May 15, 2026

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Working with contours

Use changes in ground level to guide circulation and placement.

Working with contours

Read the contours with access routes and existing vegetation. Place volumes where they can follow the land with reasonable excavation.

Draw the paths at the same time as the building to check that entrances and outdoor spaces remain connected.

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Jun 27, 2026

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Start with the site

What a first site visit can tell you about access, orientation and the brief.

Jun 27, 2026

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Start with the site

What a first site visit can tell you about access, orientation and the brief.

Jun 23, 2026

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Designing for shade

How overhangs, screens and planting shape outdoor comfort.

Jun 23, 2026

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Designing for shade

How overhangs, screens and planting shape outdoor comfort.

Jun 22, 2026

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The courtyard as a room

An outdoor space can organize circulation, daylight and daily life.

Jun 22, 2026

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The courtyard as a room

An outdoor space can organize circulation, daylight and daily life.

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Begin The Journey

LET’S

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Tell us what you’re building and where you’d like to begin.

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Meet the team

Begin The Journey

LET’S

Talk

Tell us what you’re building and where you’d like to begin.

Start a project

Meet the team