Studio
Twelve people, one long table, a site visit most Fridays.
What we believe
A plan is a promise about how someone will move through a room before the room exists. We spend most of our time testing that promise — walking the empty site with tape on the floor, mocking up a stair in the workshop before it's poured, asking the client to stand where the sink will be. Software renders convince clients; they rarely convince us.
We keep the material list short on purpose. Concrete, timber, block, glass — used honestly enough that you can tell what's structural and what's decoration, because on our jobs there usually isn't a difference.
The best compliment a finished building gets is that no one asks who designed it.
The people
- Renata Cole — founding principal, mostly on site these days
- Théo Mbeki-Sorn — principal, civic & institutional work
- Aditi Prasad — studio director, keeps the other eleven of us on schedule
- Faro Lindqvist — model shop, builds everything twice before we build it once
Contact
We answer project inquiries within a week. Tell us about the site before you tell us about the program — the site usually has opinions.
Northbank Atelier · 14 Founders Wharf, river side · open by appointment