Journal

Studio notes

[01]

Notes from the drawing table.

Short essays on light, material and the way we work, written by the people who design the houses.

Topics

Process, Materials, Design

Written by

The studio team

All articles

[02]

A bright contemporary architecture studio in a converted industrial building, with long oak work tables holding white models of modern houses, laptops and drawings around a planter of trees under a large ring light.

Process

September 14, 2026

Every house is built twice

Before a single foundation is poured, every house we design is built once already, in white card, on a table in our studio.

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A warm, open kitchen with rough pale limestone walls, a long travertine island resting on two raw stone boulders, timber block stools, black dome pendant lamps and a tall black steel glass wall facing an olive grove.

Materials

August 12, 2026

The stone that was already there

When we dug the foundations, the site gave us the kitchen. We only had to see it.

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A dim living room in taupe and brown, with a long low L-shaped sofa in front of a smooth warm concrete wall lit by small black pendant lamps hanging at different heights.

Design

July 9, 2026

The room after sunset

We design every room twice: once for the day, and once for the hours after the sun goes down.

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