Notebook
On light, material and sustainability; notes from site and from the studio.
Why light starts with the window: five lessons from Copenhagen to Istanbul
In the Nordic winter the day lasts six hours, so architects there learned to use light as a material. Here is why the same lessons still apply under Istanbul's generous …
Embodied carbon: the hidden bill of a building
As green building certificates multiply, the real question becomes clearer: does a building's impact come from the energy it uses over the years, or from the carbon rele…
Less is more: a house of three materials
What enriches a space is what you take away, not what you add. Here is why we built the interior of the Şile Forest House with only three materials.