Our daily life is often bound to strict rhythms of repetitious elements. Our designs strive to delve beyond the boundaries and leave space for imagination, connecting the people with their surroundings and creating valuable connections between buildings and their environment.
We combine pragmatism and formality with a desire to bring a sense of playfulness and innovation to the design of spaces, products and environments.
bont [ˈbɒnt]
Dutch for colourful, imaginative, varying.
bont/design is a RIBA chartered architecture studio which offers an integrated and all-round design service in the fields of architecture and interior design, tailored to the particular needs of clients and projects.
Our team has over 20 years of experience designing and delivering small and intimate as well as high profile projects with values between £20k – £2bn in the residential, commercial and public sectors, amongst which One Barangaroo Sydney, Harbin Opera House China, Mount Pleasant Residential Development London.
Bont generates solutions for projects of any scale, to focus on clarity and functionality, and to give back a sustainable design that adds value, aesthetic and identity. We work to understand our client’s core objectives; key requirements and aspirations for the project, the business case, constraints of budget and programme.
We are based in London, in the lovely neighbourhood of Tottenham Hale. If you are looking for advice in architectural or other design related matters please get in touch with us.
Bas van Wylick
Dipl.-Ing.(FH), Architect SBA ARB RIBA
Bas has a particular interest in holistic design and how architecture can be integrated into its context across the disciplines of urban design, landscape architecture, planning and environment, whilst providing a unique identity at human scale with a sense of playfulness. He has extensive experience designing and delivering projects in the UK, USA and China. Prior to Bont he held senior positions at international practices MAD Architects, WilkinsonEyre, and Foster+Partners. Most notably, he was the project lead for the new Opera House in Harbin/China, and the Royal Mail Mount Pleasant development in London.
Bas is a registered architect in both the Netherlands (SBA) and the UK (RIBA).
Philipp Ohnesorge
Dipl.-Ing.(M.Sc.), Architect AKHH
Philipp has extensive experience delivering high-profile projects from small scale furniture pieces to large scale urban master plans with international studios in Germany, Denmark and China.
His design approach starts by discovering the essential in a project, formulating a coherent design language and applying it to all stages of a project – from general concept to smallest technical details.
Philipp has a particular interest in sustainability with a practical, local and low-key approach – utilising natural materials, responding to daylight, and providing smart layouts that trigger positive effects on its users and environment.
Philipp is a registered architect in Germany (AK Hamburg).
Let’s get in touch.
Tell us about your projects and ambitions. We will be happy to advise you and to prepare a quotation to suit your requirements.
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