"Very professional service, Bruce gave us plenty of ideas and drew up several options for our house extension. Drawings were high quality, would definitely recommend." - ★★★★★
Charlotte & James - Clients
"A consummate and professional architect with an emerging distinctive style"
Conor - Architect
"Bruce is a very forward thinking architect. He has great experience and he is professional in his work."
Kin - Architect
"Very happy with the service we received" - ★★★★★
Jennifer - Client
About
Buckland Architects was founded by our Principal, Bruce Buckland, in 2019, and has quickly gained an excellent reputation in our area for extremely high quality design work. With our development company, Buckland Architectural Developments, we are pushing the limits of 21st century design, taking inspiration from across the centuries and fusing it with the most innovative design and technology of today.
Architecture from Nature
Biophilic Architecture
Biophilic Architecture is about using nature to benefit buildings and the people in them, and also using buildings to benefit nature.
We believe you can take these principles along with the best traits of traditional architecture, and reimagine them in futuristic and innovative ways.
We believe you can combine the likes of arts & crafts, neo-gothic, art deco, art nouveau and futurism, and add in biointegration, bioreceptivity and biomimicry to create a truly new form & style of architecture.
We try to do as much self-generated work as possible as it gives us the freedom to take risks.
We also take some commissions for the right clients, with as little or as much design flare as the client desires.
Contemporary/Modern Architecture
We also do very normal contemporary buildings or very radical buildings, depending on your preferences.
Vernacular Architecture
We understand not every building needs to stand out, some need to blend in, so where this is desired or mandated, we are very happy to help you achieve it.
Listed Buildings
We have extensive experience of dealing with old and listed buildings, and our innovative approach that uses the latest technological advancements in surveying and design methodology will ensure that despite the complexity of such projects, your costs are kept as low as possible.
Logo & Philosophy
Our logo often gets remarked upon. It is derived from the Julia set, which is a visual representation of a mathematical function known as a fractal, with a peacock feather in the background representing the beauty of nature.
Fractals are a core part of our philosophy, as we believe they are the basis of how everything (including good architecture) is structured. For more on this, listen to this podcast episode.
Holism (not the woolly hippy type) is just about taking an all-encompassing perspective that we apply when designing buildings.
There are always practical constraints of course, but with a broader view of what buildings are, how they function, how people interact with them, and the roles they can play in the world, we can produce better, more sustainable architecture that will be much loved and last long into the future.
BIM (Building Information Modelling)
We have extensive experience of using BIM on both small residential and historic projects, as well as on large public buildings. We use BIM on all our projects to improve efficiency, perform better project coordination, and reduce costs.
We also use computational design tools to provide accurate manufacturing information and create beautiful, intricate, highly ornamented buildings quickly and efficiently.
AI: A statement on how we use it
AI has become an extremely valuable tool in our industry. Its ability to create photorealistic images from minimal inputs has revolutionised our ability to create impactful images of buildings rapidly and at extremely low cost.
Many people find traditional drawings and sketches hard to read. Where we use AI generated images, we do so to enhance your ability as a viewer to know what is it we are designing. In short, AI helps us communicate what is in our heads into your eyes.
We do not use it to generate designs. All our designs are our own and are inputted into AI prompts either in the form of 3D models or sketches, along with text specifications.
AI images invariably contain errors, much as old-school renderings and photomontages do. The point is to communicate feeling. AI images help us communicate the feeling of our designs to you better, so that you know what your building will feel like when its finished.
Jobs
We are currently looking to hear from the following people to add to our expanding team:
Architectural Technicians
Part II Architectural Assistants
Part I Architectural Assistants
Please send your CV, portfolio, and anything else you think would support your application to info@buckland.co
Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are not able to reply to everyone, but we do read every application in detail. Also, we don't care what class of degree you got, tell us what you are passionate about, what your design philosophy is, and what sort of person you are.