Studies

Our design studies showcase the feature elements of our projects – specialist installations, finishes, joinery systems – and the theories and methodologies behind them.

How we work

Our background is in architecture and design, so what we draw is grounded in how a space is built as well as how it looks. Before anything is stripped out or ordered, we set the concept and the plan – along with the materials or elements that carry them – as a considered vision that can genuinely be built from.

That holistic approach scales down into the most precise level of detail. A joinery handle, for example, asks the same questions as a whole home: proportion, light, colour, texture, hierarchy, experience. Giving those principles of design the attention they deserve is what makes a kitchen or a bathroom feel considered.

Onsen design: a hand-rendered concept over the technical drawing (Cudwells)
The finished glass dome from below
A new sky, made · Albert Court

The Glass Dome

An entirely new glass dome over the kitchen, backlit to emulate daylight – an ambitious idea made buildable.

The feature stair
Walnut by hand · Randolph Avenue

The Painted Stair

A feature stair that reads as solid walnut, hand-grained to carry a concept that could have otherwise been abandoned.

A marmorino wall
Feature wall finishes, worked by hand · Albert Court

Movement in Marmorino

Polished marmorino, a specialist finish, floated and burnished in place across whole walls, shifting with the light through the day.

The transforming apartment
Folding forms & functions · Crown Reach

The Transforming Space

Sliding partitions and joinery that let one riverside plan become several, demonstrating the movement and adaptability brought through from the brief.

The birch-ply envelope
Marrying material, shape & colour · Crown Reach

Framing Colour

A warm birch-ply envelope worked as a neutral ground, so deliberate moments of colour read bold and proud.

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