Interior Architecture · Lisbon & Bombay

We design
around the light.

Atria is a studio that treats daylight as the first material and the last. Move the sun below and watch a room we made change its mind about itself.

180+Homes shaped
19Years in practice
7Design awards
A living room through the day
Golden hour · 17:10
Scrub the day →Golden hour
DawnMiddayGoldenDuskNight
Warm rake across the oak floor — the hour we photograph every room.
Light through linen
Our first principle

A room is not its walls.
It is the light the walls agree to let in.

We begin every project with a sun study, not a mood board. Where does the morning land? Which wall goes cold at four? A sofa placed for the light needs no styling — it was already in the right place.

Then, and only then, the materials: chosen for how they hold that light at every hour, from the first grey of dawn to the last warm lamp.

Atria StudioEst. MMVII · Lisbon & Bombay
Chosen for the light

The material library

Six materials we return to, again and again. Touch one.

Smoked Oak
Wide-plank · brushed matte
Timber · Floor & joinery

Smoked Oak

Fumed to a warm graphite, it drinks the midday glare and hands back a soft grain by lamplight. Our default floor when a room faces south.

Selected work

Homes that keep their promises.

2025Casa Onda
Full home · 240 m²

Casa Onda

Estoril, Portugal
2025The Verdigris Flat
Apartment · Renovation

The Verdigris Flat

Bandra, Bombay
2024Terracotta House
Living & dining

Terracotta House

Alentejo, Portugal
2024Emerald Table
Dining room

The Emerald Table

Colaba, Bombay
From the first line

The drawing, and the room it became

Drag the handle. Every room begins as a line in our hands.

Finished room The room
Concept sketch
The drawing
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Casa Onda · living room · concept to completion
How we work

Four rooms of the process.

Nº 01Weeks 1–2

Light & brief

A sun study, a long conversation, and a walk through the empty space at three different hours.

Nº 02Weeks 3–6

The drawing

Plans, sections and a single hand-rendered view per room — the promise we then keep.

Nº 03Weeks 6–9

Materials

A physical palette box arrives at your door. You live with it for a week before we cut anything.

Nº 04Months 3–8

The build

We site-supervise weekly and hand you the keys with the last cushion already fluffed.

The studio
The studio

A small studio, on purpose — eleven hands, one drawing board at a time.

180+Homes shaped
19Years
11Designers
2Cities
Take the first step

Let's find your light.

A first consultation is a conversation and a sun study — no obligation, no mood boards until you ask.