We are Raise
We are a team of architects with offices in Chester, Bristol and Sherborne. From Chester we work across Cheshire, the Wirral and North Wales. From Bristol and Sherborne we work across Somerset, Dorset and South Wales.
We're on a mission to use our design skills to maximise the potential of existing buildings or create something strikingly new.
We work for residential clients, independent local businesses and estate owners.
If you are a professional client looking for an effective design team or a first-time client looking for guidance and support through the design and construction process, then we could be just what you need.
How we can help you
We offer a complete architectural and interiors service for traditional, contemporary and heritage buildings. Our RIBA Chartered Practice status ensures that we provide you with high standards of quality control and customer service.
Project services could involve feasibility or master-planning studies, followed by concept design, statutory approvals, technical design, contractor procurement, through to management on-site. We will tailor our input to suit your particular project and your specific requirements.
Working to an agreed programme, we will work with you to develop the budget and ensure that what you want from your project is tuned to how much you want to pay for it.
How we will make it happen
We will organise the project according to a plan of work which will define the project brief and the scope of each work stage together with the associated fees and time periods. This plan will form the basis of our agreement with you.
Every project will be the responsibility of a Director who will report directly to you. We recognise that even on the smallest project, there are many decisions to be made and therefore communication is key.
We will use our experience to guide your project through the planning system. We will provide advice on other consultants, potential suppliers, makers and building contractors. We will design your project to be energy efficient and sustainable.
People
At Raise Architects, we’ve been fortunate in attracting some really talented individuals to the practice over the years. We’ve been able to do this because we're based in great places to live and work and because we can provide excellent opportunities for acquiring high quality design experience.
Our plan for the future will enable the team to grow in an organic but managed way. We will open new offices and develop new skills.
We will do what we all enjoy doing: creative design, problem solving, working things out, getting things built, delighting clients.
Learning
We have a particularly good track record of helping young architects through their professional qualification as fast as possible. This is a result of being able to provide the full breadth of experience that is necessary.
We are building on this by developing structured training for staff post-qualification and we will share the content that we produce on-line for the benefit of all.
We are participating in the RIBA student mentoring programme and we provide holiday internships for students studying architecture.
Join Us
To do what we do, we need talented people with sufficient strength of character to make ideas happen whilst being sufficiently sociable to work as part of a team and engage with clients.
If you fit the bill, we'd love to hear from you. If possible we like to take on people that we already know. So be creative and find a way of connecting with us. We're happy to talk.
Applications for full-time positions, internships or work experience should be sent by email and be accompanied by a brief cv and selected portfolio.