Residential Architecture · Landscape · Interiors
Buildings that belong
to their landscape.
Meridian Atelier is a boutique studio designing considered residences — homes shaped by light, site and the quiet rituals of daily life.
ScrollNo. 01Philosophy
We design slowly, deliberately, and only a few homes a year.
Every site carries an argument — about orientation, weather, privacy and view. Our work is to listen to that argument before we draw a single line. The result is architecture that feels inevitable rather than imposed: rooms placed where the sun already wanted them, thresholds that frame the landscape instead of competing with it.
The atelier takes on six commissions each year. That limit is the practice. It allows the founding partners to lead every project personally, from first site walk to final handover.
Elena Marchetti & Tom Ishida
Founding Partners
No. 02Practice
i.
New Residences
Ground-up homes for exceptional sites — coastal, rural and urban. From feasibility through to construction observation.
ii.
Additions & Restoration
Sensitive extensions to significant houses, holding the original architecture in conversation with contemporary living.
iii.
Interior Architecture
Joinery, materiality and light — the interior resolved with the same rigour as the building envelope.
iv.
Landscape Integration
Gardens, courtyards and approaches designed with the house as a single composition, in collaboration with selected landscape architects.
No. 03Selected Work
"Architecture is the art of deciding what not to build."
No. 04Client Voices
Elena and Tom spent a full day on our land before showing us anything. The house they designed feels like it was always meant to stand there.
They protected us from our own worst ideas, gently and with evidence. Living here has changed the pace of our days.
Every builder who visits asks who the architect was. The detailing is extraordinary — nothing shouts, everything holds.
No. 05Enquiries
Begin with a conversation.
We accept a limited number of commissions each year. Tell us about your site and ambitions — we respond to every enquiry personally within three days.
- Studio14 Foundry Lane, Second Floor
- Emailstudio@meridianatelier.com
- Telephone+1 555 017 8200
- VisitsBy appointment, Tue–Fri