Selected work · 2019 to 2026 FIG. 01 / Residence · Est. 2009

Rooms that hold light, and the hours that pass through them.

Terra is an interiors studio working in oak, lime plaster, and slow daylight. We design rooms with structure underneath and warmth on the surface, built to be lived in for decades.

Plate 01 · Private residence, full interior · Paris 1er 64 interiors completed17 years in practice9 design awards
Index of finished rooms

An index of finished rooms.

Residences, ateliers, and one small hotel. Each room drawn, prototyped, and detailed in our own studio.

The way we work

Structure first, then the softness that makes a room feel finished.

01 · Survey

We measure the light

Before a single line is drawn, we sit in the space across a full day and chart where the sun lands, hour by hour. The plan follows the light, not the other way around.

02 · Material

Honest materials, aged well

Solid oak, lime plaster, brushed brass, and linen. We choose surfaces that earn their patina, so the room reads warmer in year ten than it did on the day we handed it over.

03 · Detail

Joinery you can run a hand along

Every reveal, shadow gap, and door pull is detailed to the millimetre and made by hand. The structure stays invisible, the craft stays close enough to touch.

From the studio

We design fewer rooms, and stay with each one longer.

Terra takes a handful of projects a year. We draw, prototype, and detail under one roof, then walk the site weekly until the last skirting is set. No outsourced renders, no template kitchens, no rooms we would not live in ourselves.

Read our practice notes
8
Projects per year, by choice
100%
Detailed in studio
14wk
Median design phase
26
Makers in our network
Featured in & partnered with
Cassina AD France Vola Dinesen Flos Knoll