Albedo, architecture and interiors in Lugano
The studio
Albedo is the share of light a surface gives back. We design houses, interiors and places to stay around it: stone that holds the warmth of the afternoon, timber that softens the noon, rooms that return what the day gives them.
Elio Ravasi founded the studio in Lugano in 2009. Today we are fourteen architects and interior designers, and one model maker, in a former printing works above the lake.
We take on a handful of projects a year in Ticino, northern Italy and the Alps, and see each one through ourselves, from the first site visit to the last chair.
Light is a material
Practice
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Architecture
New houses, extensions and small public buildings, from the first site visit to the last inspection.
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Interiors
Rooms planned with the building, not after it: joinery, lighting, stone and fabric drawn by the same hands.
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Restoration
Stone houses, townhouses and farm buildings brought back into use, keeping what the centuries got right.
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Furniture
Tables, lights and fitted pieces, made with workshops in Ticino and the Brianza for each house.
Selected
work
All projects (06)
