Redrawing the
northern skyline
SKARV opened its doors in 2009 with a patient, unhurried way of working. Since then the studio has drawn homes, workplaces and civic buildings across the harbor, pairing careful craft with the everyday needs of the people who use them.
Design that carries every detail
The studio works across the whole life of a building, from the first massing sketch to the last reveal on site. Each of these services is a different way into the same idea: places that are honest, useful and made to last.
A practice shaping the northern skyline since the studio opened its doors back in 2009.
The share of our clients who return to the studio for their next building.
Architects, planners and makers working side by side under one roof.
Places worth walking through
Every project here began as a rough site and a long conversation, and grew into a building shaped around honest material, considered light and enduring form.
The people behind the practice
The studio is a close group of architects, planners and makers who would rather get one building genuinely right than rush on to the next.
Consultants and makers we build alongside
Notes from the studio
Short reads on material, light and the quiet decisions that shape a building long before it is ever drawn.
Let's talk through
the details
Reach out and we will begin shaping the brief, the site and the budget together, at your pace.
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