The design process starts by taking on board the clients personal requirements and aesthetic. Exploring each individual detail, the design looks to incorporate and enhance these ideal’s into a harmonious and unified design.
Understanding each space is unique to each individual, without any pre-conceptions, proposals are guided through all necessary approvals to the end of the construction stage. Providing both a full service from concept to completion, or a tailored collaboration suited to the particular needs of the development.
Completed projects have been recognised worldwide in exhibitions, publications, design journals, and shortlisted in various competitions.
Including: Shortlisted and exhibited for the UK Wood Awards at the London Design Fair alongside Foster + Partners Bloomberg HQ. Shortlisted and exhibited in New London Architecture’s Don’t Move Improve Awards. Longlisted for the international Dezeen awards, and featured in Dezeen’s best ‘home offices with stylish set-ups for remote working’. Published in the Swiss publication Makeover by Braun Publishing.
This exposure enhances a projects profile, which typically increases the projects perceived value. It is a key consideration within the design process to only to design for the present, but with a long-term vision and focus on what a highly considered design and construction process can do to the properties eventual value.
Following a carefully considered design period it is crucial these proposals are constructed precisely.
All clients expect their visions to become reality and WIDGER architecture have experience guiding their clients from concept all the way through to construction completion. Liaising with all associated parties involved to give a holistic service, including coordination with Building Control, Structural Engineers, Party Wall Surveyors and Building Contractors. Assisting clients through tender and procurements stages, to eventual collaboration with the main building contractor through the construction process to ensure quality is maintain until the completion. Each project is unique, which is important to acknowledge and ensure the construction stage is tailored to the client’s personal requirements, timescale and budget.
Photography by WIDGER architecture : Various projects during the construction stage.
Establishing what the individual requires, opposed to generic solutions.
Clients approach WIDGER architecture to gain a personal design service which incorporates and enhances their personal requirements. Determining that generic and repetitive solutions are not for their homes, WIDGER provides a design process to ensure a bespoke finish best suited to the individual budget, space requirement, and aesthetic choices. This personal approach is central to the design process, understanding each client and their home is unique and an imposed ‘off the shelf’ solution is not suitable for those seeking good design and built outcomes.
Following many clients have remained in contact sharing their experiences of their home, and eventually after years of occupancy some projects have been sold to second satisfied owners.
Physical models have been a key way for the practice to explore spatial designs and materiality. The craft and understanding applied to hand made development models can investigate considerations for the built projects themselves.
Photography by WIDGER architecture : Various project models
Teaching is a key component of the practice, Kevin maintains a strong relationship with academia. Teaching Architecture at BA Degree level (design and technology) since 2016 at the University of Brighton in the position of Visiting Lecturer. Whilst also teaching Interior Design MA Masters level at the University of East London. This experience means the practice in tandem is kept up to date, and is inspired by the newest architectural trends, technologies, and ideologies.
Photography by WIDGER architecture : Includes the End of Year Exhibition of the Brighton University School of Architecture on Hastings Pier and various student work.
The spaces in which we inhabit have a huge effect on our physical and mental wellbeing, ensuring light, views and spatial quality are optimal for living.
Kevin Widger is originally from rural West Dorset, just inland from the dramatic Jurassic coastline. This upbringing highly connected to the natural world, and surrounding by beautiful landscapes is sure to continuously influence the work of the practice.
Even in large towns and cities, humans look to be connected to nature and have a sense of retreat away from the modern city life for our psychological wellbeing and health. This philosophy is central to designing projects and is apparent in the completed work of the practice. Creating unique architecture and interior proposals, whilst ensuring a high consideration to work in conjunction within the natural environment. Material choices, and the connection to the surrounding landscape and nature, are all prioritised in design methodology. Seeking to be therapeutic and calming environments for human occupancy and wellbeing.
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Kevin Widger is a registered Architect in the United Kingdom with the Architects Registration Board (ARB), this status as an Architect is also officially recognised by the 'Lietuvos Respublikos Aplinkos Ministerija' in Lithuania, which post Brexit allows Kevin to practice as an Architect in Lithuania and the rest of the EU.
Being a registered as a resident of Lithuania, Kevin has a good understanding of the Lithuanian language after living in Vilnius for a period of time, as well as life and culture in the country. This has led to work being published in various national journals including Namas ir Aš, magazine.
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Travel is a continuous inspiration within the practice, where frequent trips to architectural projects, urban spaces, landscapes, or just culturally significant places, build up an understanding of our surroundings across the world. WDGER architecture’s portfolio is wide ranging in influence, from either client cultures and personal histories, to a variety of site locations. Therefore, it is important to be exposed to new influences and ideas, which then are incorporated into collaborations and project designs.
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