Homes that hold the light.
We design warm, honest houses and interiors — shaped around how the sun moves through your day.
We are a small studio of architects and makers. We believe a home should feel like late afternoon — warm, unhurried and full of light. So we start with the sun, the land and the way you live, and build everything else around it.
Rooms that breathe.
From first sketch
to final cushion.
One studio for the whole journey — so the architecture and the interior are designed together, not bolted on afterwards.
New homes
Bespoke houses designed around their site, their light and the people living in them.
Additions
Kitchen additions, ADUs and second storeys that feel like they were always meant to be there.
Interiors
Materials, joinery, lighting and furniture — composed into calm, tactile rooms.
Restoration
Careful, modern lives for historic and mid-century homes, with permits handled for you.
Drawn by hand.
Built with care.
Four clear stages, one fixed fee proposal and the same team from the first site visit to handover.
Listen & survey
We walk the site with you, track the sun and learn how you really live — before a single line is drawn.
Concept
Hand sketches, models and a mood of materials, so you can feel the house before it exists.
Design & permits
Detailed drawings, 3D walk-throughs and the city permit application, prepared and managed by us.
Build & style
We stay on site with the builders, then return with the interior: joinery, lighting and the final cushion.
Compose your room.
Every KILN interior starts with a palette. Try ours — pick a wall, a floor and an accent.
Sun-baked Oak
Walls
Floor
Accent
“They designed our home around the evening light on the hill. Every single night, it still takes our breath away.”Anna & Rhys · Hollow Lane House Sample quote for this concept
Tell us about your place.
Two minutes now, and we'll come back within two working days with first thoughts and a time to visit.