Megan Rule is a New Zealand architect.[1] She was a recipient of a National Association of Women in Construction Excellence Award in 2016.
Megan Rule | |
|---|---|
| Born | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Helen Tippett Award (2016) |
| Practice | South Pacific Architecture |
| Buildings | Northland Waterfall Chapel |
Biography
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
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]