About...
Anthony Flannery
BA; BArch; RIBA; ARCUK
Anthony is a Registered Architect (UK), Urban Designer, Strategic Planner, and Transformation Designer with over 30 years’ experience leading architecture, urban design, urban regeneration, strategic planning, and community creation projects throughout New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Fiji.
Anthony is the Founding Director of Re-Imagine Ltd, a Total Design Company specialising in architecture, urban design, strategic planning, and transformation design. Prior to establishing Re-Imagine, he spent thirteen years as Design Director / Managing Director of Chow:Hill Architects.
Anthony’s strategic leadership and advisory roles have included Chairman of the Hamilton Urban Design Panel (2006-2018), National Urban Design Adviser to Housing New Zealand’s National Asset and Investment Committee (2013-2016), and Special Adviser to Housing New Zealand’s Design & Construction Leadership Team (2012-2019), and Design Quality Adviser to Kainga Ora’s Construction & Innovation Group (2019 – 2024).
Anthony is a regular speaker at national and international conferences and has taught in the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool (UK), and Auckland (NZ). Projects in which he has been involved have received over 50 regional, national, and international awards, and commendations.
Director Re-Imagine Ltd, NZ (2012 – current)
Managing Director Chow:Hill Architects, NZ (2005 – 2012)
Director Chow:Hill Architects, NZ (1999 – 2005)
Managing Associate Brock Carmichael, UK (1989 – 1999)
Chairman Hamilton Urban Design Panel (2006 – 2018)
Leader Hamilton CityScope (City Design Strategy) (2004 – 2018)
Chairman Liverpool Urban Design Advisory Panel (1996 – 1999)
Chairman Liverpool Urban Design Forum (1994 – 1999)
Board Member BeArt Foundation (2017 – current)
Board Member Liverpool Architecture & Design Trust (1996 – 1999)
Design Quality Adviser Kainga Ora Construction & Innovation Group (2019 – 2024)
Special Adviser Housing New Zealand Design & Construction Leadership Team ( 2012 – 2019)
Urban Design Adviser Housing New Zealand Asset & Investment Committee (2012 – 2016)
Strategic Design Director ASIAPAC Advance (Australia & China) (2012 – 2016)
Strategic Design Director ACRC-i (Aged Care Resource Centre – International) (2012 – 2016)
Visiting Lecturer & Tutor Unitec Architecture School (1999 – 2018)
Visiting Lecturer & Tutor Liverpool University (1989 – 1999)
Visiting Lecturer & Tutor John Moore’s University (1995 – 1999)
Conference Keynote Speaker
- China National Housing Conference – Beijing, China
- Annual Ferguson Lecture – Auckland University Auckland, NZ
- Sasaki International Speaker Programme – Boston, USA
- CoreNet Global Symposium – Auckland, NZ
- CoreNet Global Symposium – Sydney, Australia
- Australian Urban Design Conference – Hobart, Australia
- Liveable Cities Conference – Adelaide, Australia
- Healthy Cities Conference – Noosa, Australia
- Urbanism Down Under – Wellington, NZ
- Conferenz Urban Future – Auckland, NZ
- National Streetscape Conference – London, UK
- New Zealand Young Planners Conference – Hamilton, NZ
- Tertiary Education Facilities Management Conference – Sydney, Australia
- Auckland Regional Council ‘START’ Symposium – Auckland, NZ
- Auckland Conversations – Inaugural Presentation – Auckland, NZ
- Mayoral Conversations Series – Hamilton, NZ
National Conference Presenter
New Zealand:
- New Zealand Institute of Architects
- New Zealand Planning Institute
- New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects
- New Zealand Institute of Chartered Surveyors
- Property Council of New Zealand
- Property Institute of New Zealand
- Architectural Designers Institute of New Zealand
- Telfer Young Annual Conference
United Kingdom:
- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Liverpool Architecture & Design Trust
China:
- Aged Care Research Centre – China
Hong Kong:
- Aged Care Research Centre – Asia Pacific

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