Jane Rooney

Jane Rooney is a New Zealand architect who led the project for the award-winning St. Andrew's College Centennial Chapel.

Jane Rooney
interior of the St Andrew's College Centennial Chapel
Born
Christchurch, New Zealand
OccupationArchitect

Biography

Rooney grew up in Christchurch and attended Villa Maria College.[1] She worked in the United Kingdom for ten years, on commercial and mixed-use developments.

Rooney was one of the group who established a Christchurch branch of Architecture + Women New Zealand. In 2013, she was one of the co-leaders of the group's RE-THINK exhibition.[2][3]

In 2014 she joined Christchurch architecture firm Architectus.[2] Rooney was project architect for the St. Andrew's College Centennial Chapel, which won the Public Architecture Award at the 2018 Canterbury Architecture Awards and the Future Heritage Award at the 2018 Canterbury Heritage Awards.[4][3]

In 2019 she was appointed to the New Zealand Registered Architects Board assessors panel and in 2021 she became a Fellow of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects.[2]

References
  1. "Trustee profile: Jane Rooney" (PDF). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. "Jane Rooney". Architectus New Zealand. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. Cox, Elizabeth (2022). Making Space: A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. p. 341. ISBN 9781991016348.
  4. "Prestigious awards for Centennial Chapel » St Andrew's College Christchurch". www.stac.school.nz. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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