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Architecture Studio — Est. 2009

Interior Shaped By Vision

We design luxury residences and boutique hotels that endure. Meridian Studio brings together material mastery, spatial intelligence, and quiet precision — for those who demand the exceptional.

from $500K residential & hospitality
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Where Form Meets Permanence

Meridian Studio is a boutique architecture practice dedicated to the art of crafting spaces that transcend the ordinary. Founded in 2009, we have spent fifteen years refining a singular discipline — designing luxury residences and boutique hotels that respond deeply to landscape, culture, and the lives unfolding within them.

Our approach is rooted in rigorous material exploration, long-term client relationships, and an uncompromising commitment to detail. Every project begins with listening — to the land, to the client, to the brief beneath the brief. What emerges is architecture that feels inevitable rather than imposed.

From cliffside retreats in coastal California to intimate city hotels in Lisbon and Tokyo, our work has been published internationally and recognised with awards from the American Institute of Architects, the World Architecture Festival, and the RIBA International Prize. We take on fewer than eight major commissions per year.

Our Disciplines

Architecture Across Every Scale

01 — Residential

Luxury Private Residences

From primary estates to mountain retreats, we design homes that honour their site and serve the singular lives of those who inhabit them. Full architectural services from concept through construction.

02 — Hospitality

Boutique Hotel Design

Intimately scaled hotels with lasting character. We balance operational rigour with experiential warmth — crafting properties that become destinations in their own right, earning loyalty through spatial intelligence.

03 — Interiors

Interior Architecture

Material selection, custom millwork, lighting strategy, and spatial sequencing — our interior architecture practice works in close partnership with the structural design to deliver total coherence throughout.

04 — Landscape

Site & Landscape Integration

Architecture is inseparable from its ground. We collaborate with landscape architects and ecological consultants to ensure our buildings engage the land with the same intention brought to every interior space.

05 — Restoration

Heritage Adaptation

Sensitive transformation of historic structures — converting period farmhouses, industrial warehouses, and listed buildings into contemporary residences without erasure of what made them remarkable to begin with.

06 — Consulting

Development Advisory

Pre-acquisition site review, feasibility assessment, and design strategy for developers and private clients entering complex or sensitive locations. We help clarify vision before the first stake is driven.

Selected Work

Recent Commissions

Cliffside Residence, Big Sur

The Bluff House

Private Residence — Big Sur, California, 2023

Villa Sottovoce, Tuscany

Villa Sottovoce

Boutique Hotel — Tuscany, 2022

The Mineral Hotel, Lisbon

The Mineral

Boutique Hotel — Lisbon, 2023

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Client Words

Confidence From Those Who Know

Meridian transformed a difficult cliff site into a home that feels completely inevitable — as if the land itself designed it. The process was rigorous, unhurried, and utterly collaborative. The result exceeds anything we imagined possible.

Helena Voss
Private Client, Big Sur Residence

Our boutique hotel in Lisbon has become one of the most talked-about properties in the city. Meridian understood the brief at a level beyond specification — they understood what we were trying to feel, not just build. Bookings speak for themselves.

Marco Cavalcanti
Founder, The Mineral Hotel Group

Working with Meridian on our Tuscan restoration was a genuine privilege. Their sensitivity to the existing fabric — the centuries of history embedded in those walls — while delivering a fully contemporary experience inside was nothing short of extraordinary.

Isabelle & Thomas Reinhardt
Owners, Villa Sottovoce
How We Work

Four Chapters, One Vision

1

Discovery

We begin with an extended listening phase — site visits, client conversations, and contextual research. No sketch is drawn until we understand what the project is truly asking for.

2

Concept

A singular spatial concept is developed and pressure-tested against the brief, the site, and your life. We present one direction with complete conviction rather than three diluted options.

3

Development

Technical coordination, material selection, consultant integration, and planning approvals — managed with precision across every discipline. We serve as the single point of design authority throughout.

4

Delivery

On-site architectural oversight through to final handover. We do not disappear after documentation — we remain present until the building performs exactly as intended in every detail.

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Recognition

Awarded Internationally

2023
RIBA International Prize
Shortlisted — The Bluff House
2023
World Architecture Festival
Winner — Hotel & Short Stay
2022
AIA Honor Award
Architecture — Villa Sottovoce
2022
Dezeen Award
Residential Building of the Year
2021
Architectural Record
Record Houses — Editor's Choice
2020
Frame Award
Best Hospitality Interior
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Every Exceptional Building Starts With a Single Conversation

We accept a limited number of new commissions each year. If you have a site, a vision, or simply a question — we would be glad to speak. Tell us about your project and we will be in touch within 48 hours.

Projects typically begin at $500,000. We work across residential and boutique hospitality typologies worldwide.

Email studio@meridianarchitecture.com
Phone +1 (415) 940 2280
Studio San Francisco, CA — with offices in London & Lisbon

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