Deidre Sharon Brown FRSNZ FNZIA (born 1970)[1] is a New Zealand art historian and architectural academic.
[1][5] After completing her education, Brown began to focus on teaching her specialty of Māori art history and architecture at universities.
[6] In 2003, Brown returned to the University of Auckland where she taught design and history in the School of Architecture and Planning.
[6][2] Brown also wrote a book titled Māori Architecture that explores the different Māori-designed structures and space and their evolution over time.
[10] Māori architecture: from fale to wharenui and beyond won the Art, Architecture and Design category in the 2009 Ngā Kupu Ora Māori Book Awards[11] and was a finalist in the Illustrated Non-Fiction Category at the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards.