Chris Allen Architects

As a chartered Architect, Chris brings a wealth of expertise and experience to architecture in the Bath and Bristol area. Previously as a Director of SR Architects Ltd; he has collaborated with many well known commercial and public bodies having developed good working relationship with each.
The ambition is to continue to blend good design with practical application and provide welcoming and complimentary architecture for our environment.

Chris has a wealth of extensive healthcare facility design experience. In addition to healthcare, Chris has a broadly based experience on a range of project types and complexities with over 30 years in the construction industry working in London, Hong Kong and Bath with previous practices. Chris has completed several schemes as Director at SR Architects including the £29M Aldershot Centre for Health, the Guildford Clinic for the Nuffield Organization, Abbeycrest Care Home in Sonning Common near Reading, and the Children’s Services Unit, Eastgate, Bristol. Most recent projects include construction of a new primary care facility in the village of Cranleigh, Surrey, Dorothy House Community Lodges, Urgent Care Centre, Parry Ward Refurbishment RUH Bath and Art + DT Extension Monkton School.
Chris acted as Project Architect on several healthcare schemes at DHP including Monmouth Community Hospital (27,000 sq.ft) up to FBC as a Public Sector Comparator for PFI, Oak Park Community Hospital and Childrens Services, Havant (130,000 sq.ft) feasibility design under LIFT, and the Clinical Haematology Unit, Nottingham City Hospital (40,000 sq.ft) as the vanguard project for Nottingham City NHS Trust under its S.O.C for the redevelopment of the whole hospital site. Chris also acted as Project Architect for commercial developments such as Marlborough Stirling HQ Building, Cheltenham (70,000sq.ft new offices) and within the education sector for new Student Accommodation at the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield (1400 study rooms). Other projects to which Chris contributed include Chepstow Community Hospital, Woodfield School Redditch, Beechen Cliff School Sixth Form Block and the Frenchay Integrated Children’s Unit in Bristol.