studio hako

This project extends beyond individual rooms, approaching the apartment as a continuous spatial sequence shaped by light, proportion, and material restraint. Rather than introducing overt gestures, the project focuses on refining the existing structure, allowing concrete, plaster, and bespoke joinery to coexist with clarity and purpose.

Throughout the apartment, surfaces are pared back and details carefully resolved. The bathroom reveals an honest dialogue between raw structure and precise intervention, where exposed concrete is softened by restrained fixtures and finely finished planes. Elsewhere, built-in elements and cabinetry are shaped not as features, but as quiet supports for daily life measured, functional, and deliberately unobtrusive.

At studio hako, our role as builders is embedded in this approach. Construction is treated as a craft of alignment and judgement: knowing when to reveal, when to soften, and when to leave space untouched. The result is a home defined not by excess, but by calm continuity  to be lived in, and to endure.

Aesthetic Harmony: The Transformation of a Victorian Terrace House into a Modern Sanctuary.

This elegantly renovated three-storey Victorian terrace house expertly combines historic origins with modern aesthetics. Bathed in abundant natural light and featuring wood as a central element, the interior departs from traditional Victorian palettes, favouring warm, earthy hues against whitewashed walls. Antique parquet flooring from an 18th-century French church and a sophisticated wrought iron staircase contribute to the home’s distinct character. The garden, influenced by Japanese aesthetics and Kettle’s Yard, provides a serene outdoor retreat amidst the urban setting, echoing the house’s successful blend of history, modernity, and contemporary urban living.

Rachel Boston’s artisan jewellery showroom is grounded with earthy tones and textiles. Clay plaster, natural silver stone and a raw silk screen lend the space a feel of intimacy and timelessness. Interior design by Hollie Bowden was blended with studio hako’s ideals of wabi sabi.

Set design and construction for COS in collaboration with photographers Hart Lëshkina and set designer Sophie Durham. Taking reference from traditional Japanese interiors, the design integrated elements of white washed birch ply and latticed shoji rice paper screens.

Housed in a historic setting, this office space fulfils its role as both contemporary office and entertaining space. This project revolved around uncovering, restoring and enlivening the inherent features of the building, from beam restoration, complex plasterwork and Belgian iron hearth.

The AS Colour project was a build of precision. Embodying the Japanese aesthetic of Geido – discipline, white tiles descended in flawless lines and exact geometric shapes highlighted uncompromising talent of our craftsmen. Rived oak paneling, mortex floor, wide doors and windows created a sense of light and space.

The flagship showroom draws upon the tactile nature of its products in a Grade II listed building. Working with interior designer Hollie Bowden, the space features reclaimed timber floors from a French church, bespoke lighting from Vabizzuno, linen-wrapped display shelves and hand-forged bronze work for the Giacometti-inspired display shelving.

studio hako interview for the modern house journal

Fermoie showroom on Pimlico road