Gina Jones

Gina Jones is a New Zealand architect. She is the chair of the New Zealand Registered Architects Board and the co-founder of the National Association of Women in Construction.

Biography Jones was born in Christchurch. She attended Onslow College in Wellington. She completed two degrees at Victoria University of Wellington in the 1980s: a bachelor of architecture and a bachelor of building science and later studied heritage building at the University of Canberra.

Jones began her career at TWIA Architects, followed by a role as director at Ampersand Architects from 1984 to 1994. In 1995, she founded her own company, Accent Architects. In 1996 she co-founded the New Zealand chapter of the American organisation, the National Association of Women in Construction.

Jones is also an active artist; in 2005, she completed a master's degree in fine arts at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. She creates artworks using LED lights. She has been a finalist in the Wallace Art Awards three times, and has also been a finalist in the Waikato Contemporary Art Awards and the Norsewear Art Awards. In 2011, she received a merit award in the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards.