Residential & cultural work · Enquiries for 2027 open
Residential · Cultural · Adaptive reuse

We design in section, not in plan.

A twelve-person studio working on houses, small cultural buildings and adaptive reuse. Light, height and the way a room feels are section decisions, which is where we start and where most drawings never go.

The built work, architecture
0112-person studio
02AIA registered
03Full service through construction
04Enquiries for 2027
Services

What we take on

Roughly eight projects at a time. We are not the cheapest and we are honest about that early.

01

Private houses

New build and substantial renovation. Typically construction budgets from $900k, where the site or the brief has genuine difficulty in it.

02

Adaptive reuse

Industrial, agricultural and civic buildings given a second life. The constraint is the interesting part and usually the reason it works.

03

Cultural & civic

Small galleries, libraries and community buildings, including competition work and public procurement.

04

Feasibility & pre-design

Before you buy a site or commit to a scheme. A short, paid piece of work that regularly saves people a great deal.

Results

Registered & recognised

AIA Registered Practice
NCARB Certified
Design Award, Residential
Adaptive Reuse Commendation
Process

How a commission runs

Five stages, and we stay through the last one, which is where most of the risk actually sits.

  1. 01

    Feasibility

    A short paid study: what the site allows, what it will cost, and whether the idea survives contact with reality.

  2. 02

    Concept

    Two or three genuinely different directions rather than one refined proposal. You choose a direction, not a drawing.

  3. 03

    Developed design

    Resolved with engineers and costed properly. Permitting runs from here, and we handle it.

  4. 04

    Construction

    Tender, contractor selection and site administration through to completion. We do not hand over drawings and disappear.

In section

Designed in section, not in plan.

The cut through the building is where the light and the structure are decided. These are the sections, built.

The stair
The stair
The hall
The hall
The section, drawn
The section, drawn
Concrete meets oak
Concrete meets oak
New steel in an old shell
New steel in an old shell
The built work
The built work

Have a site, or a building you don't know what to do with?

A first conversation is free and often clarifies more than people expect. If it isn't a project for us we will say so and suggest who it is for.

Or leave your details and we'll call you back.

Enquiries for 2027 now open. Feasibility studies available as standalone work.

Discuss a project(830) 452-9938