TERRA — 2009
Architecture in its place.
A studio for architecture rooted in material, climate and place — building with earth, stone and timber, close to where they belong.
Selected works
A few places we’ve made
Living · Alentejo, Portugal
Rammed Earth House
Rammed earth & oak
Cultural · Tuscany, Italy
Travertine Gallery
Travertine & glass
Hospitality · Valais, Switzerland
Timber Retreat
Cross-laminated timber
Civic · Oaxaca, Mexico
Clay Library
Fired clay brick
Landscape · Kyoto, Japan
Garden Pavilions
Cedar & moss
Living · Cyclades, Greece
Lime-Washed Villas
Lime plaster & stone
Cultural · Galicia, Spain
Concrete Chapel
Board-formed concrete
Hospitality · Norfolk, United Kingdom
Reed-Roof Lodge
Thatch & brick
TERRA is a studio for architecture rooted in material, climate and place — from a single house to a quiet civic room.
About the studio
Material first
We begin every project with the ground
Its stone, its light, its weather and the hands that build near it. Material is not a finish but the first idea.
Our responsibility