20 Acquisition International - Issue 7 2022 Apr22255 Light, Shapes, Colours, Textures Alice Poole has been in the architecture business for almost four decades, offering a full architecture and interior design service that creates distinctive, imaginative, and high quality spaces for both domestic and commercial clients. With its comprehensive services covering everything from inception to completion of the final project, as well as offering project management services, Acquisition International has recognised Alice Poole Architects as Best Full-Service Architecture & Interior Design Firm 2022 - West London. lice Poole began her architecture career by studying at the prestigious Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL, obtaining a first class degree and winning the Bartlett Prize for Architecture. She went on to establish her architecture practice in 1984 and has since completed over 650 projects, the majority of which are in the London/M25 area, although they have also been carried out in all parts of the British Isles as well as Holland, France, and Italy. Alice Poole Architects is an ambitious practice, taking on commissions of all sizes, whether new-build, extension, alteration, or refurbishment, and particularly boasts expertise in listed buildings and conservation areas. Most of these commissions come from reputation and referral from previous clients. Clients benefit from complete design solutions, with loose and fitted furniture designed into projects from the sketch design stage. The bulk of Alice Poole Architects’ projects are residential, focusing on individual houses where kitchens, bathrooms, wardrobes, and cabinetry are often designed by Alice Poole herself and crafted by specialist joiners. Soft furnishings can also be included to form part of the overall scheme. Alice Poole Architects doesn’t design projects with a ‘house’ style, but rather treats every project as unique, with an emphasis on achieving the best spatial and design solutions to meet each client’s bespoke requirements. Alice is inspired by the principles of The Arts and Crafts Movement and The Bauhaus where architecture and interior design are combined to achieve a unified scheme with meticulous attention to detail, using the interplay of light, shapes, colours, and textures to create exciting and stimulating movements. Throughout the years, Alice Poole Architects has achieved a plethora of awards for its work, being the gold winner in two categories at the National Building and Construction Awards 2020/2021 – the Architectural Designer of the Year award, and the Architect of the Year award. Additionally, it won a Greater London Enterprise Award for being The Best Residential Interior Architecture Firm 2021, and an Award of Excellence. Other awards won by the practice in 2020 and 2021 include a Global Award for Best Listed Building and Conservation Architecture Firm in the South of England for the fourth and fifth year running, an award for the Best Full-Service Architecture Practice for the second A and third year running, two Gamechangers Awards, and two further awards for being the Best Listed Building, Conservation Architecture and Period Building Practice in South and South East England. Alongside these, Alice’s own kitchen won the British Design and Manufacturing Award at The Designer Kitchen and Bathroom Awards. Then, in 2017, Alice Poole Architects won the award for the Best Listed Building and Conservation Architecture Firm in the South of England, as well as being shortlisted to the final five for a Prestigious AJ Architectural Award 2017, and was a finalist at the London Construction Awards 2017. Also notable was an Alice Poole Architects project being exhibited in the Don’t Move Improve Exhibition in 2016. Going further back, the practice was shortlisted for three Design Awards in 2009, four in 2010, and four in 2011. Indeed, Alice Poole Architects has quite a list of accolades behind it, and a spectacular portfolio of work that is highly deserving. As it takes on all kinds of experimental and traditional projects, this prized firm demonstrates time and time again its ability to build on existing ideas and elevate them to new heights. That is why Alice Poole Architects is this year able to add yet another award title to the list from Acquisition International’s 2022 Global Excellence Awards. Company: Alice Poole Architects Contact: Alice Poole Email: [email protected] Website: alicepoole.co.uk
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