"It's never too early in your career progression to support and mentor other women, create space, extend opportunities. As you begin to find your own voice and platform, remember to bring other women along with you. Nā te tipu o te kōhine, ka kitea te purotu o te Māreikura.”
Mentoring
We believe that mentoring assists with finding a rewarding pathway through your life in architecture. Mentoring is also elusive, and it is often difficult to establish a meaningful mentoring relationship when things become formalised. We want to help with supporting 'informal' connections through this online platform, a Resene Mentoring Page dedicated to identifying those looking to help and/or connect.
We also believe that a person can be both a Mentor and Mentee simultaneously, and this page allows for members to be listed in both columns. For example, a newly-registered architect heading into their second decade of their working life may need professional and life guidance in this time of increased invisibility. At the same time, this same architect may be a relevant and valuable mentor for a more recent graduate.
Update your Mentoring Profile on your Database Profile Page now and make connections.
A+W NZ hold mentoring-focussed events throughout the country at various times, and you can keep up to date here. A big thank you to Resene for their ongoing support of our Mentoring programme.
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Looking for a mentor
Auckland
Rachel (Xingyue) Lin
No details provided yet 
Eva Cunninghame
Fearon Hay Architects
No details provided yet 
Sowmya Gnanasekaran
Project Architect
ASC Architects
Leadership and self-development 
Valerie Wong
The University of Auckland
No details provided yet 
Alena Milne
TOA Architects
Project & Practice Management from a leadership position 
Lalitpat Chomchoei
University of Auckland
No details provided yet 
Kelly Ting
University of Auckland
Anyone who has had experience in the working field or interested in topics on social reformation, bringing communities together. 
Alex Laurie
Architects44
Someone experienced who is able to provide support on developing ones career. 
Jessica O'Reilly
Glamuzina Architecture Ltd
Help with managing time and expectation of output within practice.
Nicole Dealey
Ministry of Architecture + Interiors
I am looking for someone who is able to help my transition from student to profession as seamless as possible. 
Rebecca Carr
DPA Architects
Someone to share their knowledge and experience of sustainable design and gaining registration 
Achini De Silva
Studio Project - Year 3 BAS - Solo project
Unitec Institute of Technology
Looking to gain valuable insight into the architectural world through an experienced individual on a personal level. 
Adriana Toader
Studio A
advice for someone starting out their own architecture practice 
Surita Manoa
Cheshire Architects
No details provided yet 
Heidi North
Jasmax
Architectural writing. 
Jennifer Koat
Architects 44
No details provided yet 
Sofia Cavalleri
Stockholm Environment Institute
My Ph.D. explores peri-urban participatory sustainable planning strategies; I am looking for a mentor with experience in this field. 
Vaishnavi Adi
No details provided yet 
Nicole Teh
Student
No details provided yet 
Charlotte Dunning
Leuschke Group Architects
No details provided yet 
Elena Skhodtseva
Altus Windows
Inspiration, trust, professional guidance, mindfulness and encouragement 
Cheryl Wallbridge
The University of Auckland
Patience and guidance in learning NZ building code, detail drawing and procurement. 
Jennifer Gao
Jack McKinney Architects
No details provided yet 
Linda Sun
Architectural Graduate - Contract Administration
Isthmus
No details provided yet 
Minji minji.han@gmail.com
Designer
Context Architects
No details provided yet 
Mung Bean
Designer
No details provided yet 
Tereza Gregorova
Designer
GHD Limited
Understanding of the connections between Architecture and social equity, sustainability focus. Humanitarian architecture 
Claire Simpson
Project Architect
Construkt Associates Ltd
No details provided yet 
Fiona Schnuriger
Project Architect
No details provided yet 
Valentina Espinoza Caćeres
University of Auckland
An experienced professional who is willing to assist an architectural graduate like myself as I enter the architectural industry 
Shamal Nanji
Jasmax
No details provided yet 
Mijntje Lepoutre
Knight Associates
No details provided yet 
Juliet Lloyd
Interior Designer
Juliet Lloyd Ltd.
Interior design practitioner, part of a small studio or working solo for themselves 
Keri Cunliffe
Interior Designer
Warren and Mahoney
I would like to connect with an Interior Architect working in and architecture + interiors firm. 
Michelle Chang
Moller Architects
No details provided yet 
Vanessa Coxhead
Project team
Moller Architects
No details provided yet 
silvia pisano
BECA ARCHITECTS
No details provided yet 
Fabiola Ochoa
No details provided yet 
Chir Fernando
JWA Architects
No details provided yet 
Ilycia Laverty
No details provided yet 
Rachel Wegrzyn
MONK MACKENZIE
No details provided yet 
Corinne Lee
Chow:Hill Architects Ltd
No details provided yet 
Gabrielle Pfluke
Student
Dixon Wild Architects
No details provided yet 
Antonia Lapwood
Warren and Mahoney
No details provided yet 
Tessa Forde
Adamson Associates Inc.
Help to develop my teaching and explore how radical pedagogies and alternative practice meaningfully impact the built environment 
Caroline Bartlett (nee Edwards)
Project Team Leader
Ignite Architects Ltd
Someone with diverse experience able to offer mentorship in the areas of people management and career growth. 
Kimberly Read
llewellyn Architecture
Somebody who has started a small practice of their own Waikato / Bay of Plenty
Marketa Ciperova
Individual project
No details provided yet 
Toni-Rose Brookes
Common-Good Architects Limited
No details provided yet 
Kitty Fan
Senior Architect
Architectus
No details provided yet Gisborne / Hawkes Bay
Courtney Vuicakau
Architecture HDT
No details provided yet Wellington
Adrienne Oaks
No details provided yet 
Samantha Zondag
Studio Pacific Architecture
Architecture & small-business experience! 
Libby Sims
Pzazz Building
Career Development Advise 
Ariana Faulkner
Warren and Mahoney
Someone to guide me through early my career phase (recently finished my thesis).
Bridget Buxton
Studio Pacific Architecture
No details provided yet 
Chiara Shim
Warren and Mahoney
No details provided yet 
Alana Campbell (nee Inglis)
Interior Archtiectural Designer
CCM Architects
I'm on the lookout for an experienced, engaging designer who is happy to meet on a semi-regular basis. 
Lydia Powrie
Victoria University of Wellington
No details provided yet 
Jessica Koorey-Goodwin
DGSE
Registration and Career Guidance. 
Elise Cautley
Victoria University of Wellington
No details provided yet 
Nelson / Marlborough
Laura Reader
LKR Building Design
Support and encouragement for sustainable architecture Canterbury
Julia Hamilton
No details provided yet 
Ruby Morgan-Potts
Student work
Chaplin Crooks Architects
No details provided yet 
Jessica Glen
Jessica Glen Architect
No details provided yet Southern
Cherie Shi
Calder Developments Ltd
Experienced and supportive 
Ingrid Anna Schwalm-McEwan
Synergine Group Ltd
No details provided yet 
Abigail Hurst (Thompson)
Lead Designer and Documenter
Tell Architecture Ltd
No details provided yet 
Andrea Lawrence
Baker Garden Architects
No details provided yet Outside NZ
Maria Walker
Team Member
Harrison Stringfellow Architects
Someone who can challenge and teach me in regards to how social, environmental and political issues can be tackled through architecture 
Jessica Hulme
Designer, Researcher
Chow Hill:Architects
Someone to shadow - follow their footsteps. 
Lauren Caughley
Interior Architect
Caughley & Co
No details provided yet Available to mentor
Unspecified
Emily Zheng
University of Auckland
No details provided yet Auckland
Brenda Ni
Beyond Architects
Anyone who is looking to graduate; excel in their career; get registered or starting a practice. Sowmya Gnanasekaran
Project Architect
ASC Architects
Registration, general professional development Alena Milne
TOA Architects
Graduates seeking early career experience and help with Documentation Delnaz Patrawala
Students of Architecture 
Adriana Toader
Studio A
graduate or recently registered 
Natalie Allen
The Urban Advisory
Always happy to mentor those who are looking for where they fit in the overall built environment profession. 
Brae Hammond
University of Auckland
No details provided yet 
Noor Keary
Nala Studio Architects Ltd
graduates 
Natasha Trumic
Olson Kundig
No details provided yet 
Teresa Munro
RTA Studio
I'd like to mentor young graduates who are excited about their future as an Architect! Linda Sun
Architectural Graduate - Contract Administration
Isthmus
No details provided yet Tereza Gregorova
Designer
GHD Limited
Bachelors students with interest in the role of architecture beyond architectonics, sustainability, and social aspects of architecture Claire Simpson
Project Architect
Construkt Associates Ltd
No details provided yet 
Jacqueline Paul
No details provided yet Valentina Espinoza Caćeres
University of Auckland
Current students of Architecture who require assistance and guidance during their studies, specifically in Design, History and Theory. 
Edith Chan
Documentation & Project Administration
ChowHill Architects ltd.
Anyone who is interested in having a sustainable life style as a member in the Construction industry.
NZRAB registration process.
Anner Chong
Director
ChowHill Architects
Anyone who is interested in advancing career in architecture. 
Annie Tong
No details provided yet 
Lauren Wong
Cheshire Architects
No details provided yet 
Lauren Speer
Architectus
No details provided yet Michelle Chang
Moller Architects
No details provided yet 
Kate Beilby
Architect
Milieu: Architecture + Design
No details provided yet 
Melanie Mason
Project Lead and senior health planner
Jasmax Ltd
A young grad or architect interested in making a difference to the wellbeing of people through their design. 
Anna Tong
Architect
CAAHT Studio Architects
No details provided yet Antonia Lapwood
Warren and Mahoney
No details provided yet 
Justine Goode
Architectus
No details provided yet 
Felicity Wallace
Felicity Wallace architects
No details provided yet 
Chloe Lovell-Shannon
Principal Architect
PB&A (Paul Brown and Associates Ltd)
No details provided yet 
Madeline Sharpe
Jasmax
No details provided yet 
Divya Purushotham
Warren and Mahoney
No details provided yet Tessa Forde
Adamson Associates Inc.
Anyone with a vested interest in the built environment and its communities and how we can change the shape of the discipline Caroline Bartlett (nee Edwards)
Project Team Leader
Ignite Architects Ltd
Parents returning to work. 
Melodi Barzandeh
Project Lead
Method Group Ltd
Architectural Graduates/ Architecture Students 
Selena Sager, née Duncan
Architectural Designer, LBP Design 3
Gaze Commercial
No details provided yet Kimberly Read
llewellyn Architecture
A graduate 
Courtney Kitchen
CKA Architects Ltd
No details provided yet 
Kate Rogan
Rogan Nash Architects Ltd
No details provided yet 
angela makgill
Warren and Mahoney
No details provided yet 
Lindley Naismith
Architect
Scarlet Architecture Ltd.
No details provided yet 
Christina van Bohemen
Architect
Sills van Bohemen Architects
No details provided yet 
Amy Hendry
Project Architect
Four Walls Architecture Ltd
No details provided yet 
Claire Natusch
Director
Common Space
Graduates 
Julie Wilson
Designer / Artist / Curator
Studio Wilson Lawson / South Pacific Architecture
No details provided yet Waikato / Bay of Plenty
Jaune-Marie van der Merwe
Project Lead
ChowHill
Any person who would like to talk through career or industry related decisions or obstacles. 
Shara Paulo
Project Team Leader
Ignite Architects
No details provided yet Toni-Rose Brookes
Common-Good Architects Limited
No details provided yet Kitty Fan
Senior Architect
Architectus
No details provided yet Western
Emily Batchelor
Boon Goldsmith Bhaskar Brebner Team Architects
No details provided yet Gisborne / Hawkes Bay
Chloe Coles
Architect
Chloe Coles
No details provided yet Wellington
Samantha Zondag
Studio Pacific Architecture
Anyone that would like support, advice or just a friendly chat. 
Emelia Atkins
Slessor Architects
No details provided yet Alana Campbell (nee Inglis)
Interior Archtiectural Designer
CCM Architects
I would be happy to support a student or recent graduate as they begin their job hunt in the architectural industry 
Liz Aston
General Counsel Practice Services
NZIA
Evaluating career changes 
Felicity Zhou
Lead architectural designer
Architecture HDT
Any new grads or students in the field 
Shelly Clement
Marg Architects
No details provided yet 
Carolyn Walker
co-design, project architect
Click Architects Ltd
I'm happy to help - whether it's a chat over coffee, guidance for a specific issue or on-going support. 
Kate Harford
Hark Architects Ltd
A graduate who might be looking for support around registration and starting a family and staying in the profession 
Sharon Jansen
Design + Project Architect
Sharon Jansen-Architect
I am happy to have a conversation and coffee or offer ongoing mentor-ship to those seeking their way in our profession. Nelson / Marlborough
Renée Williamson
Design Team
Arthouse Architects
New graduates and those approaching registration. Laura Reader
LKR Building Design
Anyone wishing to take the leap into freelance independent work and just wants an industry support. Canterbury
Melissa Knight
BAS First years :) 
Maria Chen
Architect / Owner
Athfield Architects Ltd
No details provided yet 
Madeleine Clarke
Design
Phil Redmond Architecture + Urbanism
No details provided yet Southern
Joanne Kelly
Project Architect
Lab-works Architecture
No details provided yet 
Beth Chaney
Chaney & Norman Architects
I'm happy to mentor graduates working towards registration Abigail Hurst (Thompson)
Lead Designer and Documenter
Tell Architecture Ltd
No details provided yet 
Amy Bayliss
Part of design / documentation team
Warren & Mahoney
I am a registered architect & senior associate with 16y+ experience and a parent of 2 young children. Happy to mentor Outside NZ
Sonali Thombare
Architecture Student
RnH Designs
No details provided yet 
Kathryn Taylor
Design Director
DEFO
Young designers or architects looking to start their own business or in the early stages of running a business. 
Breanna Urquhart
Project Lead
Snarkitecture
No details provided yet 
Catherine Amos
Student Project
Condon Scott Architects
No details provided yet 
Sophie Hamer
Architect
Sophie Hamer Architecture
No details provided yet Lauren Caughley
Interior Architect
Caughley & Co
No details provided yet 
Danu Hassik
Parts and Labor Design
No details provided yet 
