(05) — Journal
Notes from the studio.
Essays on light, materials and the order of rooms — written between site visits.
(All notes)
Materials
Limewash, honestly
It cracks, it clouds, it changes with the weather. That is exactly why we keep specifying it.
Lighting
Lighting a hallway you actually walk through
Hallways are where a house is read in sequence. We light them like a gallery, not a corridor.
Projects
Inside Maison Verbeke
Fourteen months, one sightline and a garden wall that took three tries to get right.
Materials
Why we specify oak by the tree
Our joiner chooses boards from a single trunk, so the grain runs on from room to room.
Essay
Small rooms, long views
A small flat feels larger when you can see from one end to the other. Here is how we plan for it.