The studio
We are architects of slow materials. A wall that takes a month to cast asks for a decision that will hold for a century. We make rooms that are quiet enough to hear the weather.
People
14Cities
2Built since 2009
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Field notes
01 / 05
01Concrete, Chișinău
Field note — cast in place
Selected work
Six of thirty-one — 2014 → 2024
Fifteen years, four decisions.
A short history of the studio
01 / Founded
Mette Lindqvist opens a two-desk studio in a former rope works on Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The first commission is a boathouse.
2009
02 / First chapel
Serra Chapel is completed in the Serra da Estrela: one room, one window, board-marked concrete. It wins the Nordic Light Prize the year after.
2014
03 / Lisbon office
Rui Castelo joins as partner and opens the Lisbon office on Rua da Boavista. The studio now works between two light conditions.
2019
04 / Mies nomination
Lindholm Archive is nominated for the EU Mies Award. Fourteen people, two cities, one material question.
2024
Manifesto
We build in concrete, stone and light. Not because they are fashionable, but because they are slow. We draw the sun before we draw the plan. We leave the formwork marks. We make rooms that are quiet enough to hear the weather.
M. Lindqvist / R. Castelo
Copenhagen, January 2026
In print
Selected mentions
Dezeen
“The quiet weight of Tidal House.”
2024
Wallpaper*
“Studios to watch: GRAVEN’s two-city practice draws the sun first.”
2023
The Architectural Review
“Lindholm Archive — a library that behaves like a quarry.”
2022
Domus
“Quarry Bathhouse, Estremoz: bathing in the cut.”
2022
Arkitekten
“Lys, beton, tålmodighed.”
2021