Journal
Notes on light and making
Short notes on daylight, materials, site visits and small public buildings.
Process
Drawing with light before drawing walls
Why every project starts with a sun study and a single section, not a floor plan.
Materials
Materials that look better at forty
Stone, oak, lime and brass: four materials we choose for what the years do to them.
Essay
The case for small public buildings
A hall, a reading room, a shelter: the smallest budgets often reach the most people.
Process
Start with the table
Most homes are really one room. We design that room first and let the rest follow.
Guide
What we look at on a first site visit
Sun, wind, neighbours and the one tree worth keeping: what we write down in the first hour.
Process
Why we still build models
A cardboard model on the table answers questions a render never raises.