Jon Craig (architect)

{{Short description|New Zealand architect}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox architect |image = |caption = |name=Jon Craig |birth_name = Jon Alastair Craig |birth_date= {{Birth based on age as of date|73|2015|08|16|noage=1}}  |birth_place= |death_date= {{Death date and given age|2015|08|16|73|df=y}} |death_place=[[Lower Hutt]], New Zealand | spouse = {{marriage|Judith Robyn Craig|1967|2010|end=d.}}<ref name="DomPost 2012">{{cite news | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/business/residential-property/7158936/Architects-haven-among-the-trees | title=Architect's haven among the trees | date=23 June 2012 | work=Dominion Post | accessdate=18 August 2015 | first=Jill | last=Wild }}</ref> | alma_mater = | influences = | influenced= | practice = Craig Craig Moller | significant_buildings = | significant_projects = | significant_design = | awards = }}

'''Jon Alastair Craig''' ({{Birth based on age as of date|73|2015|08|16|noage=1}} – 16 August 2015) was a New Zealand [[architect]].

Born in about 1942, Craig was the son of Rawinia Zena (née Wortley) and [[James Craig (New Zealand architect)|James Thomas Craig]], an architect. In 1969 Craig entered into partnership with his father and [[Gordon Moller]], to form the firm Craig Craig Moller.<ref name="Gold medal">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzia.co.nz/awards/nzia-gold-medal/2006.aspx |title=2006 Gordon Moller |year=2014 |publisher=New Zealand Institute of Architects |accessdate=18 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924053733/http://www.nzia.co.nz/awards/nzia-gold-medal/2006.aspx |archivedate=24 September 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It became one of New Zealand's leading architectural practices, establishing its reputation initially with residential houses, and later designing larger-scale commercial and public buildings.<ref name="Gold medal"/> Craig's own home, which he built in [[Pinehaven]] in 1967 and gradually expanded and renovated over many years, was dubbed the "house in the trees" and won an [[New Zealand Institute of Architects|NZIA]] national award in 1990.<ref name="DomPost 2012"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.architecture-archive.auckland.ac.nz/docs/handlist.pdf |title=NZIA awards: a selection of houses |date= |website= |publisher=University of Auckland |accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Wellington Airport apron.jpg|Wellington airport main terminal|thumb|left]]Between 1994 and 1999, Craig was the lead architect for the new terminal development at [[Wellington International Airport]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Building a stage for human drama | date=24 June 1999 | work=The Dominion | page=4 }}</ref>

Craig retired from architectural practice in 2008,<ref name="DomPost 2012"/> but continued his interest in the built environment as a trustee of the Wellington Sculpture Trust.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sculpture.org.nz/about-the-trust/people |title=Wellington Sculpture Trust: people |date= |website= |publisher=Wellington Sculpture Trust |accessdate=18 August 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222030912/http://www.sculpture.org.nz/about-the-trust/people |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Craig died in [[Lower Hutt]] on 16 August 2015 at the age of 73.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=jon-alastair-craig&pid=175527003 | title=Jon Craig death notice | date=19 August 2015 | work=New Zealand Herald | accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref>

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