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Hugh Tennent
Hugh Tennent formed Tennent Brown Architects with Ewan Brown in 2003.
Background & practice
Hugh Tennent formed Tennent Brown Architects with Ewan Brown in 2003. The NZIA's joint 2024 Gold Medal citation connects their practice with sustainability, bicultural collaboration and the incorporation of te ao Māori into design. Their small teams have undertaken complex projects while developing an office organised around equity and social justice. The citation treats individual inquiry and collaborative work as closely connected parts of their architectural contribution.
How to read the work
Connect people, place and environment through a values-based practice, using bicultural collaboration and sustainability as working commitments that shape design and the organisation delivering it.
Joint practice leader and co-recipient explicitly named in the citation.
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