About us
NCA Architects
At NCA Architects, we design contemporary buildings that are beautifully crafted, sustainable and tailored to the way you want to live and work.
Designed Around You
Your vision sits at the centre of every project. We take the time to understand your brief, your site and your goals, creating a design that feels personal and genuinely yours. We work collaboratively from the first conversation to the final details, ensuring you feel supported and involved throughout the process.
Thoughtful, Sustainable Design
Our work is rooted in a strong understanding of construction and the craft of building. We enjoy combining traditional techniques with modern innovation, using natural, low impact materials wherever possible. The result is architecture that ages gracefully, performs efficiently and reduces both environmental impact and longterm running costs.
A Sense of Place
Light, space and context guide our design approach. We shape buildings that feel connected to their surroundings and create uplifting, comfortable environments for the people who use them.
Experience Across Sectors
We have delivered a wide range of projects, including: – one off private homes – listed buildings and sensitive refurbishments – luxury apartments – cultural and leisure buildings – public realm projects – timber and lightweight structures, from kiosks to theatres and museums
We work confidently across rural and urban sites, new builds and conversions, for private clients, commercial clients and charities.
Value
We create highquality contemporary buildings that exceed expectations, ensuring every budget is used wisely to deliver thoughtful, wellcrafted design at any budget level.
Collaborative
We love what we do — and our clients regularly tell us how much they enjoy the journey with us. Whether you’re planning a new home, a refurbishment or a larger development, we’d be delighted to talk through your ideas.
Neil Choudhury
Architect RIBA 1988
Born in Staffordshire and schooled in Derbyshire Neil lived most of his teenage years in West Africa.
He graduated in Architecture from Liverpool University in 1986.
Neil gained extensive formative experience with several London based architects including Avanti Architects where he oversaw projects to refurbish a dozen listed 1930’s London Underground stations. He also worked for Frederick Burn Smith & Partners where he looked after Grade I Listed Aynhoe Park and the Grade II Listed Great Maytham House by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Neil then moved onto the prestigious North London practice of van Heyningen and Haward where he became Project Architect at the age of 27. He worked on several Cambridge Colleges and completed a library and innovative part outdoor classrooms for the progressive King Alfred School in Hampstead, London.
Neil set up his own practice NCA in 1996.
He moved to the south coast in 2000 and commuted to London for many years. He became heavily involved in the regeneration proposals for his adopted home of Hasting where he was Secretary of the Hastings Urban Design Group from 2003–2005, then joining the South East Regional Design Panel and the South East Design Forum.
Neil moved home and practice to Brighton in 2011 where he can still be spotted walking the bulldog.