Presentations by Lynda Simmons
Refer to RESEARCH for articles and academic publications written by Lynda, OPINION for Lynda’s Architecture NZ Column (2019-21) and reviews, and to MEDIA - BUILT WORKS for articles on LSA Ltd projects
A panel of four shortlisted architects for the NZIA Regional Awards (Auckland) 2026 talk about their projects at Objectspace on Tuesday 9 June 2026: Pete Bossley, Megan Edwards, Cécile Bonnifait and Lynda Simmons.
The shortlist was compiled by a jury led by Rachael Rush of Klein Architects, alongside Nicholas Dalton (TOA Architects), Kelly O'Sullivan (SGA Architects) and Brian White (Edwards White Architects). This event is presented in partnership between Objectspace and Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Auckland Branch.
Book launch: Oceanic Architectural Routes: The Work of Mike Austin, 6 May 2026 at Objectspace
This book launch follows the exhibition ‘Oceanic Architectural Routes: The photographic archive of Mike Austin: Presented by Architectus’ (Objectspace 3 Dec 22-26 Jan 23), which showed the photographic archive of Dr Mike Austin - taken during his travels from the late 1960s to 2006 in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Hawai‘i and Rapa Nui.
The Oceanic Architectural Routes book is edited by Albert L. Refiti, Victoria McAdam and Emily Parr, and is published in partnership between Objectspace and the AUT Vā Moana Research Centre. It isdesigned by Shaun Naufahu and illustrated with photographs taken by Austin during his extensive travels around the Oceanic region.
New York-based Madame Architect’s Julia Gamolina interviewed Lynda while there for a 5-month stay in 2025/26, and the interview was published on the website on 11 March 2026. Madame Architect has a global reach, with its founding idea clear and powerful: simply provide a platform for the many talented women working in the field of architecture. This aligns very much with the approach of the founding team at A+W NZ, and it is an honour to be included in the interviews section of Madame Architect
Objectspace - Rendered Futures: Drawing architecture.
Christchurch 27 Sep-2 Nov 2025.
Images by Natalie Bascand
Link to Objectspace publication to accompany Christchurch showing in the Sir Miles Warren Gallery.
Objectspace - Rendered Futures: Drawing architecture.
Auckland 28 Jun-24 Aug 2025.
Images by Lynda Simmons
Link to Objectspace publication to accompany Auckland exhibition at Objectspace Gallery 2025.
On Tuesday 29 July 2025, a panel discussion was held at Objectspace as part of the NZIA Talk series, and to complement the current show Rendered Futures: Drawing Architecture. The focus of the NZIA Talks: ‘An architecture drawing riot’ panel discussion was on the legacy of Dr Sarah Treadwell on architectural education and the profession via her approach to drawing since the 1980s, which was firmly embedded in theory. The panel was Dr Marian Macken (UoA), Lise Jansen-Luke (Cheshire Architects) and Dr Rafik Patel (AUT), and was chaired by Lynda Simmons.
On Tuesday 17 June 2025, architects John Coop, Craig Moller and Lynda Simmons joined Objectspace Director Kim Paton to discuss their drawings included in the show Rendered Futures Drawing Architecture and the shape-shifting nature of architectural drawing over time. This was a preview event related to the exhibition for Objectspace’s supporters.
Rendered Futures Drawing Architecture (28 June - 24 August 2025).
IAWA (International Archive of Women in Architecture Center) Symposium - Building Connections: Networks Past, Present, Future, Virginia Tech, VA, USA.
Lynda Simmons presentation: A+W NZ Timeline.
Filling Gaps in the Architectural History of Aotearoa New Zealand.
20 March 2025.
Lynda’s lecture ‘From Larrikin to Po|Mo’ was held at Objectspace as a part of the Ockham Lecture series, on 10 May 2023.
Link to Objectspace event article.
Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA interviewed Lynda and others (Christina van Bohemen, Renée Williamson, Melanie Tristram and Teena Hale Pennington) for their reflection and news piece published on International Women’s Day 2023.
Elizabeth Cox, author and editor of Making Space, has since confirmed that in fact there are over 500 names in her book, 300 is a conservative figure.
On 2 December 2022, Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland published an online article, following an interview between media advisor Hussein Moses and Professional Teaching Fellow Lynda Simmons. The discussion centered on the upcoming A+W NZ Fathers' Forum event, a discussion forum on the need for flexible working structures, which Simmons has developed for A+W NZ.
On 21 October 2022, Elizabeth Cox and Lynda Simmons were interviewed on the Nine to Noon RNZ show, by Lynn Freeman. They discussed the importance of Elizabeth's recently published book Making Space, in relation to a broader history of women working in architecture in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Episode 034 - Lynda Simmons, 12 April 2021.
76 Small Rooms podcast about architecture. Jeremy Hansen, Natasha Markham, Mat Brown, and Richard Archbold (Arch). In Episode 034 they talk to Lynda.
Lynda is interviewed by Home Style Magazine for the launch of a series of A+W NZ interviews. Pp. 114-115 (August 2020)
Link to online Home Style article.
Making Waves: Activism and the Built Realm Panel Discussion @ Object Space 29 September 2019, event as part of Making Ways: Alternative Architectural Practice in Aotearoa exhibition, curated by Kathy Waghorn 14 Sept-13 Oct 2019
image by David St George, for NZIA Architecture Week 2019
ĀKAU and Dr Fleur Palmer were interviewed by Lynda Simmons at Objectspace as part of the Fast Forward Breakfast Series (UoA SoAP) on 25 September 2019. This was one of many events held in support of the Making Ways exhibition (14 Sept-13 Oct 2019), curated by Kathy Waghorn.
The transcript of this interview was published in Making Ways (eds Kathy Waghorn and Mike Davis, Objectspace 2020) and is attached here with permission.
Design by Amy Yalland 2020.
A+W NZ Co-Chair Lynda Simmons contributed to a recent architecturenz article on Flexible Working, and how architectural practices are changing to suit the current workforce. (May/June 2018)
A+W NZ Co-Chair was interviewed by Diversity Agenda before the launch of their website and #20for21 project in May 2018.
Lynne Freeman from the National Radio Arts on Sunday programme interviewed Lynda Simmons on 15 September 2013. You can listen to the podcast here.
The interview was transcribed by Marianne Calvelo for inclusion in her 2013 thesis titled MadWomen. Legitimising Public Domesticity.
ArchitectureNow (12 April 2016) interviewed and written by Amelia Melbourne Hayward.
Women in Architecture #1 features Vanessa Carswell (Principal at Warren and Mahoney, Christchurch) and Lynda Simmons (co-founder of A+W•NZ, architect, educator).
(Women in Architecture #2 (19 April 2016) features Wellington architect Judi Kerr-Brown and Elisapeta Heta, from the core team of A+W•NZ and architectural graduate at Jasmax.)
[Refer to architecturewomen.org.nz for more information.]
