Architecture practice · Edinburgh

Nobody lives in a floor plan.
You live in the light.

Before we draw a single wall, we stand on your site at dawn, at noon and at dusk. Where the light falls decides where you’ll eat, read and sleep.

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The idea

We draw the day
before the walls.

Most homes are drawn from above, as a map of rooms and square metres. That’s how you buy a house. It’s not how you wake up in one. So we start with a day on your plot.

07:40BreakfastThe kitchen faces the morning, so the first coffee is in the sun.
13:00A quiet hourThe study gets soft north light. No glare on the screen.
19:20DinnerThe table sits where the evening comes in low across the floor.
Light study

See the room
at any hour.

Every project gets its own light study. Pick a room, drag the sun across the day, and see what it looks like at seven in March or nine in June.

Light study · your kitchen

Your kitchen,
7:40 in March.

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How we work

Three visits
before one line.

i

Dawn, noon, dusk

We stand on your site at all three, with a notebook and a compass.

ii

The light first

Where it falls decides the rooms. The walls come after.

iii

Then the walls

Drawn in section, so you see the room you’ll stand in, not a map of it.

Ask about your site

A few homes
each year.

New homes and big renovations in Edinburgh and the Lothians. Tell us where the plot is, and we’ll tell you if we have room this year.

Where

A sloping plot above Portobello

What

A family home, about four bedrooms

When

Building next spring, ideally

Send to Orvane

We reply within two working days, from the person who’ll draw it.