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Essays, notes and process.

Occasional writing on architecture, interiors and the way Lagos is quietly reshaping how we live.

The Five Stages of Building a Home, Explained Simply (and Why Skipping One Causes Problems Later)

From coordinated drawings to the defects liability period, we walk through the five real stages of a build and why doing them out of order is where projects go wrong.

Can a Vertical Forest Survive the Tropics? What We Learned Designing a Planted Tower in Lagos

Bosco Verticale proved a tower could carry a forest. We explain what changes when you build a planted high rise for Lagos heat instead of a Milan winter.

How We Designed a Private, Quiet Home in the Middle of a Busy Lagos Street

A home on a busy Lagos street that still feels like a retreat. Here is how minimalist design and a unified material palette make that possible.

What FF&E Sourcing Actually Means, and Why We Fly to Three Continents to Do It

FF&E is one of the most misunderstood parts of a build. Here is what it actually involves, and why sourcing it in person changes the outcome.

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