ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects designing to enable 

ARA Architects 

ARA Architects is a well-established architectural practice with over twenty-five years experience of working closely with clients who have a range of physical disabilities that require their homes to reflect these needs. We collaborate with our clients and their families to create accessible, spacious homes to their specification that are fully accessible. 
 
ARA works closely with both private clients and clients who are supported by deputies appointed by the Court of Protection together with case managers, occupational therapists and hydrotherapists. 
 
The primary focus of the practice is that of designing new homes, and adapting and extending existing homes, that are both comfortable and stimulating reflecting the client’s choice of materials, fixtures, fittings, and finishes. Each completed project is a bespoke solution tailored to individual needs often incorporating additional accommodation for 24/7 care assistants. 
I was very pleased to have found ARA on the internet to suggest major alterations to my house to cope with my increasing disability. ARA could not have been more helpful in the personal service they provided all through the building work. The house is now suitable for me, thanks to their design skill
 
Baroness Celia Thomas of Winchester 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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When disability strikes, it impacts not only the person immediately affected but the whole family unit, which may include partners, parents, children, and siblings. From the moment an incident occurs life changes irrevocably for everyone. Both the present and dreams of the future, often have to be set aside and replaced with a new set of priorities that centre around the care of the disabled person. 
 
The challenge for the architect is therefore to understand the accommodation needs of the client and family unit and to then interpret those requirements into a creative bespoke solution that removes the physical barriers that are so restrictive. In order to achieve this, the architect needs to invest time with the client, the client’s family, and where appropriate the deputy, case manager, and therapists. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Careful listening is the key to a successful outcome 

Careful listening is the key to a successful outcome 

Whilst solutions are individual and specific, the process the architect must follow in realising the client’s brief is a well-established order of activities known as the “Plan of Works”. This consists of 6 Work Stages developed by the Royal Institute of British Architects that are a step-by-step sequence of tasks common to almost every project. ARA adopts the RIBA Plan of Works in taking each project forward whilst consulting with all interested parties including the clients, deputies, case managers, therapists, quantity surveyors, structural engineers, party wall surveyors, and suppliers of specialist items such as hoists, lifts, kitchens, bathrooms, and contractors. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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