T H E F O U N D E R
Anthony Bowles was educated primarily at the Courtauld Institute of Art and the University of Bath and has lived and worked around the world including Hong Kong and the Fiji Islands. He is an ARB Certified and RIBA Chartered Architect, and has been a design tutor and critic on the undergraduate BSc Architecture course at the University of Bath for a number of years. At present design tutoring has been replaced by a part-time Foundation Course in Counselling. He also recently married Paget - present in the photo above! She is still resisting pressure to join the team, but we live in hope!
T H E B U S I N E S S
For a number of years the office was based in the loft of this community building, but we have recently moved! The company was established in 2015 as the formal continuation of a sole trader practice that was formed in 2012. As such the practice has more than twelve years of operational history with built work completed in Ireland, Wales, Bath and London. The company traded as Autometry Ltd for a number of years.
T H E A P P R O A C H
ABA look to find bespoke building solutions that emerge as directly as possible out of a close understanding of the unique people, places and priorities that drive any individual project. This is less about pushing a single design and more about interpreting the brief, analysing context, looking for connections and evolving ideas until an underlying logic and language develops. It’s all about joining up the dots!
T H E P R O C E S S
The most important driver for any project is the core principle that it is YOUR project, not ours, and it needs to reflect everything you hope to achieve from your property for the people you want to use it. What we bring to the table is the ability to see the big picture, the insight to find new solutions, and the experience and creativity to bring it all together into a unique composition that means something to you. Hopefully the journey will also be fun along the way!