THE STUDIO
A boutique practice treating architecture and interior as one continuous spatial narrative.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Restraint over spectacle
We build rooms that reward daily life, not a single photograph. What remains has to earn its place — nothing added to be noticed.
Material honesty
Every material is chosen for how it ages and holds light, and left to behave as it wants to. We don't hide what a thing is made of.
Designed to be lived in
We design for the second year, not the first — for the way a space is actually used, once the photographer has left.
OUR APPROACH
How we work.
01
Read the site
We begin on site, not at a desk — reading the light, the material, the way people already move through a place.
02
Draw with restraint
Concepts are pared back until only what the room actually needs remains. Every element earns its place.
03
Specify with honesty
Materials are chosen for how they age, and specified in full, so nothing is decided by default on site.
04
Build with one point of contact
We stay on through construction — one studio answerable for the whole result, start to finish.
PRINCIPLES
01
Continuity over decoration
02
Material over finish
03
The second year, not the first
04
One studio, one responsibility
WHO WE ARE
A small studio, deliberately.
Elin Kessler
Founder & Principal Architect
Marco Vitale
Design Director, Interiors
Johanna Berg
Senior Architect
Tomas Reid
Project Architect
Sofia Marchetti
Studio Manager
RECOGNITION
Dezeen Awards
Longlist 2024
Wallpaper* Design Awards
2023
AJ Small Projects
Shortlist 2023
Frame Awards
Finalist 2022
Dezeen
Domus
Wallpaper*
Frame
The Architectural Review
INSIDE THE STUDIO
Let's talk about your space.
Tell us about the site, the brief, or just the feeling you're after.