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02 Interior Design

Interior Design

Interiors that extend the architecture rather than decorate it — rooms composed of material, light, and a restrained palette.

Approach // Methodology

Our interior design practice approaches each space as an extension of the architecture. We select materials, finishes, and furnishings that feel natural to the building rather than applied to it. The palette is restrained — focused on texture, warmth, and the sensory experience of being in a room. We work closely with artisans and makers to create bespoke elements where the standard will not do.

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Context

Each interior begins from the building that contains it — its proportions, its light, and the way it meets the outside.

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Spatial strategy

Rooms are organised around how they are inhabited — circulation, gathering, rest — with storage resolved before decoration.

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Materiality

Textures and finishes are selected to age and warm with use — wood, linen, stone, plaster — worked closely with artisans.

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Performance

Acoustics, thermal comfort, and durability are treated as part of the aesthetic rather than as afterthoughts.

Interior Design

Living room with ocean view

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South-facing living room, afternoon light

The aperture below eye level frames the Atlantic rather than the sky — grounding the interior experience within the landscape rather than above it.

Material palette detail

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Steel, stone, and birch ply

The three materials — granite, steel, and birch — were selected to be visually honest about their structural role. No material performs anything other than its actual function.

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Exhibition space, diffused daylight

Inside the gallery volume, the 17th-century palace is invisible. The space is neutral, quiet, and entirely focused on the art. The transition from palace to gallery takes only a step.

Exhibition space interior

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