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Notes on light, material and the slow craft of making rooms, from the Decoriq studios in Dubai and the Bay Area.
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Design
Why we design the evening light first
Elias Varenne

Materials
Travertine, honed or tumbled: a quiet guide
Noor Al-Mansoori

Projects
Inside the Marina Penthouse
Amara Okonkwo

Process
What a first consultation really covers
Julian Reyes

Design
The case for a darker dining room
Elias Varenne

Materials
Walnut that ages well: grain, finish, care
Theo Lindqvist

Process
Fourteen months, one house: a build diary
Julian Reyes

Projects
A Palo Alto kitchen built around one stone
Amara Okonkwo

Design
Curtains are architecture
Noor Al-Mansoori
Light
and
Stone
and
Timber
and
Joinery
and
Colour
and
Textiles
and
Craft
and
Calm
and
A room is finished not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Elias Varenne, founder
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