studio flek works across architecture, objects, and spaces — from a furniture joint to a building envelope — because understanding how things are made is inseparable from understanding how they should be designed.
How we approach each project
1. Known through making
We start with people, place and the realities of daily use. Our work explores clarity, spatial relationships and how environments feel and function over time. Every project begins with listening.
2. Familiar, not obvious
We are interested in the moment just before full recognition — where something feels known without being copied. A form that rhymes with something you've seen. A detail that seems inevitable in retrospect. If you can explain immediately why you respond to a space, we have probably been too legible.
3. Built for the long run
We design for longevity in material, in planning, and in environmental response. Not buildings that photograph well at completion and age poorly. Places worth keeping.
Work
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Process
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Architecture that is grounded, crafted, and responsive to the lived experience.
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What services does Studio Flek offer?
Flek works across residential architecture, including houses, renovations, duplexes, townhouses, and small multi-residential projects. Our work is grounded in careful consideration of site, climate, and material, with an emphasis on durable, well-made buildings that support everyday life.
While both directors bring experience across commercial and mixed-use typologies, our current focus is on small-scale residential interventions, particularly thoughtful renovations and additions. We are interested in helping people stay where they already feel connected, or carefully adapt a new purchase to suit their family, lifestyle, and long-term needs.
Rather than designing houses that are simply larger or more elaborate, we focus on making spaces work better, through clear planning, considered structure, and a restrained palette of materials that age well. The aim is quality, comfort, and longevity, not excess.
Our services span all stages of a project, from early briefing and concept design through planning, documentation, consultant coordination, tendering, and construction support.
You can explore our approach in more detail on the Process page, and see the types of projects we take on in Services.
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Won’t an architect design something more expensive than I want?
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Why do I need an architect if I already have a builder?
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Can’t a draftsperson do the same thing more cheaply?
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What if I don’t like the design you come up with?
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Do architects only design fancy or big houses?
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What if I change my mind during the process?
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Won’t design take too long?
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Isn’t sustainable design more expensive?
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What’s your role once the drawings are done?
