Who we are

Bear Architects is a family run architectural practice located in Bournemouth, and was formed in 2021 following our relocation to the UK from our Native Country, South Africa. 

As a collaborative team of architects and designers, Bear Architects offer a full suite of design and building services to our wide-ranging local and international client compliment. We offer a specialist design experience which seeks to bring out the best in each of our projects, and maximise our client’s returns and experience. 

Our services range from Macro-level master planning, through to spatially sensitive Architectural and Interior design solutions. Our focus is definitively user centric whilst remaining commercially sensitive to each project's unique complexities and constraints. 

Our collective experience has a broad reach into all aspects of the built environment and includes Architecture and Interior Design. We have a great love for Experiential projects and are drawn particularly towards the Hospitality and Residential sectors. We are however equally skilled and experienced at delivering commercial Architecture in many forms and look to offer all our projects something out of the ordinary. We strive to delight our clients with fresh thinking and exceptional service.  

We are fortunate to enjoy a collaborative relationship with Savile Row in South African where Rogan was the director of Architecture for 11 years. The relationship between the two practices is advantageous as it brings together a collective studio of highly creative and imaginative architects and designers, committed to designing products, spaces and experiences which are as striking and innovative as they are socially, economically and environmentally responsible.

The collaboration offers new and existing clients the opportunity for closer interaction with our experienced and talented team in the African, UK and European regions.