Residences

Every life asks something different of home.

Each residence begins with its own conditions: the people living there, the architecture already present, and the routines the rooms need to support and the things that matter enough to keep. The projects below are different responses to those conditions rather than variations of a predetermined house style.

Architectural study of residential life

FAMILY HOME

The Courtyard House

Life gathered around the centre.

A family residence organised around an internal courtyard, bringing the kitchen, dining and informal living spaces into a closer relationship with one another and with the outdoors.

The Courtyard House living room arranged for family life
Bourdillon Apartment living room overlooking mature trees

CITY APARTMENT

Bourdillon Apartment

A quieter place within the city.

Designed for a client who spends significant periods away, the apartment uses custom joinery, restrained materials and carefully placed art to create a home that feels settled immediately on return.

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FAMILY RESIDENCE

The Garden House

Open when together. Quiet when apart.

Shared rooms open toward the garden and one another, while the quieter parts of the house gradually withdraw, allowing family life to expand and contract throughout the day.

Alder House living room arranged around a family sitting area

PRIVATE RESIDENCE

Alder House

Formal architecture, lived more softly.

Strong proportions and clearly defined rooms are retained, while timber, stone, textiles, furniture and art bring warmth and a more relaxed way of occupying the architecture.

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Cedar House sitting room gathered around tall garden windows

CONTEMPORARY RESIDENCE

Cedar House

Built around the changing day.

The residence is organised around changing light, with brighter communal spaces carrying the morning and afternoon before deeper materials and more contained rooms take over later in the day.

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Collector photographing objects before a wall of books
The Collector's House living room with books and collected art

PRIVATE HOME

The Collector's House

New rooms for a life already collected.

Furniture, books, art and objects gathered over many years were treated as part of the starting point, allowing new architectural and interior decisions to form around a life already in progress.

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Planning a Residence?

A new project begins with understanding what the home needs to do differently.

Tell us about the residence, where the project currently stands and what you would like to change. We can begin from there.

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