Journal
Occasional essays on plan, material and craft — written by the people making the drawings.
Essay — 12 August 2026
For fifty years Indian plans pushed the courtyard out to make room for corridors. We argue it was the corridor that should have gone.
A longer read on why the corridor, not the courtyard, was the element worth removing from the modern Indian plan — with three examples from our own work.
Studio Note — 28 July 2026
Four hundred samples, one rule: if we cannot explain how a surface will look after five years of use, it does not enter a drawing.
Craft — 9 June 2026
A room needs four kinds of light and almost never needs a ceiling grid. A short guide to how we build a lighting plan.
Process — 21 May 2026
The most valuable drawing in a renovation set is the retention plan — everything we have decided not to touch.
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