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Lillian Chrystall OBE (1989) FNZIA
[edit]| Summary | Information |
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| Born | 1 March 1926, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | NZIA Bronze Medal 1967, NZIA Auckland Branch Award 1979, NZIA Auckland Architecture Awards 2013 - Enduring Architecture category winner |
| Practice | Chrystall Architects |
| Buildings | Yock House, 119 Ngapuhi Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Example.jpg|Caption1 Lillian Chrystall at the A+W NZ Dulux Awards Dinner held on 27 September 2014
Lillian Chrystall OBE FNZIA (born 1 March 1926) is a New Zealand architect. She studied architecture at the University of Auckland, during the university breaks Lillian worked for Massey Beatson Rixtrot Architects.[1] Lillian graduated in 1947 and became the first woman on University of Auckland Architecture School teaching staff, assigned to British lecturer Vernon Brown’s studio, teaching second year students.
Between 1950-1954 Lillian travelled and worked for the Hungarian Erno Goldfinger in London and Andre Sive in France[2] where she was exposed to British modernism during the post-war reconstruction.
Upon returning to Auckland, and forming Lillian Laidlaw Architects in the early 1950s, she designed a number of houses, warehouses, community buildings and offices. She married David Chrystall in 1955 and formed Chrystall Architects together. Lillian won the NZIA Bronze Medal 1967 – the top residential prize - for Yock House, 119 Ngapuhi Road, Remuera, Auckland New Zealand.
Lillian received an NZIA Auckland Branch Award in 1979, and the at the NZIA Auckland Architecture Awards in 2013 she was the Enduring Architecture category winner. Lillian was the first woman on the Board of Trustees at the Auckland Savings Bank (ASB) appointed in 1975 and reappointed in 1980[3] and appointed President in 1985.[4] She divorced David Chrystall in the 1980s and continued to practice architecture until she retired from Chrystall Architects in 2011.
Early life
[edit]Lillian Chrystall was born 1 March 1926 in Auckland New Zealand, the daughter of Robert Alexander Crookston Laidlaw (born on 8 September 1885 in Scotland [5]) and Lillian Viola Irene Watson, from California. She attended Bayfield School in Herne Bay and Auckland Girls’ Grammar School. She studied architecture at the University of Auckland, during the university breaks Lillian worked for Massey Beatson Rixtrot Architects[6]. Lillian graduated in 1947 and became the first woman on University of Auckland Architecture School teaching staff, assigned to British lecturer Vernon Brown’s studio, teaching second year students. Between 1950-1954 Lillian travelled and worked for the Hungarian Erno Goldfinger in London and Andre Sive in France[7] where she was exposed to British modernism during the post-war reconstruction.
Architectural achievements
[edit]Upon returning to Auckland, and forming Lillian Laidlaw Architects in the early 1950s, she designed a number of houses, warehouses, community buildings and offices, including Laidlaw House, Taupo in 1954[8]. She married David Chrystall in 1955 and formed Chrystall Architects together, working on separate commissions[9].
Awards and recognition
[edit]- NZIA Bronze Medal 1967[10]
- NZIA Auckland Branch Award 1979[11]
- NZIA Auckland Architecture Awards 2013 - Enduring Architecture category winner[12]
- Inaugural Architecture+ Women NZ Awards 2014 – Women Leadership Award[13]
List of Designs
[edit]- Laidlaw House, Taupo[14] (1954)
- Lincoln Laidlaw House[15] , Ngapipi Road, Orakei, Auckland (1950s)
- Ngaiwi Street House[16] , Orakei, Auckland (1956)
- ASB Bank Building[17] , corner of King and Seddon Streets, Pukekohe, Auckland (1960s)
- Lake Taupo House[18] , Taupo (1960s)
- Fraser House[19] , Hillsborough, Auckland (1960s)
- Yock House[20], 119 Ngapuhi Road, Remuera, Auckland (1964)
- Hapua Street House[21] , Remuera, Auckland (1967-69)
- Ken Green House[22] , 33 Kauri Loop Road, Oratia, Auckland (1973)
- Manukau Harbour House[23] (1976)
- Philip Yock House[24] (1979)
- Langs Retreat House[25] (1990s)
- ^ Natalie Meredith, “Lillian Chrystal, BArch, FNZIA,” BArch research paper, Unitec, Auckland, 1997
- ^ L. Naismith Profile: Lillian Chrystall, 2005, https://www.architecturewomen.org.nz/archives/profile-lillian-chrystall-lnaismith-2005
- ^ Auckland Star, 15 June 1984, Section B p.1
- ^ Jan Corbett, Metro ‘The good Weekend: Auckland savings Bank President Lillian Chrystall’, July 1985, p.14-15
- ^ Graham C. Stoop Laidlaw, Robert Alexander Crookston Biography. https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3l2/laidlaw-robert-alexander-crookston/print
- ^ Natalie Meredith, “Lillian Chrystal, BArch, FNZIA,” BArch research paper, Unitec, Auckland, 1997
- ^ L. Naismith Profile: Lillian Chrystall, 2005. https://www.architecturewomen.org.nz/archives/profile-lillian-chrystall-lnaismith-2005
- ^ NZ Home & Building 1 March 1954, p.34-37
- ^ Julie Stout and Lynda Simmons Interview October 2019 https://www.architecturewomen.org.nz/archives/aw-nz-interview-lillian-chrystall
- ^ NZ Home & Building, May 1967, page 34
- ^ NZ Herald, 11 December 1979, Section 2 p.1
- ^ NZ National Business Review, Thu, 17 Oct 2013 https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/2013-auckland-architecture-awards-point-economic-recovery-dl-147230r
- ^ Wellington architect receives inaugural women’s leadership award, October 1, 2014
- ^ NZ Home & Building 1 March 1954, p.34-37
- ^ Exterior view of Lincoln Laidlaw house at Ngapipi Road, Orakei, Auckland,
- Between 1950 and 1959, Ref: PAColl-0811-07-05-2
- https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23105240?search%5Bi%5D%5B-category%5D=Groups&search%5Bi%5D%5Bcollection_any_id%5D=207374&search%5Bpath%5D=items
- ^ Natalie Meredith, “Lillian Chrystal, BArch, FNZIA,” BArch research paper, Unitec, Auckland, 1997
- ^ Preliminary Historic Heritage Assessment Pukekohe - Paerata Structure Plan August 2017
- ^ NZ Home & Building 1 November 1960
- ^ NZ Home & Building 1 July 1960, p.44-47
- ^ Natalie Meredith, “Lillian Chrystal, BArch, FNZIA,” BArch research paper, Unitec, Auckland, 1997
- ^ Mid-century gem by pioneering female architect Lillian Chrystall up for sale, by Colleen Hawkes, Mar 08 2017
- ^ Ken Green House, 33 Kauri Loop Road, Oratia - 1970s Modern
- ^ NZ Home and Building July, 1976, v.38
- ^ NZ Home and Building No.1 May 1980 p.27-28
- ^ 2017 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner, Langs Retreat