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Finalist Home of the Year 2023

February 18, 2023 By Bell

We are very excited that the Cliffs Road House has been selected as a finalist for the Home Magazine’s Home of the Year 2023. Thank you again to our wonderful client and collaborator Jan Warburton and the talented team of craftspeople that worked on the project. The awards are announced on the 30th … [Read more...]

bell + co featured in Architecture Now

August 22, 2022 By Bell

Winners announced: 2022 Southern Architecture Awards

Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) has revealed 17 winners in their Local Awards for the Southern region. A stunning aluminium-clad home, a spacious hospitality facility, a technically complex hospital and a … [Read more...]

CLIFFS ROAD HOUSE WINS NZIA SOUTHERN ARCHITECTURE AWARD 2022.

August 22, 2022 By Bell

Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Southern Architecture Awards were held in Arrowtown on the 12 August 2022. We were very excited to receive an award for the Cliffs Road House. We would like to thank our client and the builders W. Hamilton Builders. The citation reads: “An … [Read more...]

CLIFFS ROAD HOUSE WINS A RESENE COLOUR AWARD 2022.

August 22, 2022 By Bell

The Cliffs Road House also received a Resene Colour Award at Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Southern Architecture Awards 2022. We would like to thank our client, who led the colour and finish selections, for her wonderful vision; it was a joy to collaborate with her. The … [Read more...]

bell + co featured in Otago Daily Times

August 20, 2022 By Bell

A bold move for art

This curving and twisting home captures views across Dunedin and showcases the owner’s extraordinary art collection. From the outside, this house on the cliff tops above St Clair beach is strong and sculptural, with an imposing facade that gives no hint of what lies … [Read more...]

ANDREA BELL RECEIVES A 2022 PRESIDENT’S AWARD

August 14, 2022 By Bell

At a ceremony in Arrowtown on the 12 August 2022, Andrea received a 2022 Presidents Awards from Judi Keith-Brown NZIA President honouring her commitment to Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects. For the past 3 years, Andrea has been the Southern Director on the NZIA Board, for 2 of … [Read more...]

Shortlisted for a 2022 NZIA Southern Architecture Award

April 8, 2022 By Bell

Very excited that the Cliffs Road House has been shortlisted for a 2022 NZIA Southern Architecture Award! Working from an initial concept design by Saunders Arkitektur Norway, we developed the design of this project along with key project collaborators Jan Warburton / Stevenson Brown Engineers … [Read more...]

Sims Building Port Chalmers

September 22, 2021 By Bell

Our concept for the staged redevelopment of the historic Sims Building at Port Chalmers, to create a viable and vibrant future for the derelict foundry building, and for the wider site. But envisaged also as a catalyst for mixed-use urban regeneration along the Beach Street edge in time; … [Read more...]

30SQ

August 13, 2021 By Bell

30SQ - A little project we designed earlier this year,  and are looking to get into production soon; High-quality pre-fabricated construction, including services Highly insulated, sustainable natural materials, low carbon 30m2 internal floor area, exempt from Building Consent … [Read more...]

Keeping it local

November 5, 2020 By Bell

The beautiful stone for this eighty metre long curved retaining wall originates from the mountain range directly above the site, and every stone has been raked from the adjacent paddocks and washed by our client, ready for laying by the craftsman stone mason. To further tie the wall and the home … [Read more...]

Taking Shape

May 20, 2020 By Bell

The level 1 steelwork is up on our Waterfall Creek project in Wanaka! The design for this project has made use of the existing levels on a spectacular site, to reduce the impact of the building by creating a partially buried lower level, which is defined by a curved stone wall that follows the … [Read more...]

Bird’s Eye

November 23, 2019 By Bell

A  great shot of construction progress at the St Clair home we are working on with the W Hamilton Building team here in Dunedin, showing the first-floor level formed up and ready for the concrete pour. What’s not immediately evident is the complex cast-in-situ concrete primary structure, which … [Read more...]

bell + co featured in HOMESTOLOVE

January 29, 2019 By Bell

The brief for this ensuite was for an industrial edge

Q&A with architect Andrea Bell How difficult was it to achieve the melding of industrial-warehouse materiality? It was incredibly easy and something that really interests us – transforming a raw, … [Read more...]

bell + co featured in HOMESTOLOVE

January 29, 2019 By Bell

Industrial kitchen style: Q&A with architects Andrea Bell and Andrew Kissell

An industrial-style kitchen fits right into this Auckland home designed by Andrea Bell and Andrew Kissell  How did you choose the material palette? We wanted an industrial feel, so … [Read more...]

Andrea Bell judge for NZIA National New Zealand Awards 2018

January 29, 2019 By Bell

Andrea had the honour and pleasure of being part of the NZIA National Jury for the 2018 New Zealand Awards along with Richard Goldie of Peddle Thorp, Auckland, Amy Muir of Muir Architecture, Melbourne and John Melhuish of Herriot Melhuish O’Neill Architects, Wellington. It was a privilege to be able … [Read more...]

Andrew Kissell has joined bell + co

January 29, 2019 By Bell

Stunning design from bell + co architecture

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bell + co featured in ARCHITECTURE NOW

August 29, 2016 By Bell

Balancing creativity and practicality

Andrea Bell of Auckland-based studio bell + co architecture chats with Amelia Melbourne-Hayward about starting her own practice and the attributes needed to be a successful architect. Amelia Melbourne-Hayward: Have you always … [Read more...]

NZIA Auckland Architecture Awards 2016

April 26, 2016 By Bell

City House wins an Auckland Architecture Award in the NZIA Architecture Awards 2016 announced last night at the Onehunga Heliport, Auckland. This award in the housing category is the second award for the project, designed with Andrew Kissell. The judges citation reads: “The atmosphere of a … [Read more...]

Best City House

March 31, 2016 By Bell

City House takes out the Best City House Award in the Home of the Year Awards 2016 announced at the Northern Club, Auckland last night. This house designed with Andrew Kissell is located on the city fringe of Auckland in a rapidly changing part of town. International judge Tom Kundig who is based in … [Read more...]

Ridgecrest

January 20, 2016 By Bell

This project which began construction in November 2014 is nearing completion. The building is a modern take on the traditional forms of the miners huts and barns that dot the Central Otago landscape. The simple form has two main wings, a living wing to the north and a bedroom wing to the south, … [Read more...]

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