Anna-Marie Chin
Anna-Marie Chin is a New Zealand architect based in Arrowtown.[1] She has won several awards for her architecture.
Biography[edit]
Chin grew up in Otago and Southland, and had family holidays in Arrowtown and Central Otago, which she says influenced her decision to study architecture. She runs her own practice, Anna-Marie Chin Architects, in Arrowtown.[2]
In 2016, a home designed by Chin won Best Small Home.[3] In 2022, the same home won the Home of the Year Award.[4]
In the 2019 Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Southern Awards, Chin's firm won two awards: in the Housing – Alterations and Additions category and the Commercial Architecture category.[5] In the same awards in 2021, her firm won an award in the Housing category.[6] In the 2023 awards, Chin's firm won twice: in the Housing category and the Housing – Alterations & Additions category.[7]
In 2021, Chin was the featured architect in an episode of series one of the six-part television documentary series Designing Dreams presented by Matthew Ridge on Prime Television.[2][8]
Chin's design of the Alexandra Rock House won the Southern region NZIA Housing Award in 2024 with the judges commenting, "...a beautiful interplay of levels suspended above the rock".[9]
References[edit]
- ^ NZ Institute of Architects. "Find a Practice". NZ Institute of Architects (www.nzia.co.nz). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ a b Hawkes, Colleen (16 November 2021). "Designing Dreams: Anna-Marie Chin's inspiring architecture in a dramatic southern landscape". Stuff. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Anna-Marie Chin Architects". Your Home and Garden. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ NZ, Home (31 March 2022). "Home of the Year 2022: Terrace Edge by Anna-Marie Chin Architects". HOME Magazine. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "2019 Southern Architecture Awards". Architecture Now. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Winners announced: 2021 Southern Architecture Awards". Architecture Now. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Winners revealed: Southern Architecture Awards 2023". Architecture Now. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Designing Dreams returns, with a second six-episode series screening on Prime". Architecture Now. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ Hawkes, Colleen (18 May 2024). "Stunning Alexandra Rock House takes architecture prize". Stuff. Retrieved 20 May 2024.