Architecture student s Hawke s Bay church project wins award
15 Dec, 2020 11:00 PM
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Abby-Jane Taylor presented the project at the NZIA 2020 Student Design Awards, where she won a highly commended award. Photo / Supplied
A Hawke s Bay-born woman s architecture project theoretically disassembling and reassembling a Pukehou church has won an award at the New Zealand Institute of Architecture 2020 Student Design Awards For her final-year thesis project, University of Auckland School of Architecture and Planning student Abby-Jane Taylor, who is originally from Waipukurau, chose to focus on a local church in Pukehou.
Taylor had originally planned to do her project on a building in Auckland, but when the Covid-19 lockdown hit, she found herself back in Hawke s Bay staying in Pukehou.