EMPortrait at launch
Elena Marchetti
Founding Principal, Architecture
Elena founded Atelier House after a decade designing residences on two continents. She still sketches the first plan of every house herself.
About the studio
Designed with Intention
A small practice by choice. We take on only the work we can give our full attention to.
Our story
Every Home Begins With Listening
We draw by hand before we draw by computer. We build physical models of every project. We visit quarries, mills and workshops ourselves, because materials are chosen with the hands as much as the eyes.
The result is a home that feels inevitable, as if it could only ever have been built in that place, for those people.
How we work
From First Sketch to Move-In
Five phases, each with clear deliverables. Select one to see what happens and what you'll decide.
Design note: answering "what am I signing up for?"Most clients have never hired an architect. Laying out the standard phases, with time and involvement for each, sets expectations before the first meeting and makes the fee conversation easier.
The principals
The People Behind the Work
JOPortrait at launch
Julian Okafor
Principal, Interiors
Julian leads interiors and the studio's furniture practice, working with a small circle of makers on pieces designed for a single room.
Rooted in place
Every design starts with the site: the light, the land and the way the seasons move across it.
Built to last
Honest materials and careful detailing that look better with every year of use.
Deeply personal
No house style. Each home is shaped around the people who will live in it.
Design note: portraits, not stock facesPrincipals are shown as monograms until the real team is photographed. A stock face labeled with a fictional name would misrepresent a real person.