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Dr. Jeremy Smith
Jeremy is the Design Director of Irving Smith Architects, a research-based design practice working in sensitive environments throughout New Zealand and abroad. He teaches as an Adjunct Associate Professor with a design-based PhD at the University of Auckland, writes for Architecture New Zealand, and is an International Advisor to the Saveetha College of Architecture and Design in Chennai, India. Accolades in 2021-2022 alone include international awards from Eurasia, America, Australia, and the World Architecture Festival. Jeremy has lectured extensively about the practice’s work and research throughout America, France, Holland, Germany, Spain, Singapore, and India, and shortly in Portugal and Slovakia. Key to his practice, teaching, and research is understanding how buildings inhabit an environment that constantly undergoes change, be it in city or rural landscapes. And with the practice’s ‘Soft Architecture’ comes the question, “Is being finished?”
Andrew Irving
In his role at Irving Smith Architects, Andrew combines technical and design skills to lead and implement research projects and built work utilizing innovative construction methodologies, notably including timber structures. Accolades in 2021-2022 alone include international awards from Eurasia, America, Australia, and the World Architecture Festival. Andrew was also the convenor of the 2022 NZIA New Zealand Architecture Awards.
Practice Ideology
Irving Smith Architects is a research-based design practice working in sensitive environments throughout New Zealand and abroad. Key to their practice, teaching, and research is understanding how buildings inhabit an environment that constantly undergoes change, be it in city or rural landscapes. Their Soft Architecture approach looks to participate with existing landscapes before generating new contexts and includes embodied carbon-neutral sustainability.
