Wabi-sabi architecture and recycled timber design for homes, hotels, homestays, and restaurants worldwide.
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A warm, earth-toned wabi-sabi family home built around light, shadow, and an open-air heart. Soft arched plaster openings, a handmade breeze-block screen veiled in climbing greenery, and a planted internal courtyard draw the garden deep into the living spaces. Inside, hand-troweled microcement walls, a travertine-and-timber kitchen, rattan-fronted cabinetry, and a live-edge timber headboard floating above a low platform bed compose a calm, tactile, biophilic interior. Every surface is natural, every room breathes — a complete residential design where Mediterranean warmth meets Japanese stillness.
A curated collection of recycled timber architecture — reclaimed wood facades, bamboo slat screens, intimate timber pavilions. Each study explores how salvaged wood ages, holds shadow, and connects to its forest context.
Narrow two-storey urban residence — white rendered gable meets timber ground-floor screen. Land: 120m² · Built-up: 90m² · 2 bedrooms.
A multi-storey tropical commercial building — alang-alang thatched roof, bamboo screens, living green facades. Balinese vernacular meets contemporary retail programming.
Charred timber cladding, full-height glass facades, cantilevered canopy. Opens entirely to garden terrace at dusk.
White rendered volumes against timber vertical lath screens. Land: ±8,000 sqft · Built-up: ±2,100 sqft · 4 bedrooms.
Natural stone cladding, hip roof, reclaimed timber pergola. Multi-car collector's pavilion framed by cobblestone forecourt.
Single-storey — deep timber gable roof, white rendered walls, exposed beam ceiling, open-plan living to private pool courtyard. Land: 21,600 sqft · 4 bedrooms.
Three-level residence carved into hillside — board-formed concrete, floating timber and glass upper volume, sunken zen gravel courtyard.
A generous biophilic residence around its pool courtyard. Concrete volumes, full-height glazing, timber accents — live-edge dining table, marble kitchen island, rooftop planting.
A pared-back wabi-sabi sanctuary for guests who come to be still. Hand-troweled lime-plaster walls in soft earth tones meet rough-hewn timber beams, polished concrete floors, and a sculptural stone pendant that glows like a moon at dusk. Low reclaimed-timber platform beds dressed in raw linen, sheer curtains breathing with the air, dried botanicals, jute rugs, and a hand-thrown tea table compose rooms where nothing is excess and everything is felt. Designed for boutique hotels, wellness retreats, and luxury homestays seeking a quiet, soulful guest experience — tactile, grounding, and timeless, where Japanese wabi-sabi meets the warmth of raw, natural materials.
A tropical wabi-sabi resort villa where the room dissolves into the garden. A double-height atrium framed by a handmade breeze-block screen pours warm afternoon light across vertical timber-slat walls, platform beds dressed in raw linen, and woven rattan lanterns. A monolithic carved-stone basin and rainfall shower open to a lush fern-and-palm garden, blurring the line between bathing and jungle. Designed for boutique hotels, resorts, and luxury homestays seeking a signature guest experience — biophilic, sun-warmed, and deeply restful, where Balinese tropical living meets Japanese stillness.
A wabi-sabi homestay suite — linen canopy four-poster bed, raw plaster walls, woven nest pendant, terracotta pottery, carved timber wardrobe.
A soulful wabi-sabi homestay where every surface tells of the hand that made it. Hand-troweled clay-plaster walls, a reclaimed-timber beamed ceiling, and polished concrete floors wrap a double-height living hall crowned by a mezzanine loft and a sculptural open staircase. A long raw-edge timber table set for tea — cast-iron kettle, stoneware cups, a bonsai on stone — anchors the heart of the home, while woven rattan pendants pool warm light over linen-dressed platform beds and a hand-knotted Berber wall hanging. Designed as an intimate retreat for boutique homestays and Airbnb hosts who want guests to slow down — earthen, tactile, and quietly timeless, where Japanese wabi-sabi meets rustic earth-building craft.
A wabi-sabi homestay pavilion raised on stilts above a still forest pond — charred recycled-timber cladding, a gabled bamboo-grove setting, and a sheltered deck that dissolves the line between room and water. Inside, a linen-draped canopy bed floats on a woven jute rug beneath a handwoven rattan pendant; raw plaster, terracotta vessels, and live-edge timber carry the calm outdoors in. Designed as an off-grid biophilic escape for boutique homestays and Airbnb hosts — a single serene suite (6.9 × 7.8 m) where guests wake to birdsong, mist, and the quiet of moving water.
A hilltop open-air dining pavilion from reclaimed timber — exposed beam roof, thatched alang-alang fringe, aged brick walls, woven rattan lights. Panoramic mountain views.
A complete backyard transformation — reclaimed timber cabin within lush moss garden, covered timber walkway, and a secluded zen courtyard. Every material natural, every space intentional.
A complete residential interior where every key furniture piece is crafted from reclaimed timber — live-edge coffee tables, raw slab dining tables, chunky timber bed frames, and a handcrafted bathroom vanity.
Three interpretations of the kitchen island reimagined as sculpture — live-edge slab on raw tree trunk base, monolithic carved-wood island, and chunky beam-slab island against raw stone walls.
A full residential interior where arched plaster walls, circular ceiling coves, and warm indirect lighting create an atmosphere of timeless calm. Reclaimed timber shelving, live-edge dining table, rattan cane chairs, sculpted timber coffee tables, and an arched timber cabinet display the breadth of natural material design. Raw plaster, olive trees, dried botanicals, and stone surfaces complete a home that is deeply still — and deeply alive.