Urban Residence
ResidentialA stacked concrete home threading privacy and daylight through a tight city lot.
New York · 2024
Architecture · Urbanism · Interiors
Architecture thatdefines space,light, and purpose
MERIDIAN is a design practice shaping environments where structure meets stillness. We compose buildings that respond to their context, frame the light, and elevate the way people move, gather, and dwell.
Meridian House / Concrete & Glass / 2024
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In motion
Light moving through concrete. Architecture experienced, not just seen.
Selected Works
Buildings that carry their ideas quietly.
A curated selection spanning residential, commercial, and public architecture, each shaped by its place and made to endure.
06 / projects
Cultural Center
PublicA cantilevered civic roof shelters a glazed foyer above a reflecting pool.
Berlin · 2023
Private Villa
ResidentialHorizontal planes float over glass, framing the landscape in deep shadow.
Los Angeles · 2024
Office Complex
CommercialA rhythm of concrete fins tempers light across a workplace built for focus.
Tokyo · 2023
Art Gallery
CulturalA single roof slot rakes daylight down blank walls made for looking.
London · 2022
Waterfront Pavilion
PublicA slender canopy meets still water, mirrored and quiet at the city's edge.
Copenhagen · 2023
Philosophy
We build quiet buildings that hold the noise of life.
Our work resists trend in favour of permanence. We are drawn to restraint, to the single considered gesture over the many decorative ones, because we believe architecture should still feel right decades after it is finished.
01
Context first
Every site carries a history, a climate, and a rhythm. We begin by listening, reading the light, the approach, and the community before a single line is drawn.
02
Material honesty
Concrete that shows its formwork, steel left to weather, timber that ages with grace. We let materials speak plainly rather than disguise them.
03
Light as structure
Daylight is our most important building material. We shape apertures and voids so that the sun becomes an occupant, moving through space across the day.
“Space is the breath of art.”
A principle we design by
Expertise
One studio, four disciplines, a single standard.
Our practice spans the scales of the city and the doorknob. Whatever the commission, the rigour and creative insight we bring remain the same.
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Architectural Design
Comprehensive design from concept through construction documentation, with obsessive attention to proportion, detail, and the relationships between spaces.
ConceptDetailingDocumentation
02
Urban Planning
Strategic development of neighbourhoods and public realm that balances community, density, and sustainability across generations of growth.
MasterplanningPublic realmFeasibility
03
Interior Architecture
Interiors that extend the architecture inward: cohesive, material-led environments where every threshold, joint, and fitting is considered.
Space planningMaterialsJoinery
04
Project Management
End-to-end oversight and cost control ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to the exacting standards the design demands.
ProgrammeBudgetSite
How we work
A deliberate process, from first sketch to final key.
Great buildings are not accidents. Our four-stage method keeps intent, budget, and craft in balance across the life of a project.
01
Discovery & brief
We immerse ourselves in your ambitions, the site, and its constraints, establishing a clear brief and the questions worth answering.
02
Concept & form
Through sketches, models, and daylight studies we test ideas until a single, resolved architectural concept emerges.
03
Design development
Materials, details, and systems are refined and coordinated with engineers into precise, buildable documentation.
04
Delivery & craft
We remain on site through construction, protecting the design intent so the finished building honours every early decision.
Team
A collaborative practice built on shared conviction.
Diverse expertise, one commitment to design excellence. Architects, planners, and makers who care about the details you will never see.
Sarah Mitchell
Principal Architect
AIA, LEED AP
David Chen
Senior Architect
AIA, RIBA
Elena Rodriguez
Design Director
AIA
Marcus Johnson
Project Manager
PMP, LEED AP