Judith Taylor
{{Short description|New Zealand architect}}
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Judith Taylor {{post-nominals|country=NZL|FNZIA|size=85%}} is a New Zealand architect. She served as the president of the New Zealand Institute of Architects from 2022 to 2024.
Career
Judith Taylor was raised in Wellington. Her mother was a nurse and her father worked in a senior role at the post office.{{Cite journal |last=Kellet |first=Anna |title=Change and challenge ahead |url=https://www.urbismagazine.com/articles/change-and-challenge-ahead/ |journal=Architecture New Zealand |issue=July 2022 (Issue 4)}} She attended Wellington East Girls' College, where a career counsellor suggested architecture as a potential career path.{{Cite web |title=Women in architecture: Judith Taylor |url=https://archipro.co.nz/article/women-in-architecture-judith-taylor-archipro |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=archipro.co.nz |language=en-nz}}
Judith Taylor studied at Victoria University of Wellington and shortly after graduating moved to work in London for a couple of years. Following her return to Wellington, Judith Taylor worked as a project architect at Craig Craig Moller in the 1980s. During that time she worked on various high-rise office and fitout projects.{{Cite book |title=Making space: a history of New Zealand women in architecture |date=2022 |publisher=Massey University Press |isbn=978-1-991016-34-8 |editor-last=Cox |editor-first=Elizabeth |location=Auckland |chapter=24: 'The Faces of Change': Practice in the 1970s-1990s}} She achieved her initial architects' registration in 1986.{{Cite web |title=NZRAB - Architect Details |url=https://www.nzrab.nz/Search/ArchitectDetail.aspx?r=2014 |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.nzrab.nz}}
Judith Taylor created her own company Taylor Architects, where she worked from home while balancing raising her children. Taylor Architects worked for Parliamentary Services in Wellington. The projects started small, such as installing toilets for Jenny Shipley, and eventually led to larger projects such as the refurbishment of Bowen House.
From 2015 to 2024 Judith Taylor was an associate at Context Architects and was particularly involved in improving their project delivery.{{Cite web |title=New president-elect for the NZIA |url=https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/new-president-elect-for-the-nzia/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Architecture Now |language=en-AU}} As of 2024, Judith Taylor is the acting chief executive at the New Zealand Registered Architects Board.{{Cite web |title=New Zealand Registered Architects Board - The Board |url=https://www.nzrab.nz/c/Board-Staff |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.nzrab.nz}}
= Involvement with the NZIA =
Judith Taylor became a Fellow of New Zealand Institute of Architects in 1997 and also previously served as a chairperson of the Wellington branch of NZIA.{{Cite web |title=Three cheers for NZIA's new president |url=https://context.nz/news/three-cheers-for-nzias-new-president/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Context |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web |title=New president-elect for the NZIA |url=https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/new-president-elect-for-the-nzia/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Architecture Now |language=en-AU}}
From 2022 to 2024, Judith Taylor served as the president of NZIA during which her focus included improving operations and fostering young graduates and architects.{{Cite web |title=New Zealand Registered Architects Board - The Board |url=https://www.nzrab.nz/c/Board-Staff |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.nzrab.nz}}{{Cite web |title=Three cheers for NZIA's new president |url=https://context.nz/news/three-cheers-for-nzias-new-president/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Context |language=en-NZ}} Judith Taylor was the fourth female president in NZIA's history.{{Cite book |title=Making space: a history of New Zealand women in architecture |date=2022 |publisher=Massey University Press |isbn=978-1-991016-34-8 |editor-last=Cox |editor-first=Elizabeth |location=Auckland |chapter=29: New Models: The Landscape of Practice 200-2020}}
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Category:Architects from Wellington City
Category:21st-century New Zealand architects
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