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Studio Arcos

Buildings shaped by light.

An architecture practice working with timber, stone and daylight.

An architectural orbit as afternoon light turns to golden hour.
Lake pavilion

From afternoon to golden hour.

Scroll to walk around the pavilion as the light changes.

  1. 01CantileverA single roof plane, floating over glass.
  2. 02GlazingFull-height panes frame the lake.
  3. 03Golden hourLight reaches deep under the roof at dusk.
Approach

Fewer walls. More light.

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Selected work

Projects.

Lake pavilion, afternoon
Pavilion

Lake pavilion

A timber shelter cantilevered over the shoreline.

Glazed corner
Residential

Courtyard house

Rooms arranged around a single planted void.

Under the cantilever
Civic

Stone library

Thick walls, deep reveals, quiet reading rooms.

Pavilion at golden hour
Workplace

Forest studio

A workspace raised among the trees.

Practice

How we work.

01

Site first

Every project starts with a season of observing light.

02

Honest materials

Timber, stone and lime, left to age.

03

Small team

The architects you meet are the architects who draw.

Contact

Tell us about your site.

We take on a small number of projects each year.

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