The Gold Medal is the highest honour the Institute awards to those working in architecture in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Gold Medal recipients make an outstanding contribution to the practice of architecture, which is demonstrated through a consistently high-quality body of work over a period of time.
Gold Medal films
2024 Gold Medal | Hugh Tenant & Ewan Brown: A Radical Influence
2023 Gold Medal | Professor Deidre Brown: An Astounding Contribution
2022 Gold Medal | Nicholas Stevens & Gary Lawson: A Remarkable Partnership
2021 Gold Medal Announcement4
2020: NZIA Te Kāhui Whaihanga AON Gold Medal
2018: Gold Medal : Jeremy Salmond
Watch a short film about Andrew Patterson
A short film about Roger Walker
Watch a short film about Stuart Gardyne
Watch a short film about Patrick Clifford
Watch a short film about Pip Cheshire
Watch a short film about Pete Bossley
Watch a short film about Jack Manning
2010 Gold Medal film
2008 Gold Medal film
Watch a short film about Gordon Moller
Watch a short film about David Mitchell
Watch a short film about Ian Athfield
