On Hortus Velum, and the misunderstanding that founds it.
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An editorial notebook organised in five chapters — manifestos, signature systems, scenarios, botanical grammar, and atmospheres. Texts written from the studio, in British English, for an international readership of architects, designers, editors, and clients who think botanical architecture is worth the words.
Where conviction precedes commission.
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Inside the signature systems.
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What a commission could become.
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Botanical grammar : species, strata, intent.
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What cannot be drawn.
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A slow essay on the brief, daily moment when Mediterranean light becomes architecture — and on the patience required to design for it.
Read the essayA quarterly selection of new texts, sent only when there is something to say. No promotion, no calendar — only the studio's recent thinking, gathered.