Dorita Hannah

Dorita Hannah is a New Zealand architect, independent academic, visual artist and designer.

Hannah trained in architecture, receiving her BArch (hons) at the University of Auckland in 1984.

[10] Hannah is author of the 2018 book, Event-Space: Theatre Architecture and the Historical Avant-Garde, described by scholar Jan Smitheram as "exceptionally engaging, and [offering] thoughtful speculations about the negotiation of theatre and architecture.

[3][6] Hannah won Theatre Aotearoa's Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for Costume Designer of the Year in 1994 (for the play Nga tangata toa – the warrior people) and Set Designer of the Year in 1996 (for the play, The Visit).

[18][19][10] In 2023 and 2017, Hannah was a finalist for the A+W•NZ Dulux Awards, based on a career devoted to supporting and promoting diversity in architecture.