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Helen Tippett
Helen Tippett born in 1933 was the first woman professor of architecture in Australasia. Tippet's career in academia began in Melbourne Victoria in 1969 teaching 'Design and Practice and Management', and moved to New Zealand where she was Dean of Architecture at Victoria University from 1980 to 1983, and later moved into professional practice (co-founder of The Architects Collaborative). In 1994, Tippett was awarded an Order of the British Empire for her contribution to the New Zealand Building Industry.

Education and early career
Tippet studied architecture at Melbourne University in the early 1950s where her peers describes her work at this time reveals "a determination to solve problems of careful planning analysis and building production as part of the design process"

Archive
In 2004 an archive of material collected and produced by Tippett was transferred to Victoria University