Vale: Jeremy Salmond QSO FNZIA
Jeremy Salmond was the founding director of Auckland-based firm Salmond Reed Architects.
Jeremy Salmond, the well known conservation architect and winner of the 2018 NZIA Gold Medal in Architecture, died peacefully in Auckland on 3 January, the day after his 79th birthday.
He was the founding director of Salmond Reed Architects, and in 2007 was awarded the Queen’s Service Order (QSO) for his contribution to the preservation of New Zealand’s heritage of significant buildings.
Jeremy has worked on the restoration of major historic buildings across New Zealand, including the former Auckland Jewish Synagogue and many marae, Auckland’s Civic Theatre, the Pompallier Printing House in Russell, St Matthew in-the-City Church Auckland, Sacred Heart Cathedral in Wellington, Auckland Art Gallery, the former Auckland Chief Post Office and Auckland War Memorial Museum. He was the heritage architect for the Britomart Precinct in Auckland.
A grandson of the well-known Dunedin architect, Louis Salmond, he was brought up in Gore and studied first at Otago and then at Auckland. After completing a Bachelor’s degree, he worked in England, before resuming post-graduate studies, finally establishing his own Devonport practice.
His thesis for his Master of Architecture in 1982 was subsequently published as: Old New Zealand Houses: 1800-1940. This landmark publication is now in its 8th edition. In 2010 he co-wrote Villa: from Heritage to Contemporary.
With his wife Dame Anne Salmond, Jeremy established Waikereru Ecosanctuary in Gisborne, with its rare and endangered native plants and animals and prize-winning buildings.
In 2020 The University of Auckland recognised Jeremy with the Distinguished Alumni Award, and in 2002 he was elected as a Fellow of the Auckland Museum for his contribution to the practice of building conservation in New Zealand. In 1991 he was elected a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects for his “outstanding contribution to the conservation of historic buildings.”
Much loved for his generosity, kindness, and wit, Jeremy is survived by Dame Anne and their three children, Amiria, Steve and Tim. He will be farewelled at 10am on Saturday 7th January at St. Matthews in the City in Auckland.
