Interior Design

bamboo joinery and passive ventilation define the closed-loop building system.

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This residence was designed for a client who relocated from the city to a rural highland area with the intention to work remotely. The site is characterized by a gentle slope that runs from the west side, which faces a road, to the east before dropping sharply. A small stream flows below, forming a modest valley. As a result, there is a significant distance between the residence and the nearest house, located across the valley, and the view on this side is marked by trees that cascade down the slope in a dense, layered arrangement. To make the most of these surroundings, the southeast corner of the residence was designed to accommodate a large picture window.

In the upper part of the town of Valle de Bravo, Casa Valle is built on a terrain with irregular topography and complex polygonal features. After a steep ascent, vertical planes of glass, steel, and wood emerge between pine trunks. Above them, a concrete platform projects in front of the tree canopies, hovering over a rocky slope with its vegetation.

The project explores a specific mode of architectural intervention based not on the incorporation of complex technology, but on the precise reinterpretation of traditional construction systems to generate new spatial, environmental, and programmatic conditions. The central operation, entitled Tejar cielo, consists of constructing an active roof plane from a single system, combining opaque ceramic tiles and glass tiles without altering the geometric or constructive logic of the whole. The roof ceases to be a mere enclosing element and becomes a device capable of filtering natural light, registering the passage of time, and defining a changing atmosphere for the space it shelters.

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Perched on a plateau nestled deep within the forest, this cabin serves as both a sanctuary for relaxation and a hub for gathering. The project is located in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge—a vast, wild territory in the Argenteuil region situated along the Ottawa River, midway between Montreal and Ottawa. Designed as a direct response to the landscape and the Nordic climate, the project prioritizes a compact, durable, and discreet form. Its pale grey wood cladding provides a sober materiality, allowing it to blend seamlessly into the forest throughout the changing seasons.

Perched on a plateau nestled deep within the forest, this cabin serves as both a sanctuary for relaxation and a hub for gathering. The project is located in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge—a vast, wild territory in the Argenteuil region situated along the Ottawa River, midway between Montreal and Ottawa. Designed as a direct response to the landscape and the Nordic climate, the project prioritizes a compact, durable, and discreet form. Its pale grey wood cladding provides a sober materiality, allowing it to blend seamlessly into the forest throughout the changing seasons.

The front entryway is the first thing you and your guests see upon entering your home, so it should make a great impression and set the tone for what’s beyond. At the same time, it needs to function as a practical transition between indoors and out. W…

marking the studio’s first built work in japan, the villas are built from soil excavated directly on-site.

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For DB Studios, architecture is not only about building, but about belonging. It is about creating a situated practice, one that responds to its context, its people, and its local identity, expressed through materials, color, and spatial decisions. In this sense, design becomes a way of articulating a language rooted in its context and shaped by the people it serves.