Long Shadow Architects
Est. 2007
Chapter I · Practice
Architecture
Interiors
Development
Est. 2007
41 people
3 studios
Every building we draw has to stand for a hundred years. So we start with what it should leave behind: rooms that still work when the furniture changes, walls that weather instead of fail, a ground floor the street can use.
Plate 02 — Courtyard wall, Casa do Pátio, Lisbon
2019
Chapter I · Practice
Plate 03 — Ines Kell, founding partner
Rotterdam
Plate 04 — Stair, Casa Alta, Lisbon
2021
Plate 05 — Study model, Dijk House, 1:50
2018
Chapter I · Practice
Westerkade 21
Strandgade 44
Rua das Janelas Verdes 12
Chapter II · Works
Plate
06
House
Rotterdam, NL
2018
410 m²
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Plate
07
House and studio
Lisbon, PT
2019
520 m²
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Plate
08
Apartment building, 9 homes
Lisbon, PT
2021
1,480 m²
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Plate
09
Workplace interior
Copenhagen, DK
2022
2,300 m²
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Plate
10
Residential development, 28 homes
Rotterdam, NL
2027
3,900 m²
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Buildings completed since 2007
Chapter III · Materials
Every studio keeps full-size samples. Hover or tap a material to see it in colour, the only colour on this site, and where we have used it.
Chapter IV · Residences
Fig. — Massing, Tower A, Tower B and the garden houses
Tower A
12 floors · 16 homes
Tower B
8 floors · 6 homes
Garden houses
6 homes
Frame
Timber on a concrete podium
Chapter IV · In numbers
Years of practice
Studios
Buildings completed
People
Ines Kell, founding partner, on the first site visit
Chapter IV · Publications
Works, in print
Long Shadow: Works 2007–2019
Monograph · 312 pages · 168 plates
Houses
Twelve houses, drawn and photographed · 2022
Material Notes
A field guide to our twelve materials · 2025
Chapter V · Commission
From first walk to handover
01
Site walk
We visit at four in the afternoon and listen.
1 day
02
Feasibility
What can be built, for what, and by when.
3–4 weeks
04
Permit
We prepare and follow the application.
2–6 months
05
Build
A partner on site every week until handover.
9–24 months
Chapter V · Journal
Craft
Why we pour concrete in 300 mm lifts
The height of a pour decides how a wall will look for a hundred years. Here is how we choose it.
Development
Selling homes before the drawings are finished
What we learned about trust, price and change from pre-selling Casa Alta.
Interiors
A library of real finishes
Why every studio keeps full-size samples, and why we never choose a material from a screen.
What size of project do you take on?
How do your fees work?
Who will lead my project?
Can I change the layout of a residence at The Slipway?
How do I visit the show apartment?
Chapter V · Contact
Visit a studio or the show apartment
Studios are open Monday to Friday, nine to six. The show apartment at The Slipway opens on Thursdays and Saturdays by appointment.