Marianne Riley

Marianne Riley utilises her architectural background and experience to contribute to initiatives that aim to improve the sustainability and liveability of the built environment.

An Associate Principal at Jasmax with 24 years’ industry experience, Marianne has worked in the tertiary education, civic and cultural sectors. She is the Project Architect for the Auckland’s iconic War Memorial Museum Masterplan and Phase One works, as well as the Communications Studios within AUT’s multi-award winning Sir Paul Reeves building.

Marianne has significant experience in managing stakeholder engagement to develop aspirational and functional briefs. Coupled with masterplanning and design experience she has contributed to many recent Jasmax projects, including the University of Waikato Tauranga CBD Campus and the Strategic Masterplan designed to transform the University’s Hillcrest Campus. She is currently working on the first project of the masterplan, the Pā Project, a new student and cultural heart for the campus.

She was the masterplan and concept design Project Architect for AUT’s recently opened Ngā Wai Hono building, and Project Architect responsible for the interior architecture of Grafton Boyle Building. With significant client-facing roles in these projects, Marianne’s strengths lie in communicating and working with people.

Marianne is Kai Awhina of Waka Māia, Jasmax’s formalised cultural advisory group. She is passionate about driving change towards better diversity and inclusion in the industry.

In 2013, Marianne led Jasmax in contributing to the Architecture + Women Festival. This consisted of a panel discussion about the complexities and potential strategies to tackle architecture gender and diversity, and a documentary video about Jasmax and its people. As a result, Marianne is now working with large practices to collaborate on what equality in architecture might look like in the future.