Writing from the studio.
Process notes, project diaries, opinion. Roughly six pieces a year. Written by the architects who actually did the work.
Recent writing
How we built Atrium House
April 2025 · 18 min · Maya Ostrowski. The construction diary — from groundbreak to handover, everything that broke and how.
Read essay→Why we won’t spec a frameless shower again
March 2025 · 9 min · Dev Kapoor. The leak you can’t fix is the one that’s already in the wall.
Read essay→Embodied carbon: a practical guide for residential
February 2025 · 14 min · Naomi Bridges. What actually moves the needle on a single-family build, ranked.
Read essay→Inside the Foundry — adaptive reuse field notes
January 2025 · 22 min · Naomi Bridges. The 1924 cast-iron foundry as office building. What we kept, what we couldn’t.
Read essay→Hiring tradespeople in 2025
December 2024 · 11 min · Dev Kapoor. The skilled-trades labour shortage from inside the studio.
Read essay→What we wish we’d done differently on the brownstone
November 2024 · 9 min · Sara Chen. Three things we’d change with hindsight on the Park Slope project.
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