Studio / 02
Five reports from practices, building sites and workshops that use observation as a design tool.
Copenhagen · 14 August 2026 · Mara Lin · 8 min
A table of clay tests, daylight borrowed from a courtyard, and a practice that begins each briefing with a walk.
“A detail does not complete a building; it explains what the building believes.”
London · 06 August 2026 · James Roe · 11 min
An old printing works retains its industrial stubbornness while new rooms gather around its cracked concrete spine.
“A detail does not complete a building; it explains what the building believes.”
Tokyo · 24 July 2026 · Imani Cole · 9 min
Two and a half metres wide, but never mean: a home assembled as a sequence of privileges.
“A detail does not complete a building; it explains what the building believes.”
Dorset · 16 July 2026 · Mara Lin · 7 min
A low house keeps the wind outside and the horizon almost close enough to touch.
“A detail does not complete a building; it explains what the building believes.”
Sheffield · 03 July 2026 · James Roe · 6 min
At the bench, a prototype is less an object than a useful disagreement.
“A detail does not complete a building; it explains what the building believes.”