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Practice


Ethos

At AFA we strive to deliver perfectly crafted buildings to reflect the needs and desires of our clients, our design process is influenced by three main tenets.

Our designs are tailored to meet the needs of our clients while also fitting within their surrounding environment, our designs attempt to avoid unnecessary waste, and maximise site development potential.

Following these design principles has constantly delivered high quality and best value results for our clients and provided a new work stream for the company, value engineering, the review of design works by other architectural practices to ensure the scheme proposals deliver their full potential.


Design

Every design we undertake is based on a thorough understanding of our client’s needs, set against the opportunities and restrictions provided by the site and surrounding area, these factors provide the basis from which considered and sympathetic design solutions are derived, a process that has helped deliver many successful building projects.


Why use us

AFA have an excellent record of achieving planning success, delivering beautifully crafted bespoke design solutions, that offer excellent value for money for all of our clients.


We avoid waste and maximise potential

To ensure our clients achieve best value AFA experience of both interior designer and architecture, combined with acquired knowledge from other construction professionals, comprehensive knowledge of building and planning legislation has allowed AFA to hone our design skills to ensure that all our projects maximise their development potential with regard to the quantum and quality of new developments achieved, sustainability, efficiency of the building and projected project value.

Skills that have often been used by our clients to improve the financial health of projects designed by other architectural practices, to improve sales figures and assist in winning site land and tender bids.



The Team

The AFA architecture team have a wealth of acquired experience in both architecture and interior design, having represented high profile architectural practices, client bodies and main contractors, assisting our clients in delivering their projects, ranging from home extensions and one off private houses, to multi million pound developments.

This range of experience allows us to provide our clients with a unique insight into every aspect of the construction delivery process from the perspective of all stakeholders, understanding each individual parties needs and requirements, making AFA a very safe pair of hands for the delivery of your project.

The company website includes a range of projects where I have been a main contributor in the design and development of the buildings,


Testimonials

Like a knight in shining armour Andre saved the day by making this project work. Sarah Odell Managing Director Silver building consultancy.

I was dreading trying to market these original proposal’s but Andre has really turned this project around. Debbie Coombs Assistant Director sales and Marketing Family Mosaic.

Andre really goes the extra mile to make a project work. Joe O’Keefe Director Evolve Estates.

An architect who really knows the residential market. David Jubb Director JLL.


Sustainability and innovation

In producing exquisite and functional buildings our main design objectives are to maximise potential and minimise waste, a design philosophy that naturally aligns with the core tenets of sustainable living.

These design principles which have always influenced our scheme proposals, have where possible and practicable often resulted in the re-use of existing buildings for many various reasons, including the avoidance of waste associated with the unnecessary demolition of existing, often reusable buildings.

AFA also use the latest available technology in our scheme proposals and develop innovative design solutions on our projects, which are delivering some very exciting options for flexible and zero carbon living, to help deliver a new generation of housing that is secure, warm, dry, safe, has very low carbon usage requirements and capable of easy, economic, and generate very low quantities of building fabric waste in facilitating future adaptation, features which will assist in delivering and maintaining future sustainable communities.


Awards and Published projects

Residential renovation Pimlico House and Gardens feature

Residential renovation Clapham  Homes and Gardens feature

Sevenoaks district council offices  Civic building award.

Road Bridge RAF Northolt  NRA design excellence award

Residential extension Rohampton Times colour supplement.

300 unit residential scheme Brent  Nominated housing awards.

Innovation (Italian social housing) Competition winning entry.

Gibbs Green Hammersmith  Competition winning scheme.

Maryland Works Nominated national housing awards