At Western Building Consultants, we’re proud to be leading Bournemouth architects, offering expert architecture services across Bournemouth and the surrounding areas.
Specialising in both residential and commercial architecture, we combine creativity, technical expertise, and practical know-how to help turn your ideas into reality. With over a decade of experience, our team of skilled professionals is here to guide you through every stage of the process – from initial designs and planning applications to final construction – ensuring your project runs smoothly and successfully.
At Western Building Consultants, we’re proud to be experienced residential architects in Bournemouth, helping homeowners turn their ideas into beautiful, functional living spaces.
As a Chartered Architectural Technology and surveying practice, our multi-disciplinary team works across the South West – including Bournemouth, Bristol, Frome, Cardiff, and Newport – delivering practical design solutions tailored to your needs.
With over 15 years of experience, we’ve completed a wide range of residential projects, from home extensions and remodels to loft conversions and bespoke new-build homes.
What makes us different? We keep the process simple and stress-free, guiding you through each step – from design to planning applications – so you can focus on the excitement of creating your dream home.
We offer expert commercial architecture services in Bournemouth, helping businesses and developers bring their projects to life. Whether you need creative design solutions or the technical knowledge of experienced architectural technologists, our team is here to support you at every stage.
With years of experience working across the commercial sector, we not only design inspiring spaces but also offer practical advice on building maintenance and long-term functionality.
We keep the process simple and stress-free. Our clear, three-stage approach helps guide you from concept to completion:
Feasibility (Stage 1): Early design work and planning permission applications.
Technical (Stage 2): Preparing technical drawings and transitioning to construction.
Build (Stage 3): Supporting you through the construction process.
We also offer transparent pricing and clear quotations, so you only pay for the services you need – with no hidden costs or confusion.
In the realm of residential architecture, our technical expertise stands out. We specify the majority of timber elements upfront, curbing later engineering costs and delivering unparalleled value to our clients.
With a proven track record of successfully securing planning applications for home extensions and remodels, we extend our expertise to encompass Building Regulations, feasibility studies, Listed Building applications, and more. Our team is your dedicated companion throughout the construction process, tailoring our approach to suit your project’s unique requirements.
What sets us apart from other architects in Bournemouth is our holistic, multi-disciplinary approach. Our spectrum of services spans the entirety of your project, including:
Western Building Consultants proudly holds approval from CIAT (Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists) and the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors). Additionally, our membership in the “BUY WITH CONFIDENCE” trading standards scheme underscores our commitment to professionalism and customer satisfaction.
With over a decade of designing buildings, our expertise speaks for itself. We take pride in our outstanding success rate with planning permission applications for residential extensions and remodels.
While the prospect of a construction project may seem daunting to homeowners, our team is your steadfast guide at every step, offering the support and reassurance you seek.
Contact us today for a complimentary consultation and embark on a transformative journey to redefine your space. If uncertainties linger about the services you require, explore our Architecture Advice Centre for answers to many of your questions.
Being socially responsible and promoting excellent ethics is at the forefront of our business. Our staff are happy and content and this is shown through our positive approach to your project. We work to the highest professional standards as required by both the RICS and CIAT. You can rest assured that when you employ WBC you will be supporting an organisation that champions local, national and international projects through schemes such as FairTrade, Mentoring Plus and the Bath percent club. This is backed up by a rigorous Corporate Social Responsibility Policy. We sponsor many grass roots sports clubs such as Combe Down Rugby Club, Frome Park Bowls Club & Cardiff Harlequins.
We are realistic with timescales and honest about what you will receive. Most people underestimate the time involved with a building project, but we are upfront about what is involved and will be clear about how long a project might take. Throughout the project we will continue to update you about progress and will advise you if there will be a disruption in the timetable.
We have vast planning experience and are adaptable to most architectural styles and ages of buildings. We are perfectly able to adapt to the style of your property from contemporary to traditional, urban to rural. We have designed projects in most styles and can use our broad experience to help design the best solution for your property, using whatever construction technology best suits your needs. Whether you plan a modest alteration or something spectacular WBC can help you achieve your project goals.
We employ qualified professionals with a variety of skill sets and the latest training. many of our employees have specialist post graduate qualifications. We also train selected staff through university programmes and professional qualifications to ensure our clients get the best trained surveyors and up to date advice. You will receive a professional, comprehensive and cohesive consultation and guidance throughout the project, ensuring that your development is handled with a consultant level of knowledge.
We are here for you when you need us, with our survey to completion guarantee. You won’t be left alone, we will fit in wherever you need us in the project or guide you through the whole process. You will have the knowledge that someone is always at hand whatever level of service you need.
Whilst offering exceptional value for money we also bring a positive, approachable, pragmatic, realistic and well rounded attitude to your project. You will feel at ease discussing issues with your project, our pragmatic approach to design and refurbishment means that we can often deliver built in VALUE. One example of this is recognising where cost savings can be made in the design without compromising the overall scheme and offering a higher standard of technical specification over many of our competitors, this reduces the need for outside engineering input and ultimately saves you money in fees. We are grounded which means that we can deliver a build in a cost conscious manner in order to make sure our projects are buildable.
Where we do not have the in house skills to tackle an element of a project we are well networked locally to utilise outside consultants that we have built up relationships with over many years. You will get the best of local knowledge and be introduced to like minded trusted suppliers with excellent professional services.
We can provide the majority of services required for a small project in house, making us practically a one stop shop. Having most services in house means that we are often fully accountable for the professional services on your project, this ensures simplicity, communication and efficiency. By utilising a multi-disciplinary approach we are able to keep professional costs for the project extremely competitive and hassle free, essentially you only pay for one set of overheads.
We have unparalleled technical knowledge and produce comprehensive architectural designs and surveys. You will be getting market-leading technical advice that has been approached with imaginative problem-solving techniques. This helps us to identify potential problems with a build before they arise.
Our knowledge adds value, an example of this is that most architects do not provide any advice on the structure of a building during the building regulations approval stage, relying on a structural engineer to produce all work relating to the super structure. At Western Building Consultants we provide structural advice on many areas, such as timber design for floors and roofs, limiting the scope of the engineers work and saving you money.
Having a large team of surveyors means that your project is unlikely to be held up due to other circumstances, there will always be at least two surveyors familiar with the project therefore continuity and a personal service will be retained. On larger schemes a bigger team will be assembled with the required specialist knowledge to fully support your project.
Merlin House
No 1 Langstone Business Park,
Priory Drive
01633982588
Commerce Park, Unit R17, Marshall Way
01373488566
Western House,
2 Rush Hill
01225789307
Sophia House,
28 Cathedral Road
02922679366
Kingston House,
Lydiard Fields
01793234516
Studio 1a,
31 Berkeley Square
0117 3294290
Unit 2, Byre Workshops, Winterbourne Court Farm Barn, Church Lane, Winterbourne
0117 3294290
