August Critics

Michael Hawes
Michael has been in practice as a landscape architect since 1997. Prior to joining Boffa Miskell, he practiced for 7 years with Lovejoy London during which time he was made a Director leading a landscape and urban design portfolio both in the UK and internationally.
Michael has a wide range of experience in landscape architecture, master planning and urban design. His strengths include developing a good understanding of client needs and requirements with creative conceptual design to deliver memorable places for people to enjoy. He has a strong interest and proven experience of working in a collaborative team, within a broad spectrum of cultures, at a range of scales from broad scale master planning to intimate spaces, and from conceptual and detailed design through to contract administration.
Currently Michael undertakes the role of Technical Leader for Design leading a team of studio design leaders across the practice and providing design support, review and input across a range of projects as well as leadership and strategic direction for the design disciplines for Urban Design and Landscape Architecture.
Michael has tutored in urban design to tertiary-level architecture and landscape architecture students at Victoria University, Wellington.
Michael has served as the NZILA Wellington Branch Chairperson and until recently represented the NZILA Auckland Branch on Auckland Council’s Urban Design Panel Governance Board.

Matt Riley
Personal Profile:
Matt is experienced as an urban designer across the fields of masterplanning, strategy, urban design review and development projects over a range of scales. He is skilled in working within cross-disciplinary teams on large scale and complex projects.
Qualifications & Membership:
Master of Architecture (Urban Design) (1st class honours 1st Division). University of Auckland, 2003 - 2005.
Master of Planning Practice (1st class honours). University of Auckland, 1999 - 2000.
Bachelor of Law / Bachelor of Arts. University of Auckland, 1990 - 1994.
Member of the NZ Urban Design Forum.
Independent Commissioner for Auckland Council.
Member of the Auckland Urban Design Panel.

Dushko Bogunovich
Professor Bogunovich studied architecture, urban design, town planning and management at Sarajevo; Belgrade; Cyprus; the University of Pennsylvania; and the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to his appointment in 2018 at The University of Auckland as Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Design, he was Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment, Arts and Science at Ba Isago University in Botswana, 2017-2018. Before that, he was a professor of urban design for 20 years at Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland, in the Architecture and Landscape programmes.
 Professor Bogunovich is a member of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP); New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA); and the Urban Design Forum (UDF) of NZ. He was twice a Fulbright scholar. He has won numerous urban design competition awards, including First Prize for the Aotea Precinct, Auckland’s civic centre, in 2000. In the past, he contributed to UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO and Habitat. Since 2000, Dushko has had short term visiting professor/fellow appointments at Oxford, Bologna, Genoa, Wismar and most recently at the Milan Polytechnic.
In 2018, Dushko is the General Rapporteur for the 54th Congress of ISOCARP, in Norway.

Tommy Honey
Tommy Honey is a director, designer, educational manager, architectural critic, cultural commentator and occasional architect. He has worked in the theatre, taught architecture and design, directed a Film School and been CEO of an Art & Design college. Tommy was for a long time the resident urbanist on Radio New Zealand’s Nine-to-Noon and he recently completed a Masters in emergent and disruptive technology at the Tech Futures Lab where he investigated disruption in housing.

Sue Evans
Sue is an urban design professional with extensive experience in urban design management and design education. She has a special interest in local and national government roles where large scale projects have to deliver social and economic benefits without compromising quality. Sue is currently the Urban Design Manager for Housing New Zealand and holds a Master of Urban Design, Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Science from the University of Auckland. She leads urban design strategy and oversees design aspects of delivery for Housing New Zealand stock nationally, involving master-planning of suburban neighbourhoods, spatial feasibility and project design management. In previous roles she managed the design process of numerous award winning large public space projects in Auckland’s CBD and waterfront. Sue is closely connected with design education in Auckland and has been, variously a guest lecturer, teaching fellow, Masters supervisor, critic, and examiner in the architecture, spatial design and landscape architecture programmes of University of Auckland, AUT and Unitec. She is a member of the NZIA and ‘Architecture + Women NZ’, with contributions made to several publications. She has a passion for design and a belief, born from experience, in the ability for clever design to deliver outstandingly better social and civic outcomes for the lives of New Zealanders.