Founded in 2014 by Mara Okafor and Tomás Reis. Fourteen architects and designers across two studios, sharing one long drawing table.
Buildings completed since 2014
Design awards, including two RIBA Europe
Clients who come back for a second project
One house, measured a year later.
Residential · 410 m² · 2025
Casa Pátio, Comporta
Heating demand
Against the regional average for new homes of the same size.
“We read in the kitchen until the light goes. We never did that before.”
Inês & Rui, owners
Daylight, living room
9.2 h
Direct sun on a July day. Even December gets nearly three hours.
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Four ways into a building.
From the first site walk to the front door.
The people at the long table.
We’re hiring
A project architect for our Porto studio.
What it’s like to live in one.
4.9/5
From 58 clients, asked a year after they moved in.
“They spent a whole morning on our roof watching the shadows before drawing a single line. You feel that in every room.”
“Every decision came with a reason and a drawing. We never felt rushed, and the house came in two weeks early.”
Residential · Porto“Our tiny budget was treated like a big one. The north light they found made a dark warehouse the best seat in town.”
Recognition.
Eleven awards so far, every one of them for a building people actually live or work in.
Award
Result
European Daylight Prize
Winner
Dezeen Awards, Residential
Shortlist
Prémio de Arquitectura do Norte
Winner
Building of the Year, Interiors
Finalist
Dutch Timber Award
Winner
Lisbon Triennale, Emerging Studio
Selected
Notes from site, the studio and the sketchbook.
Before you call.
Fees, timing and permits come up on nearly every first call. Here are straight answers.
Still unsure? Mara reads every enquiry herself.
Let’s walk your site together.
Send us an address and a few lines about how you live. We’ll visit, walk the light with you, and send a written first take within a week. No charge.
