HOW to LIVE

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Sophie Hamer 2/1/26 Sophie Hamer 2/1/26

Life often unfolds in unexpected ways. This year reminded us of our humanity, of our fragility, and of our desire to create and connect to the world.

ON SITE: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNERSHIP

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Sophie Hamer 3/18/24 Sophie Hamer 3/18/24

Every architectural project begins with a site. To build on a site is to occupy it, to modify it, to claim it. But can it also be to pay homage to it? To respect it? To nurture and cultivate it?

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Sophie Hamer 11/22/23 Sophie Hamer 11/22/23

The extension of the art of dwelling is the art of living.

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Sophie Hamer 8/25/23 Sophie Hamer 8/25/23

Designing small buildings starts from a deep understanding of the everyday moments of living, and requires an attentiveness to precision, generosity and connection in design.

Sophie Hamer 6/2/23 Sophie Hamer 6/2/23

Very happy to announce an exciting new partnership with FARO Territory Experts, working together to offer property finding and architecture and design services to clients in Girona / Costa Brava, Barcelona and the Balearic Islands.

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Sophie Hamer 9/14/22 Sophie Hamer 9/14/22

Designing within an old Catalan Masia requires a particular kind of care, patience, and recognition of the value of the raw heritage.

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Sophie Hamer 8/10/22 Sophie Hamer 8/10/22

What a pleasure to not only design this house and guide the clients through the construction process, but to be witness to how it is transforming into a lived-in home.

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Sophie Hamer 7/28/22 Sophie Hamer 7/28/22

Fuorisalone, or Milan Design Week, is a microcosm of everything this city embodies: creativity, innovation and vigour for life.

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Sophie Hamer 6/8/22 Sophie Hamer 6/8/22

Renaissance Florence was full of lessons in how to live, how to be citizens of a city, but what remains of that spirit today?

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Sophie Hamer 4/5/22 Sophie Hamer 4/5/22

Winter brings us inward, into our buildings, our homes and our places, but also into ourselves.