Corbel · Architecture & interiors

& interiors

(01) Files

(02) Process

(03) Disciplines

(04) Studio

(05) Principles

Buildings and rooms made from stone, timber and light.

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(01)

Practice

Architecture & interiors, since 2009

Samples of travertine, oak, sand brick, oxide glazed brick, bronze and sage plaster

Stone · Oak · Brick · Lime

Built to be lived in.

We design from the inside out: the room first, then the building around it.

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Project files

Six of sixty buildings

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Each tab is a finished building. Pull one to the front.

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Casa Alcor

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Residential — Alentejo, PT

Casa Alcor

Location

Alentejo, PT

Year

2026

Area

420 m²

Sector

Residential

A long concrete house dug into a dry hill, under one roof plate.

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(03) Process

From line to building.

Sketch

One idea, drawn by hand on the first visit.

Drawing

Measured, coloured and checked against the site.

Model

Card and balsa, so you can hold the plan.

Built

The same lines, in brick, oak and light.

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Hand sketch of a pale brick corner house

Line drawing of the house with terracotta and sage washes

The finished pale brick corner house with a corbelled top floor

Corner House — Kyoto, 2022

(04) Disciplines

Five ways in.

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Architecture

New buildings, from the first sketch to the last brick.

Interiors

Rooms planned around light, joinery and the way you live.

Landscape

Gardens, terraces and the ground a building stands on.

Furniture

Tables, benches and fittings made with local workshops.

Restoration

Old structures repaired, opened up and given new use.

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Studio

Twelve people,

Lisbon · Oslo · Kyoto

Architects, interior designers and one model-maker, around one long table.

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

one long table.

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Work

2021 — 2026

Work.

Every building, newest first.

All projects →

2026

Casa Alcor

Residential

Alentejo, PT

2026

Lake Pavilion

Landscape

Sintra, PT

2025

Hotel Arcada

Hospitality

Mallorca, ES

2025

Ribeira Flat

Interiors

Lisbon, PT

2024

Reading Hall

Cultural

Oslo, NO

2023

Tannery Works

Workplace

Porto, PT

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Studios

HQ in Lisbon

Three studios, one way of working. Visit any of them.

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Lisbon

HQ · since 2009

Oslo

Studio · since 2016

Kyoto

Studio · since 2021

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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.