Andrea Bell is an

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New Zealand Registered

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

, as well as the founder and director of bell + co architecture ltd based in

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. 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, as well as in Aotearoa New Zealand tertiary education as an Architecture lecturer.

Biography

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

Award

* 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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