R.I.B.A. award winning design
Architecture Formed by Context, Crafted for Living and Working
At Alchemy Architects Ltd, we believe that exceptional architecture is a blend of creative alchemy and pragmatic design. We partner with ambitious private homeowners, progressive developers, and commercial clients across the Isle of Wight who want to build distinctive, context-driven spaces.
Navigating the Island’s unique coastal constraints, sensitive landscape designations, and local planning policies requires more than just a template. Clients choose us because we pair innovative, award-winning design thinking with an intimate, established understanding of local planning authorities. We manage your project seamlessly from initial concept and feasibility studies right through to construction and final handover.
We will come and discuss your project 'for free' and provide you with a quote for the services you require.
We have built close working relationships with Planning Consultants, Engineers,Surveyors,Cost estimate services & Contractors over many years of professional practice.
Our design ethos values a clear disciplined plan early in the design process, distilling sometimes complex building programmes into strong simple forms that respect classical ideas of scale and proportion.Manipulating materials and light are central to our work.
We also specialise in refurbishments, conversions and contemporary interior design, offering a full range of architectural services including; planning permissions, feasibility studies, building regulations approvals, tender packages, site supervision-contract administration and architectural drafting services.
We can provide a full service or assistance with ‘self build’ homes such as Huf Haus/Potton Barn and other pre-fabricated timber systems.
Alchemy Architects Ltd was founded in 2005 and is run by director William Rome Ma RCA, ARB.
William Rome trained as an architect at the Royal College of Art in London and the University of Brighton. He holds an MA in architectural design and a BA Hons Degree in Architecture, qualifying as an R.I.B.A registered architect in 1996.