Andrea Bell

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Andrea Bell is an Aotearoa New Zealand Registered architect, as well as the founder and director of bell + co architecture ltd based in Dunedin.{{Cite web |last=Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects |title=bell + co architecture ltd |url=https://www.nzia.co.nz/practice/bellcoarchitectureltd/6521 |website=Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects |access-date=18 May 2024}}{{Cite web |title=bell + co architecture ltd |url=https://bellandco.nz/the-team/ |access-date=18 May 2024}} 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,{{Cite book |last=Cox |first=Elizabeth |title=Making Space, A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture. |publisher=Massey University Press in Association with Architecture + Women NZ |year=2022 |isbn=978-1-99-101634-8 |location=Auckland, New Zealand |pages=247 |language=English}} as well as in Aotearoa New Zealand tertiary education as an Architecture lecturer.{{Cite web |last=Architecture + Women NZ |title=Andrea Bell |url=https://architecturewomen.org.nz/network/member/19339 |website=Architecture + Women NZ}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Otago Daily Times |title=Daughter was their architect |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/home-garden/daughter-was-their-architect |website=Otago Daily Times |date=14 May 2010 }}

Bell started her career working at Pete Bossley Architects. She later started her own firm, Bell and Co Architecture (Bell + Co), in 2013{{Cite web |last=Your Home and Garden |title=Bell and Co Architecture |url=https://www.yourhomeandgarden.co.nz/experts/bell-co-architecture |website=Your Home and Garden}}

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