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Field notes
& studies.

Material studies, project diaries, methodology and the occasional opinion. Written by the studio, edited lightly.

On honed lava stone: weight, warmth, weathering
Material Study
Mar 2025·6 min

On honed lava stone: weight, warmth, weathering

Lava stone has none of the bourgeois associations of marble, but twice the personality. A short essay on specifying it for kitchens.

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Reykjavik, day 41: pouring the hearth
Project Diary
Feb 2025·4 min

Reykjavik, day 41: pouring the hearth

Notes from the Monolith House site visit — three contractors, one continuous pour, sub-zero temperatures.

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What a hotel suite owes to a home
Field Notes
Jan 2025·8 min

What a hotel suite owes to a home

Five details from the Azure Penthouse that we borrowed from residential briefs — and why they belong everywhere.

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How we read a brief in the first 48 hours
Studio
Dec 2024·5 min

How we read a brief in the first 48 hours

A short methodology piece on the questions we ask, the things we don't, and the document we never show the client.

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