Fig. 01 / Junction
0.5mm gap
Fig. 02 / Vals Apex
2,150 m
Manifesto
“We do not design buildings to conquer landscapes. We carve sanctuaries.”
Folio Selections
04 Monographs
01 / 04
2024 · St. Moritz · Private Residence
Casa del Basalto
02 / 04
2023 · Engadin · Cantilever Villa
Lake Pavilion
03 / 04
2023 · Kyoto · Meditation Atelier
Water Courtyard
04 / 04
2022 · London · Cultural Foundation
Monolith Archive
Tactile Monographs
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Pl. 01 / Ascent · Vals
Pl. 02 / Reveal · Tivoli
Pl. 03 / Portal · Engadin
Pl. 04 / Aperture · Basel
Praxis Anatomy
Spatial Anatomy
Fig. 03 / Massing
Monolithic form as spatial silence.
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Travertino Romano · Zero tolerance
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Recognition
International awards
Twilight illumination
04
The Practice in Numbers
2011 — 2026
Completed works
Houses, chapels and archives since 2011
Years in practice
To a single, uncompromising language
People in the studio
Architects, masons and model makers
Countries built in
From the Engadin to Kyoto
Praxis discipline · Phase mapping
Four phases
Methodology
Excavating Space
Every commission moves through the same four phases. None of them can be rushed, and none of them ever really ends.
01 / Listen
Topography
We walk the site in every season, reading fault lines, drainage and the path of the sun before a single line is drawn.
02 / Draw
Chiaroscuro
Form is found in light and shadow first. Plaster models are cast, carved and photographed until the void feels inevitable.
03 / Build
Execution
Our own masons and engineers stay on site from excavation to the last joint, holding every course to the half-millimetre.
04 / Live
Patina
We return every year. Stone darkens, timber silvers, and the building settles into the landscape it was carved from.
In winter the house holds the light until four. We didn’t know how much we needed that.
— Private client · Casa del Basalto, St. Moritz
Commissions
Start a project
Tell us about the site, the scale and the timing. A partner reads every enquiry and replies within two working days.
Commission desk
Milan · London
Study 04 / Light incision
Vals, 2019
Inquiry protocol
Parameters
What to expect before the first line is drawn.