Senior experience. Direct relationships.
Bolans is an independent, architecture-led practice working across scales — from individual houses and housing to community projects and international masterplanning.
Our size is deliberate. Clients work directly with senior decision-makers who stay close to the project from early strategy through planning, technical design, and construction.
The practice brings together experience from complex projects within major UK and international organisations, but applies it through a more agile studio structure: fewer layers, clearer responsibility, and continuity from concept to delivery.
We assemble project teams around the brief, combining architecture, masterplanning, surveying, interiors and building-services expertise where required.
Meet the team.
Lanre Falase. project Architect / Director
BA (Hons) BArch (Hons) ARB RIBA
Chartered architect and masterplanner with UK and international experience spanning individual houses, housing, transport, healthcare, mixed-use development and large-scale urban strategy.
Before leading work at Bolans, Lanre worked with GRIMSHAW, Building Design Partnership (BDP) and Carey Jones Architects. That background combines big-practice experience with a strong interest in how architectural ideas survive technical design, procurement and construction.
Selected experience
London Heathrow Terminal 2B / Masdar City, Abu Dhabi / Dublin Children’s Hospital / Wandsworth Riverside Quarter / East Cantonments Village / Diamond District, Guyana.
Focus
Architecture / masterplanning / BIM-enabled delivery / placemaking / technical coordination / multidisciplinary leadership.
Perspective
Drawn to projects where a difficult site, structure or technical constraint can become part of the architectural idea.
Niyi Falase. Building Surveyor / Director
BA (Hons) MFPWS
Brings together legal and construction knowledge, town planning, building surveying and project delivery — a combination that is especially useful on complex sites and developer-led projects.
He began his career in Legal and Construction Law before moving into the wider development industry. As a qualified Party Wall Surveyor, he advises on boundary matters, disputes, and statutory procedures, while also overseeing planning, Building Regulations, contract administration, and risk.
Selected experience
Residential new builds and high-value developments across London and the South East / multi-unit residential and commercial Party Wall matters / planning and Building Regulation consents / regulatory work for residential financiers.
Focus
Planning / Party Wall / Building Regulations / contract administration / governance / regulatory strategy / risk management.
Perspective
Interested in the point where design, law, boundaries and construction meet — and in resolving issues before they become project risks.
Jhenae Fullerton. Part II Architectural Assistant
Architectural Assistant with a particular interest in residential development and the quality of everyday living environments, bringing design thinking together with the professional and practical demands of project delivery.
Jhenae completed is undertaking her Part III examinations following postgraduate architectural study. At Bolans she contributes to the studio’s residential work and collaborative design process, with a particular interest in how well-resolved homes and housing can combine character, functionality and long-term value.
Professional development
Part III Professional Practice, University of Westminster / postgraduate architectural study / residential design and development at Bolans Architects.
Focus
Residential development / design development / professional practice / client-centred design / architectural coordination.
Perspective
Interested in residential architecture that goes beyond appearance — creating homes and housing that improve everyday experience, quality and long-term value.
Jhenae also contributes to the wider culture of the profession, sharing advice with Part 1 and Part 2 students on portfolios, CVs and navigating architectural practice.
mobolaji Falase. founder / architect
BA (Hons) AA Dipl. RIBA ARB
Architect, interior designer and strategic adviser whose career spans civic projects, infrastructure, masterplanning and community leadership in the UK and West Africa.
Mobolaji studied Interior Design at Chelsea School of Art before Architecture at the Architectural Association. His experience includes the North East Regional Health Authority and London Borough of Lewisham, where he played a major role in civic delivery including the Deptford City Challenge.
Selected experience
Gatwick Airport North Terminal / Laurence House / Deptford City Challenge / civic and masterplanning initiatives across West Africa.
Focus
Architecture / interior design / feasibility / civic projects / masterplanning / strategic oversight / community engagement.
Perspective
Brings a long view of architecture: buildings as part of civic life, cultural identity and the communities they serve.