Practice
Design philosophy
Our work is driven by a desire to enhance the human experience. We make buildings that are not just objects in the landscape, but of the landscape, respecting their natural and cultural context.
Research
Every project starts with the site: its climate, its history, and the streets and people around it.
Collaboration
We design with clients, engineers and builders in the room, not after they have left it.
Restraint
The best move is often the one we do not make. We add only what the building needs to be itself.
People
Who you'll work with
Mara Lindgren
Founding partner
Trained in Stockholm and Zurich. Leads the residential and cultural work.
Daniel Okoro
Partner
Joined in 2017 from a large commercial practice; leads the workplace and tower projects.
Inês Carvalho
Director, Lisbon
Opened the Lisbon studio in 2021 and runs the renovation work across southern Europe.
Tom Whitfield
Director, London
Technical lead. If a detail can be built, Tom has usually drawn it three ways first.
Studios
Three cities, one studio
New York
48 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012
London
14 Clerkenwell Green, EC1R 0DP
Lisbon
Rua da Rosa 121, 1200-385
Want to join the studio?
We hire a few people a year, usually after they have written to us about a building they like. Say which one.