Build Archi Architects
Build Archi Architects specialises in delivering a professional architectural service for residential clients on a full or partial basis. Our bespoke architectural projects include those involving existing historic or listed properties. They often involve the extension, renovation and modernisation of existing homes but commercial residential projects, relating to say holiday accommodation, are possible too. We strive to design internal and external living space that is both practical and visually enhancing and can meet specific needs that go beyond meeting the are minimum requirements of building regulations, whether for accessibility, sustainability, fire protection, flood protection or other purposes.
Where we cover
Geographically, we currently provide services in Bath and North East Somerset, and parts of Wiltshire, Somerset and South Gloucestershire. As a result our projects are often in or near sensitive natural or historic locations, such as The World Heritage City of Bath, including the Bath Conservation Areas, the Bath and Bristol Green Belt, or National Landscapes (formerly known as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty), including the Mendip Hills, and the southern Cotswolds.
What we do
Build Archi Architects provides a full range of architectural services aligned with the current RIBA Plan of Work. These can include principal designer, town and country planning services, heritage statement and impact assessments, interior design, landscape design and more. Depending on the project flood risk assessment and party wall services can also form part of our in-house service capability. Our designs are customised to suit individual sustainability and accessible design features. We can cater for traditional or design and build procurement routes. You can therefore appoint Build Archi Architects to meet a wide range of residential project needs.
Architectural design for living.
The Build Archi Architects philosophy is founded upon a desire to design to enhance life. We seek to create sustainable, practical and harmonious living environments for people of all ages and abilities to enjoy, use and value, inside and out, which is to say we specialise in architectural design for living.
Our Principal
Build Archi Architects principal is Mary Bon, a Chartered Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and registered with the Architects Registration Board (ARB). Mary obtained RIBA Part III qualification from The Bartlett School of Architecture in 1999, University College London, while working for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (London), after obtaining a Diploma in Architecture and Ma (Hons) Degree at the University of Edinburgh. She first became a chartered member of the RIBA in 2000.
She was first drawn to architecture following a suggestion made to her by her A level art teacher. Her experience in architecture extends beyond to areas such as undergraduate architectural education, and writing for the wider international construction industry, and has stretched across several countries. However she has particular built experience in the private residential sector, while based in Bath and North East Somerset. This is a sector Mary engaged with in the area while working for a couple of Bath-based practices, and today this represents her main area of architectural interest.
She also has experience in other sectors, while working with other practices, as well as under her own name in the UK and France, earlier in her career, when she was registered as an architect in France. Mary prides herself with her attention to detail, and thoroughness. She has recently passed the RIBA Health and Safety test, now mandatory for RIBA Chartered Members to be able to practice, and actively commits to Continuing Professional Development as required. She is a firm advocate of the benefit of interdisciplinary design and working alongside structural engineers early on in the design process.
