Built together, in Lisbon and the Alentejo
Services
Four ways to work with us
Marta and Rui take on about six projects a year. Each one starts with a visit, a survey and a written brief, whatever its size.
01 / For one plot
New houses
A house drawn for one plot and one family
We start from the site: the slope, the sun, the old walls worth keeping. Then we draw a house in stone, lime and timber that sits low and keeps cool.
Plots from 300 m² in Lisbon district and the Alentejo.
02 / Old rooms
Restoration
Old flats and farmhouses, repaired the way they were built
We survey every wall and beam before we draw. What can stay, stays; what must go is replaced with the same trade and the same material.
Listed buildings welcome: we handle the heritage file.
03 / Rooms you live in
Interiors
Kitchens, baths and the rooms between
We plan around your days: where the light falls at breakfast, where the coats go, how many people sit at the table on Sundays.
From a single kitchen to a whole flat.
04 / Made to measure
Joinery
Cupboards, shelves and doors, drawn by us, made in oak
Two workshops near Lisbon make everything we draw. Solid oak and pine, oiled not varnished, so each piece can be sanded and mended.
Available on its own, without a building project.
How a project runs
Four steps, about a year
01
We visit
A morning on site with you: we measure, photograph and listen. Free within Lisbon district.
02
We draw
A first scheme in three weeks, then drawings and a fixed estimate you can take to any builder.
03
We build
Our trades on site, Rui there every day, and a short written note to you each Friday.
04
We look after it
A visit after one year to oil the joinery, check the lime and fix what has moved.
It starts with a visit
Shall we walk through your rooms together?
Tell us about the place, the people who live there and what is not working. We reply within three working days.