Chris Thom is an Auckland architect who specialises in health design. He is a Principal at Chow:Hill Architects, where he has worked on hospitals and mental health units across New Zealand, including the Waipapa acute services building at Christchurch Hospital, a collaboration with Warren and Mahoney. Chris has previously worked on health projects at Klein Architects and AECOM, where he was involved in hospitals in Singapore, China and Vietnam. On graduating, he worked with City Design in Auckland, where his projects ranged in scale from the Aramaramara bridge in Mission Bay to the refurbishment of the atmospheric Civic Theatre, a joint venture with Jasmax. Prior to studying architecture, he was a structural engineer at Beca, where one of his first jobs as a graduate was working on the Stephenson & Turner-designed Starship Children's Hospital.