Joinery

The wardrobe as a wall, not a box

Published
January 4, 2025
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Storage is designed as architecture. A grid of arches conceals the programme and sets the module for the rest of the apartment.

Living wall of arched millwork panels with cove lighting and a large archway

Joinery is not a box placed against a wall. It is the wall. A grid of small arched panels, lit from the perimeter, conceals storage and sets the module for openings, screens, and the full-height arch that leads the plan onward.

We design for the fabricator — grain, radius, hardware, the thickness of a door — then stay with the piece until it sits correctly in the room. Lighting is almost entirely architectural: a continuous cove, a few downlights, no decorative noise.

The language is consistent without being thematic. Fluted timber, a coffered ceiling, a chevron door. One drawing, held through installation.