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Andrea Bell

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Andrea Bell
Born
NationalityNew Zealander
Occupationarchitect
AwardsNZIA President's Award, Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects, Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects President’s Award
Academic background
Alma materUnitec Institute of Technology, Christchurch Girls' High School

Andrea Bell is an Aotearoa New Zealand Registered architect, as well as the founder and director of bell + co architecture ltd based in Dunedin.[1][2] Bell specializes in urban design, and commercial and residential architecture. She has been actively involved with Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects as part of the Auckland and Southern branches,[3] as well as in Aotearoa New Zealand tertiary education as an Architecture lecturer.[4]

Biography

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Bell was born in Dunedin. She obtained a New Zealand Certificate in Architectural Draughting at Christchurch Polytechnic in 1994, then moved to Auckland where she trained in Architecture at Unitec School of Architecture and graduated with honors in 1998.[5]

Bell started her career working at Pete Bossley Architects.[5] She later started her own firm, Bell and Co Architecture (Bell + Co), in 2013[6]

Award

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  • Winner Australasian LSA Competition Olympic Games Info Centre, Sydney. Issued by Lightweight Structures Association, Australia · Jan 1998;
  • Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects President’s Award, 2022;

References

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  1. ^ Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects. "bell + co architecture ltd". Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  2. ^ "bell + co architecture ltd". Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ Cox, Elizabeth (2022). Making Space, A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press in Association with Architecture + Women NZ. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-99-101634-8.
  4. ^ Architecture + Women NZ. "Andrea Bell". Architecture + Women NZ.
  5. ^ a b Otago Daily Times (14 May 2010). "Daughter was their architect". Otago Daily Times.
  6. ^ Your Home and Garden. "Bell and Co Architecture". Your Home and Garden.