Andrea Bell | |
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Born | |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Occupation | architect |
Awards | NZIA President's Award, Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects, Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects President’s Award |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Unitec 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]
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]
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