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Lillian Chrystall OBE (1989) FNZIA

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'''Example.jpg|Caption1 Lillian Chrystall at the A+W NZ Dulux Awards Dinner held on 27 September 2014'''

Lillian Chrystall OBE FNZIA (born 1 March 1926) is a New Zealand architect. She studied architecture at the University of Auckland, during the university breaks Lillian worked for Massey Beatson Rixtrot Architects. Lillian graduated in 1947 and became the first woman on University of Auckland Architecture School teaching staff, assigned to British lecturer Vernon Brown’s studio, teaching second year students.

Between 1950-1954 Lillian travelled and worked for the Hungarian Erno Goldfinger in London and Andre Sive in France where she was exposed to British modernism during the post-war reconstruction.

Upon returning to Auckland, and forming Lillian Laidlaw Architects in the early 1950s, she designed a number of houses, warehouses, community buildings and offices. She married David Chrystall in 1955 and formed Chrystall Architects together. Lillian won the NZIA Bronze Medal 1967 – the top residential prize - for Yock House, 119 Ngapuhi Road, Remuera, Auckland New Zealand.

Lillian received an NZIA Auckland Branch Award in 1979, and the at the NZIA Auckland Architecture Awards in 2013 she was the Enduring Architecture category winner. Lillian was the first woman on the Board of Trustees at the Auckland Savings Bank (ASB) appointed in 1975 and reappointed in 1980 and appointed President in 1985. She divorced David Chrystall in the 1980s and continued to practice architecture until she retired from Chrystall Architects in 2011.

Early life
Lillian Chrystall was born 1 March 1926 in Auckland New Zealand, the daughter of Robert Alexander Crookston Laidlaw (born on 8 September 1885 in Scotland ) and Lillian Viola Irene Watson, from California. She attended Bayfield School in Herne Bay and Auckland Girls’ Grammar School. She studied architecture at the University of Auckland, during the university breaks Lillian worked for Massey Beatson Rixtrot Architects. Lillian graduated in 1947 and became the first woman on University of Auckland Architecture School teaching staff, assigned to British lecturer Vernon Brown’s studio, teaching second year students. Between 1950-1954 Lillian travelled and worked for the Hungarian Erno Goldfinger in London and Andre Sive in France where she was exposed to British modernism during the post-war reconstruction.

Architectural achievements
Upon returning to Auckland, and forming Lillian Laidlaw Architects in the early 1950s, she designed a number of houses, warehouses, community buildings and offices, including Laidlaw House, Taupo in 1954. She married David Chrystall in 1955 and formed Chrystall Architects together, working on separate commissions.

Awards and recognition

 * NZIA Bronze Medal 1967
 * NZIA Auckland Branch Award 1979
 * NZIA Auckland Architecture Awards 2013 - Enduring Architecture category winner
 * Inaugural Architecture+ Women NZ Awards 2014 – Women Leadership Award

List of Designs

 * Laidlaw House, Taupo (1954)
 * Lincoln Laidlaw House, Ngapipi Road, Orakei, Auckland (1950s)
 * Ngaiwi Street House, Orakei, Auckland (1956)
 * ASB Bank Building, corner of King and Seddon Streets, Pukekohe, Auckland (1960s)
 * Lake Taupo House, Taupo (1960s)
 * Fraser House, Hillsborough, Auckland (1960s)
 * Yock House, 119 Ngapuhi Road, Remuera, Auckland (1964)
 * Hapua Street House, Remuera, Auckland (1967-69)
 * Ken Green House, 33 Kauri Loop Road, Oratia, Auckland (1973)
 * Manukau Harbour House (1976)
 * Philip Yock House (1979)
 * Langs Retreat House (1990s)