits on the Tīwaiwaka trust board, a Te Ao Māori conservation movement led by Pā, or Rob McGowan, one of New Zealand’s foremost rongoā experts https://www.tiwaiwaka.nz, in championing the vision of ‘Ka ora te whenua, Ka ora te tangata’ (when the land is well, the people are well).

Gary Lawson

Gary Lawson

collaborator

Gary is one of the founding directors of Stevens Lawson Architects. The practice’s strengths lie in the creation of innovative design responses of aesthetic sensibility and functional resolution. Collaborative design with clients, consultants and users is intrinsic to Stevens Lawson approach to architectural practice. 

Gary, along with business partner Nicholas Stevens was the recipient of the 2022 NZIA Gold Medal for Architecture, New Zealand’s highest honour for an Architect. Stevens Lawson Architects have been the recipients of 29 NZIA National Awards, and are winners of the New Zealand Home of the Year Award, a record 4 times.

Gary was conveyor of the 2011 NZIA Auckland Branch Awards, member of the 2012 and 2021 NZIA National Awards jury, and a judge at the 2023 and 2024 World Architecture Festival. The practice won the 2022 WAF Completed Buildings – Religion category and was Highly Commended in the Completed Buildings – Civic and Community category.

Megan Rule

Megan Rule

collaborator

Megan Rule is the director of South Pacific Architecture, the Auckland based practice she founded in 2000. Her work spans adaptive reuse, community, cultural, commercial, education, exhibition, landscape, master planning, marine, research and residential. 

She has taught at the University of Auckland School of Architecture and Planning and served on international Architecture Award juries including the World Architecture Festival.

Megan co-founded Architecture + Women.NZ with an A+W.NZ nationwide exhibition, publication of ‘Snapshoot 500 Architecture + Women.NZ’ (2013) and later a landmark compendium Elizabeth Coxs ‘Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women in Architecutre’ (2022). 

Megan has authored a monograph book Monica Barham: So You’re Building: You and the Architect (2024) together with curating an exhibition to celebrate one of New Zealand’s earliest female architects. Megan sits on the Auckland Urban Design Panel and New Zealand Architects Registration Panel. 

Her work has featured in Italy, United Kingdom and New Zealand in exhibitions and has been recognised internationally with awards and in publications like Home-New Directions in World Architecture and Phaidon World Atlas of 21 Century World Architecture. 

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