Sharon Jansen

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Sharon Jansen is a New Zealand architect. [1] [2]

Biography

Sharon Jansen (right) in 2023 A+WNZ2023Awards A5.jpg
Sharon Jansen (right) in 2023

Jansen studied architecture at the University of Auckland, graduating in 1984. She moved overseas and worked in Australia, Singapore and France. She returned to New Zealand after nine years, and worked in local architecture firms and for the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa as an exhibition designer. She established Jansen Luke Architects and later, in 2004, joined Tennent + Brown Architects as a senior architect. [3]

In 2013, Jansen was a made a fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA). In 2014, she returned to private practice with her own firm, Sharon Jansen Architect, specialising in residential new builds and restorations. [3]

Jansen has tutored in architecture at Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University. [3]

Tennent + Brown won a 2009 NZIA National Architecture Award for Leigh House in Northland, for which Jansen was design and project architect. [3] [4] Jansen has served on the jury of architecture awards, such as the 2015 New Zealand Architecture Awards and the 2020 Waikato / Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards. [5] [6]

In 2023, Jansen was awarded the Chrystall Excellence Awards at the A+W NZ Dulux Awards. The award celebrates women who have had a full and rich career in the field of architecture. [7] The jury commented on Jansen's "very impressive body of sensitive design work, her continuing dedication and contribution to the profession and her mentorship and support of other women architects". [8]

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References

  1. "NZRAB – Architect Details". www.nzrab.nz. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. "Quick-fire questions with Wellington architect Sharon Jansen". homestyle magazine. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "About". Sharon Jansen Architect. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  4. "Leigh House". Tennent Brown. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  5. "2015 New Zealand Architecture Awards". Architecture AU. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  6. "Local projects shortlisted for architecture awards". Rotorua Daily Post . 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  7. "Winners: A+W•NZ Dulux Awards 2023". Architecture Now. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  8. Cox, Elizabeth, ed. (2023). A+W NZ Dulux Awards 2023. New Zealand: Architecture+Women NZ. pp. 56–57. ISBN   978-0-473-68721-2.