NOVARA — Architecture & Interiors Studio
Architecture & Interiors Studio

We design spaces that feel inevitable, not decorated.

NOVARA is a small studio working across residential, hospitality and cultural spaces — where material honesty and quiet proportion do the talking.

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Studio Philosophy

Restraint is a form of generosity toward the people who live in the space.

We start every project by removing, not adding — asking what a room can do without before deciding what it needs. The result is architecture that ages quietly and interiors that don't compete with the life happening inside them.

Founded in 2013, NOVARA now works with clients across residential, hospitality and cultural commissions, always in small, hands-on teams.

Material-firstEvery surface chosen for how it ages, not just how it photographs.
Light-ledDaylight studies shape the plan before a single wall is drawn.
Human scaleProportion tested at 1:1 before it's ever approved.
Long-viewDesigned to be renovated gently, not replaced.
Selected Work

A study in restraint, across scales.

The Linden House

Residential — 2023

Kestrel Hotel Lobby

Hospitality — 2022

Ashford Study

Interiors — 2023

Quarry Edge Residence

Residential — 2021

Marrow Café Interior

Interiors — 2024

Solvang Guesthouse

Hospitality — 2020
How We Work

Four stages, one point of contact throughout.

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Discover

Site visits, daylight studies and a long conversation about how you actually live or work.

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Concept

Spatial studies and material palettes tested against your brief, not a moodboard trend.

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Detail

Every junction, fixture and finish resolved before it reaches a contractor.

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Deliver

On-site during the build, so the drawing and the room stay the same thing.

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Client Notes

Words from people we've built with.

"They removed three walls we thought we needed and the house finally made sense. Nothing about it feels designed — it just feels right."

Elena R.The Linden House

"NOVARA treated our lobby like a piece of furniture, not a backdrop. Guests stop walking when they enter it — that was the whole brief."

Marcus T.Kestrel Hotel

"Calm, precise, and never precious about their own ideas. The best collaborators we've worked with on a renovation."

Priya D.Ashford Study
Start a Project

Tell us about the space you're imagining.

We take on a limited number of commissions each year so every project gets the same amount of attention. Reach out and we'll reply within two working days.