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Deborah Cranko

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Deborah Cranko
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
OccupationArchitect
AwardsProfessional Woman of the Year Award
PracticeCranko Architects

Deborah Cranko is a New Zealand architect.[1][2] She is a recipient of 2015 National Association of Women in Construction Excellence Award.

Biography

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Cranko studied architecture at Victoria University of Wellington in the 1970s.[3] After graduating she worked at KRTA, King and Dawson and other firms in Wellington until she founded her own architecture practice, Cranko Architects, in 1987.[1][3]

In 1993, Cranko was one of a group of women architects in Wellington who created the exhibition Constructive Agenda: 60 years of women in architecture in New Zealand to mark 60 years since Merle Greenwood graduated with a bachelor architecture degree.[1][3]

Cranko has served as deputy chair of the New Zealand Registered Architects Board, and represented the New Zealand Institute of Architects at the initial Building Standards Authority.[3]

Awards and recognition

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In 2015, Cranko won the Professional Woman of the Year Award at the National Association of Women in Construction (New Zealand) Excellence Awards.[4] She is also a life member of the National Association of Women in Construction (New Zealand) and a fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects.[5]

In 2020, Cranko was a finalist for the Chrystall Excellence Award at the Architecture + Women NZ Dulux Awards.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "AWNZ". AWNZ. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. ^ "NZRAB - Architect Details". www.nzrab.nz. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Cox, Elizabeth (2022). Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. p. 190. ISBN 9781991016348.
  4. ^ "Hays NAWIC Excellence Awards 2015". Architecture Now. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  5. ^ "National Association of Women in Construction NZ". www.nawic.org.nz. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Architecture + Women NZ and Dulux announce finalists for 2020 Awards". Architecture Now. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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