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Stan Bolt
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Qube Design
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Geoff Sellick
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Kay Elliot
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van Ellen Sheryn
A Review of Local Architects
Architects in/around are, in large part, kept pretty busy. The age of our housing stock, the physical constraints of valley and river and the implications of a conservation area and a high number of listed buildings means it is often essential to employ the services of an architect. Home-owners are thus doubly lucky that we have a large number of highly professional and experienced local architectural & interior design practices from which to choose. To help in that process, By The Dart asked a few of our local architects/designers to explain what they do or what makes them special.
BBH Chartered Architects
BBH Chartered Architects (Dartmouth) Ltd is one the South Hams leading architectural practices with a reputation that continues to grow for providing high quality architectural solutions within an ever more sensitive and complex built environment.
Our Chartered Practice is focused on the future and we value highly our long established roots in the town and port of Dartmouth. We wish to build on our ability to provide an important service locally and with an already excellent reputation throughout the South West we are producing creative, sensitive and high quality building designs encompassing smaller projects, extensions and alterations through to large scale commercial and residential developments. We maintain an ethos that no project is too small, too big, or too diverse for our office to undertake.
We have a powerful working knowledge and extensive experience of the planning, listed building and conservation area policies. This combined with our design expertise has established our reputation with local planning authorities throughout the South West and our work maintains standards that have won design awards and commendations in the most sensitive of areas.
BBH Chartered Architects (Dartmouth) Limited will offer a dedicated architectural service and have the experience, knowledge and professionalism to enable us to provide realistic and inspired solutions to satisfy all of your building requirements. We take pride in producing designs and results of which all involved can be proud.
01803 834076 www.bbharchitectsdartmouth.co.uk
Kay Elliot
Kay Elliott’s 30 year history and a South West office make it the architect of choice for clients who seek initiative and responsiveness in their design partner.
We combine fully researched ideas, a user-focussed approach, commercial understanding and personal service to create exceptional buildings and places which deliver functional purpose and enrich the user experience. They add to their surroundings culturally and socially and are sensitive to environmental impact. Our projects include waterside developments, commercial, cultural, housing, health, education, leisure, urban regeneration and masterplanning
Private waterside residence projects located overlooking the River Dart include Castle Lodge, Seaward Lodge and The Brink in Kingswear.Kay Elliott were the Architects for the award winning development at the Dart Marina which included riverside flats and houses, the Wildfire Bistro and hotel facilities. We are pleased to have been appointed Architects for the Salcombe Harbour Hotel providing luxury waterside residences alongside the new four star spa hotel and the new eco town at Par in Cornwall.
Visitor attraction projects include the London Eye expansion, regeneration of the Grade I listed Blackpool Tower and Living Coasts in Torquay.
01803 213553 www.kayelliott.co.uk
van Ellen + Sheryn
van Ellen + Sheryn are a medium sized architectural practice, located in the centre of Ashburton. We offer a personal and bespoke service to all of our clients, be it a small house extension, or a large commercial development.
Choosing the right architect for your project is key to a successful collaboration. You will need someone who listens and understands your requirements without imposing their views upon you, someone who can take your ideas and embellish them. At van Ellen + Sheryn, we are passionate about good design that is both site specific and embraces modern, environmentally responsible technologies. We have a wealth of experience, gained worldwide and pledge to offer value and enjoyment from each commission.
• We are an RIBA Chartered practice and have a team of qualified architects and technicians within our friendly team.
• We offer a free, no obligation consultation to all our prospective clients, at which point we can discuss your specific requirements in more detail.
• For a more detailed explanation of the services we offer and further examples of our work, please visit our website. 01364 653503 www.vanellensheryn.com
Stan Bolt
Architecture is the stage upon which we act out our lives. Since its establishment in 1993, the Stan Bolt Practice has sought, and achieved, a reputation for bringing a bespoke, crafted approach to ‘the practice of architecture’. Ensuing ‘plan drawing’ in favour of a commitment to realise built quality, our ethos of working collaboratively with parties and nurturing a project throughout the entire process from concept to completion has been rewarded by numerous design awards and positive media coverage.
Central to our work is an appreciation that there is a reciprocal and rich underlining dialogue between the work and its site. Taking the opportunities, constraints and spirit of the site as the basic building blocks, proposals naturally grow out of and are integral to their contexts – in tandem with, or as counterpoint to, their settings. They strive to truly reflect the authentic nature of building a particular function in a particular place and at a particular time without resort to historic pastiche or modern rhetoric. The built works display a reduction of unnecessary detail, simplicity of form and a materiality of inherent durability which function efficiently, age gracefully and engage sympathetically with their broader environment.
01803 852588 www.stanboltarchitect.com
Robert Seymour and Associates
Robert Seymour and Associates was established in 1988 by Robert Seymour as a specialist conservation practice dealing with Listed Buildings, Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments et al. The practice has also developed a niche market of designing modern buildings within an historic setting.
The practice comprises a team of committed and experienced professionals with many specialised skills. Robert Seymour himself has in excess of 25 years experience as a Conservation Architect and the senior Architects have a wealth of experience in the design and construction of a large range of building types.
A project Architect is assigned to every project providing the client a single point of contact throughout the process. We have a large range of other specialist consultants that can be called upon to advise clients on other aspects associated with a building project, such as Party walls negotiations, engineering etc. We can provide a complete service from Inception to Completion or be employed to simply produce, for example, a historic building assessment.
Operating from offices based in Dartmouth and Totnes, the practice is currently working on a range of buildings throughout the country, many of which are of national importance. In recent years the practice has become well known for its outstanding contemporary designs and has been nominated for and won several awards.
01803 868568 www.robertseymour.co.uk
Geoff Sellick
Geoff Sellick Architectural and Interior Design is a design consultancy offering expertise in interior design and furnishing, architectural design and planning matters. Both residential and commercial sectors are catered for.
From instigation, through the design process, dealing with local planning and building regulation authorities, Geoff can manage your project from initiation to successful realisation.
Geoff has over thirty years experience working as a designer. During that period he has worked for many individuals, architects and top companies as a consultant in interior design, furniture design and specification and architectural design. For the last 10 years he has managed his own consultancy.
Geoff’s broad experience enables him to produce seamless designs which blurs the boundaries between interior design and architecture. Geoff aims to give a highly professional service, but one that is friendly and personable. As a sole practitioner he is able to give his clients personal attention and service at all times. The majority of his current work is in residential architectural and interior design. Although nearly half of his projects are dealing with traditional listed buildings he also has great experience in designing in a contemporary style and has an immense knowledge of modern European furniture.
01803 834990 www.geoffsellick.com
Qube Design
With a studio and projects in Dartmouth and the South Hams, Nigel and Di Collingswood of Qube Design Ltd, have over 35 years combined architectural experience encompassing all aspects of the profession, a wealth of knowledge, expertise and complementary skills. Long established connections with other professionals affords us the ability to create the right team resulting in an enviable design winning reputation that speaks for itself.
We provide a full architectural service including all aspects of the building work stages from outline proposals, scheme design and visualisation, detail design, production information, tendering and planning and operations on site. We pride ourselves in our friendly, unique and imaginative approach to all projects, taking our clients aspirations and visions through to reality making the journey enjoyable and rewarding.
Qube Design Limited has been involved in a wide variety of projects including the design of individual large and small private residences, both new build and refurbishment projects through to multi-million pound residential apartment developments here in Dartmouth and in the West Midlands.
We have had the pleasure of a diversity of projects and clients. Please contact us for an informal chat about your aspirations now and/or for the future. Visit our website for inspiration www.qube4design.co.uk
‘Our spirit comes from dynamic drive, creative flair, dedication and being approachable. We cannot deny that we just love our work’.
01803 839103 www.qube4design.co.uk
EJW Architects
The practice was initially formed in 1997 and traded under the partnership ‘Evans Johnson Architects & Town Planners’. With an expanding client base and changing working practices, EJW Architects Ltd was formed in 2004.
We, as professional designers, do not believe that one architectural style fits all and, approach each project pragmatically, with each client, each project and each site, all having their own individual requirements, resulting in a range of successful architectural solutions to meet varying demands.
Our clients range from large ‘blue chip’ national corporations through to private clients seeking local bespoke design solutions.
In addition to new-build commissions whether large or small, architectural conservation is becoming an increasingly large part of our portfolio, which has involved a careful and considered approach to works on both historical and listed buildings throughout the region.
01803 864488 www.ejwarchitects.co.uk
First Published June 2011 By The Dart