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Studio

Small studio, long buildings.

Twelve people in three studios, working on a few projects at a time.

Twelve people in three studios, working on a few projects at a time.

The studio: shelves of white card models, drawings on a cork wall and tall steel windows

(02) Practice

(02) Practice

We take on a few buildings a year and stay with each one from the first visit to the day you move in.

The studio was founded in Lisbon in 2009. Today architects, interior designers and one model-maker share the work between Lisbon, Oslo and Kyoto, with makers we have trusted for years.

Two architects studying a white card model at a long oak table

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Principles

Six principlesSimple to build, slow to age.
01Daylight firstRooms are planned around where the sun falls.
02Honest materialsStone, brick, oak and lime, left to show.
03Built to lastDetails meant for fifty winters, not five.
04Local handsMakers within a day's drive of the site.
05Fewer, betterOne strong idea per building.
06Quiet luxuryComfort you feel before you notice it.

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Studios

Visit us

Lisbon: Rua do Exemplo 12. Oslo: Eksempelgata 4. Kyoto: 1-2 Example-cho.

Lisbon

HQ · since 2009

HQ · since 2009

Oslo

Studio · since 2016

Studio · since 2016

Kyoto

Studio · since 2021

Studio · since 2021

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