Journal of a small architecture studio
Notes on building houses that suit the people in them
We write about our projects as they happen: the briefs, the site visits, the decisions that worked and the ones we would change.
Journal
From the journal
Recent notes from the studio and the building site.
Designing a kitchen around the window, not the appliances
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What a site visit at 7am tells you
Read more: What a site visit at 7am tells youWhat we believeProjects a year Site visits Old walls kept
A good house starts with how you want to live, not with how it should look
We spend more time asking questions than drawing in the first month of every project.
Six to eight
Every week
Whenever we can
Recent work
Three projects we are writing about
A kitchen that faces the garden
A 1950s house turned around so the family can see the trees while they cook.
Read the notesA timber roof for a school hall
Curved beams, made locally, spanning a hall that doubles as a church on Sundays.
Read the notesA house on a steep slope
Built in stages over three years, as the owners could afford each part.
Read the notesThinking about building or altering?
Our first meeting is free. Bring photos of the site and a list of what bothers you about where you live now.