Chapter I · Practice

Est. 2007

Named after the late afternoon

Named after the late afternoon

Named after the late afternoon

We named the practice after the hour we like best, when a building shows its depth. Forty-one people in Rotterdam, Copenhagen and Lisbon.

We named the practice after the hour we like best, when a building shows its depth. Forty-one people in Rotterdam, Copenhagen and Lisbon.

Afternoon light across a drawing table

Drawing table, Westerkade studio

Rotterdam

A white sectional study model

Section model, The Long Room, 1:20

2019

We are architects, interior designers and development managers in one practice. We design houses, homes for sale, workplaces and public rooms, and since 2016 we have developed some of our own buildings. Being the client taught us what every line costs, and we still draw that way.

Chapter I · Five rules

We keep them on the wall

01

Walk the site at four

Walk the site at four

Walk the site at four

Every project starts with a visit in the late afternoon, when you can see how deep a street is and where the shadow falls.

Every project starts with a visit in the late afternoon, when you can see how deep a street is and where the shadow falls.

02

Price every line

Price every line

Price every line

A cost plan sits next to every drawing set, from the first sketch to the tender.

A cost plan sits next to every drawing set, from the first sketch to the tender.

03

Two aspects or none

Two aspects or none

Two aspects or none

No home we design or develop has windows on only one side.

No home we design or develop has windows on only one side.

04

Models before renderings

Models before renderings

Models before renderings

We decide with white study models on a table, under a lamp, before we make a single picture.

We decide with white study models on a table, under a lamp, before we make a single picture.

05

One partner, start to finish

One partner, start to finish

One partner, start to finish

The partner who walks the site is the one who hands over the keys.

The partner who walks the site is the one who hands over the keys.

Chapter I · Studios

Open Monday to Friday, 9–18

A long concrete passage with light falling from above

Rotterdam

Local time14:06

Westerkade 21, 3016 CM Rotterdam

+31 10 555 0142

A tall gallery with a glazed roof

Copenhagen

Local time14:06

Strandgade 44, 1401 København K

+45 32 55 01 42

Two ceramic vases against a sunlit stone wall

Lisbon

Local time13:06

Rua das Janelas Verdes 12, 1200-690 Lisboa

+351 21 555 0142

Chapter I · People

Forty-one of us

Portrait of a founding partner
Portrait of a partner
Portrait of an interiors lead
Portrait of an associate

Meet the people →

Chapter V · Contact

Three studios, one inbox

Start with the site

Start with the site

Tell us where it is and what you hope to build. We will walk it with you.

Write a spatial brief

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See the works

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