StudioLowe Design is an architectural research and design studio based in Cambridge Massachusetts. A ‘studiolo,’ or ‘little studio,’ is an intimate and richly ornamented space that is designed to conjure a feeling of repose in an atmosphere that fosters contemplation. Our logo reflects the ethos of our practice: two hands emerge from an organic system, carefully embracing the warm interior of the meditative spaces they create.

StudioLowe’s projects propose elegant design solutions that address the systemic problems in our society that architecture conventionally reproduces, principally housing, environmental, and senior care insecurity. While the research is grounded in critical ethnographic and theoretical analyses, the design interventions this yields combine charismatic details and alluring materials to craft  spaces that feel intimate and timeless. StudioLowe enhances the feeling of each space by thoughtfully designing our clients’ engagement with the sensuous details that will surround them. Unlike other practices that design from the building envelope inward, StudioLowe designs are grounded in a sensibility that starts at the scale of our interactions and builds outwards, prioritizing the moments when the material qualities of a space connect with a person’s habits, to conjure the feeling of ‘home.’