Ilse has been in the industry for over 18 years & her experience spans internationally from the United Kingdom ,Spain, South Africa, to Australia, specializing in bespoke residential design. Ilse is a registered South African Architect. Ilse has setup a diversified boutique design studio that offers Bespoke Architectural & Interior design Services. The services to be offered by Ilse will include any project size, from small individual rooms, kitchen/utility, small rear extension designs to large alterations, to new builds.
Expertise
Loft conversions, Kitchens, Sustainable design, Extensions, Planning applications, Re-planning / Internal alterations, New builds
Superb architect to work with - practical and professional, listens to what the client needs and has huge dynamism when interpreting the brief to the design.
A.AHERNE, Interior design in West Clandon, Surrey
Ilse is an absolute delight to work with, as she meticulously blends creativity with practicality, whilst always keeping our personal lifestyle and desires as paramount. Ilse is approachable and whilst advising the reasoning and benefits of concept and design, she always embraces new ideas or suggestions. Ilse has a wonderfully positive, yet realistic outlook and is a proactive, reliable, solutions-orientated influencer. Ilse has partnered with our Planning Consultant to maximise the capabilities and opportunities from permitted development and planning for our major project which is located in a notoriously challenging green belt area. We could never have achieved what we have without Ilse and we look forward to our continued partnership as our project continues.
C.Barrie, Architecture & Interior design refurb, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Ilse took over the detailed design of the Architecture on our project in 02/2012. She managed the contractors on site and the suppliers for all the finishing fixtures and fittings including doors, windows, plumbing and decorations. Her attention to detail of every aspect resulted in a stunning, high quality finish that people compliment us on all the time. She was very collaborative in the way she worked with us to get the theme and detail exactly right for every room and the design suits our family living perfectly. Probably the biggest endorsement we can give is that there is nothing we would have done any differently today - having lived in the house for the last 3 years.
C. Arnold. Architectural design in Blackheath, Surrey
Ilse is bursting with enthusiasm and creativity but also has a practical approach. Refreshingly, she encompassed a garden design in her interpretation of the brief I gave her for my newbuild house – not something most architects do, but she believes, as I do, that the two should not be designed in isolation of each other. She came up with several initial designs for my newbuild project and had clearly given a lot of thought to each, not only layout but also elevations, and this approach made for a very good starting point.