THE
JOURNAL.
Field notes from the studio: process, materials, and the ideas we are testing between projects.
A Studio Built From Salvage
Touring the reclaimed steel and timber that now frames our own workspace, sourced from three demolition sites within a mile.
The Case Against Renderings
Photoreal images sell a building before it exists. We argue for rougher tools that keep a project honest longer into development.
What We Learned From Kyoto
A week embedded with local joiners changed how we think about the joint between two materials, and the projects that followed prove it.
Designing for a Warming City
Notes from our sustainability team on passive cooling strategies we are testing across three climates this year.
Inside the Void House Massing Studies
A look at the sketch models and light studies that shaped our most quoted project, and the versions that never made it past the desk.
On the Honesty of Concrete
Why we keep returning to a material that refuses to lie about how it was made, and what that discipline teaches every other decision on site.