Deborah Cranko
Deborah Cranko is a New Zealand architect. She is a recipient of 2015 National Association of Women in Construction Excellence Award.
Deborah Cranko
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- Deborah Cranko
- Occupation
- Architect
- Education
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Awards
- Professional Woman of the Year Award
- Honours
- Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects · National Association of Women in Construction New Zealand Life Membership Award
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• Name — Deborah Cranko • Occupation — Architect • Education — Victoria University of Wellington • Awards — Professional Woman of the Year Award • Practice — Cranko Architects
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Cranko studied architecture at Victoria University of Wellington in the 1970s. 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. 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. 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.
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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. 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. In 2020, Cranko was a finalist for the Chrystall Excellence Award at the Architecture + Women NZ Dulux Awards.
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- 2.NZRAB - Architect Details. www.nzrab.nz.
- 3.Cox, Elizabeth. Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture. Massey University Press. 190. 2022. 9781991016348.
- 4.Hays NAWIC Excellence Awards 2015. Architecture Now.
- 5.National Association of Women in Construction NZ. www.nawic.org.nz.
- 6.Architecture + Women NZ and Dulux announce finalists for 2020 Awards. Architecture Now.
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Deborah Cranko received Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects and National Association of Women in Construction New Zealand Life Membership Award. Recorded as having received Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects and National Association of Women in Construction New Zealand Life Membership Award.
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