Behind the Design: FMD Architects
FMD Architects on the pragmatic and the poetic, materials that echo their landscape and why a client's story is always where the design begins.
Interviews
Behind the Design: Loupe Architecture
Loupe Architecture on editing over adding, bringing contractors in early and why constraints are a gift when you let them guide the design.
Behind the Design: Nathalie Scipioni Architects
Nathalie Scipioni Architects on 30 years across three countries, heritage as sustainability and why homeowners should share everything from the start.
Behind the Design: &Dalecki
&Dalecki on honest materials, the usefulness of tension in design and why understanding how you already live is where every project begins.
A Home Designed to Age Well: How Studio LIRA Made Room for Change
How adaptable planning, accessible spaces and durable materials help homes support changing needs, with Willoughby House by Studio LIRA.
Behind the Design: PCG Architects
Discover how PCG Architects brings design and construction together to create highly resolved homes shaped around the people who live in them every day.
Behind the Design: The Great Indoors
The Great Indoors on designing for longevity, the value of cross-sector experience and why engaging the builder early sets every project up for success.
Behind the Design: STUDIOLIVE
STUDIOLIVE's Olivia on designing to 80%, dismantling hierarchy and why constraints are the friction that generates the poetry of a project.
Behind the Design: Samuel Architecture
Behind the Design with Samuel Architecture on client trust, navigating constraints, strong documentation and creating homes designed to evolve over time.
Behind the Design: Marylou Sobel Interior Design
Interior designer Marylou Sobel shares how listening, trust and collaboration shape personal homes that balance heritage character with contemporary life.
Behind the Design: Studio Apercu
Studio Apercu's Liz on trading law for design, reading past a Pinterest board, and solving real constraints without ever saying no.
Behind the Design: Taouk Architects
Taouk Architects on designing beyond appearance, the power of early decisions and creating homes that feel inevitable once complete.