Journal

Written by the bench.

Field notes, material studies, conversations, and lectures. Reading the buildings we are working on, and the ones we wish we had.

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Drawing the Reveal

Drawing the Reveal

Field Notes — 12 April 2026. A 1:5 study from Eptapyrgio: twenty-two millimetres between brick and plaster, and why the difference matters in an upper-town winter.

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Notes on Lime

Notes on Lime

Material Studies — 2 March 2026. Three years of plasters in a Pelion barn: re-coats, settling, and patience.

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In Conversation with Ilias Vlachos

In Conversation with Ilias Vlachos

Conversations — 22 January 2026. Nine months on the walnut headboard at Suite 4, and why he refused the second piece of timber.

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Six Houses, Six Stairs

Six Houses, Six Stairs

Lectures — 15 November 2025. Eighteen minutes at the Benaki Pireos on the geometry of six stairs built since 2014.

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