Handed over furnished, or empty
Two entirely reasonable answers, which have to be given before the ground is broken.
Journal
Notes from the studio
Buying in a listed landscape
The terraces at Casa Luna are protected. That constraint is the reason the house is worth what it is.
The cost of a quiet house
Acoustic separation is the single most requested retrofit, and the single hardest thing to add later.
Off-plan, and the case for a real 360° tour
Buyers commit before the concrete is poured. The least we can do is let them stand in the room.
What a terrace is actually for
Most terraces are photographed at midday and used at nine in the evening. Design for the second one.
Living with a single stair
When the stair is the only vertical move in a house, it stops being circulation and becomes the room.
Board-formed concrete: what it costs, and what it is worth
A finish that cannot be corrected after the pour, and therefore has to be got right beforehand.
The four-hour site visit, and why we do it before we draw
A house is a machine for receiving light. Everything else can be changed later; the orientation cannot.