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Studio
A studio system for work that deserves to be experienced.
Strata Studio AS was founded in Oslo in 2009 and opened its Lisbon atelier in 2016. Thirty-four people across two cities — architects, engineers, landscape designers and builders under one roof.
[ Philosophy ]
Architecture with consequence.
We believe buildings are the slowest form of publishing. A house, a library or a bath will outlive its authors, its clients and most of its critics — which makes every commission an argument about how the world should be.
Our argument is restraint: structures that hold their ground quietly, materials that age into beauty rather than away from it, and rooms whose light does the decorating. We would rather build one building people return to than ten they photograph once.
Consequence also means accountability. As architects and contractors we stand behind our drawings with our own crews, our own estimates and our own twelve-month aftercare. The gap between design intent and built result is where most architecture fails; closing that gap is our core competence.
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Integrated by default
Architects, engineers and builders share one table from day one. Design decisions are made with cost and constructability present in the room — not discovered after.
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Slow where it matters
We move deliberately through concept and detail, then decisively on site. Speed is spent on construction, never on thinking.
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Material honesty
Every surface answers three questions: what am I, how was I made, how will I age? Buildings that answer honestly can be repaired by ordinary means, forever.
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Public generosity
Even private commissions carry a public edge — a courtyard, a view corridor, a bench. Cities are built from these small concessions.
- Concept & Feasibility01
- Full Architectural Services02
- Interior Architecture & FF&E03
- Urban Design & Masterplanning04
- Landscape Architecture05
- Structural Engineering (in-house)06
- Preconstruction & Estimating07
- General Contracting08
- Design-Build Delivery09
- Renovation & Adaptive Reuse10
[ People ]
Led by principals, not account managers.
Ingrid Halvorsen
Founding Principal
Founded Strata in Oslo in 2009 after a decade with Snøhetta and OMA. Leads the studio’s cultural and civic work, and teaches structural poetics at the Oslo School of Architecture.
Tomás Ribeiro
Founding Principal
Opened the Lisbon atelier in 2016. Formerly of Aires Mateus, Tomás leads residential and hospitality commissions, with a particular obsession for lime, brick and Atlantic light.