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Three days in the quarries above Massa Carrara with a blocksaw and a stone consultant who has been doing this since 1987. Notes on vein matching, minimum block orders, and why the "Calacatta" on most specification sheets is not what you think it is.
Read →How we integrate natural materials, light cycles, and acoustic texture into our projects without defaulting to the usual clichés — including a discussion of the Como Residence, where the client initially wanted twelve houseplants in every room.
Read →We don't usually do colour trend posts, but after three client conversations in the same week about "warm minimalism" we decided to write down what we actually think. What is and isn't new, and why it matters.
Read →A short essay on why we often advise clients to restore rather than replace, with notes on the chairs in Marta's Umbrian farmhouse, which now number nineteen. The economics, the craft, and the question of when restoration becomes something else entirely.
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