Atelier Norte · architects · Lisbon · est. 2014
Quiet architecture for considered clients.
We design houses, ateliers and small public buildings rooted in the material culture of the Iberian peninsula. Two principals, no associates, twelve years.
47
Projects delivered
12
Years in practice
8
International awards
94%
Planning approval rate
01
Material honesty
Limestone, lime plaster, cork, oak. What the region gives, and nothing pretending to be something else. We specify the quarry, not the supplier.
02
Slow process
A house averages 26 months from first sketch to handed keys. We don't take on more than the two of us can draw, by hand, on Saturday morning.
03
Climate first
Passive thermal mass before mechanical systems. Apertures sized to the latitude. A roof you can sleep under in August without a switch flipped.
Selected work
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“They asked us harder questions than our therapist. Two years later the house is, somehow, the answer to all of them.”
Inês Sá Marques
Client · Casa Alcântara
Three ways in.
Conversation
€0 one studio visit
- ✓ Site walk-through, in person or remote
- ✓ Frank opinion on budget and feasibility
- ✓ Three other studios we'd trust with the project
Concept
€18k 8–10 weeks
- ✓ Three distinct schematic designs
- ✓ Phased construction budget
- ✓ Planning pre-application meeting
- ✓ Material palette + sourcing notes
Full commission
9–12% of construction cost
- ✓ Planning + building control
- ✓ Tender + contract administration
- ✓ Weekly site visits
- ✓ Furniture and fittings, if you want
Bring us a problem worth 26 months.
We open the books for one new full commission each quarter. The next opening is October 2026.