August Workshop Critics

Dr Lee Beattie Deputy Head – Urban Planning School of Architecture and Planning University of Auckland, Lee is an urban planner with 21 years' professional experience.  He has qualifications in urban planning and design, and environmental science.  Lee is currently deputy head of the School of Architecture and Planning where he is head of the urban planning programme.  He specialises in urban planning policy development and implementation, growth management and urban design research, professional practitioner training and providing Environment Court evidence. Lee's research interests include urban planning policy development, implementation and evaluation and urban design issues.  He is currently involved in a number of research projects considering urban growth management and urban design implementation issues in a range of Pacific Rim (Australasian and North American) new world cities.

Euen MacKeller, Principal, Jasmax,  Euan has been a Principal at Jasmax since 2004, he leads a skilled design team who specialise in the health and education sector. Euan’s substantial base of international experience covers London, Portugal, Dubai and South Africa; yet since joining Jasmax in 1996, New Zealand is now where Euan has built his largest and most accomplished body of credits. Together with his highly skilled team, Euan has the invaluable ability to overcome inherent complexities within projects, most recently exhibited in the CDHB Burwood Health Campus.

His aptitude for design and his natural communication skills lead him to take an active part in management across the company. He actively fosters emerging design talent, plays a pivotal role in client interaction and engages with the wider architecture industry.

Euan’s successfully delivered projects are a testament to his ability as a design director. These include various prominent health and education projects, including the 4 stages of development for Howick Baptist aged care facilities, Alan MacDiarmid Building at the University of Victoria, Wellington, and several master-planning and design projects at North Shore Hospital.

Clare Chapman editor of Landscape New Zealand. After completing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Auckland in Art History, Clare went on to study editing and publishing at post graduate level at the University of Melbourne. Prior to starting with AGM Publishing, Clare worked across New Zealand and Australia as a journalist and editor, primarily for APN and Fairfax Media. Clare also regularly contributes to Houses, Urbis and Architecture NZ magazines.  

Kate Healy, Chief Operating Officer Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Rawa Limited, Kate has worked as a lawyer in both New Zealand, as a partner at Minter Ellison Rudd Watts,  and Australia, focusing on commercial property and property finance and is passionate about the property industry.  Kate has a Masters of Law specializing in construction from University of Melbourne. 

Phil Wihongi Landscape Architect/Planner, Raukawa Charitable Trust. Phil is a graduate of the Unitec ( Bachelor of Landscape Architecture) Auckland University (Master of Planning). He was a landscape architect/planner at Boffa Miskell before joining the Raukawa Charitable Trust. Phil is a member of Nga Aho, a network of Maori design professionals. Phil was part of the team writing the Te Aranga Maori Cultural Landscape Strategy (Te Aranga).

 David Irwin, founding director Isthmus Group. David is a founding Director of Isthmus with 25 years experience in the field of landscape architecture and urban design. David has experience across a wide range of projects throughout New Zealand including large-scale urban developments such as town centres, coastal edges, parks and reserves and commercial and residential land development. He specialises in providing design leadership in complex project teams with an emphasis on designed solutions. David has strong design, communication and project management skills. He has won numerous NZILA awards and frequently speaks and lectures on design related topics. David is a Fellow of the NZILA.

Associate Professor Sarah Treadwell, Architecture & Planning University of Auckland. Sarah’s research investigates the representation of architecture in colonial and contemporary images. Motels, gender and volcanic conditions of ground are also subjects of interest. Sarah has published in various books and journals including Architectural Theory Review, Architectural Design, Space and Culture and Interstices.  Her book Revisiting Rangiatea was the outcome of participation in the Gordon H Brown Lecture Series in 2008.

Lisa Mein Principal Urban Design Boffa Miskell.  Lisa has worked as an urban designer and planner in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Ireland since 1994. Lisa’s experience spans a range of areas including a particular emphasis on designing and facilitating innovative consultation and community participation processes, master planning, town centre regeneration strategies, urban design, design guidance, and conservation and heritage planning.

Associate Professor Grant Duncan, School of People, Environment and Planning Massy University.  Grant Duncan completed a PhD at the University of Auckland, and has worked at Massey University's Albany campus (Auckland) since 1993. He teaches in the politics program, primarily in the areas of public policy and political theory. His research interests concern political subjectivities, and he is an active commentator on public affairs in New Zealand.