Writing

Void, negative space, avant-garde architecture and project stories.

A perfectly circular void cut through a thick white concrete wall with sky beyond

Architecture · October 27, 2026

Negative space: the designed void

Architecture usually deals with what is full. We start with what is empty: courtyard, slit, hole and the air between.
A faceted glass office tower with sky visible through its middle floors

From the projects · October 15, 2026

Crystal Tower completed: a new void on the skyline

We took six floors out of lettable area and gave them to the sky. The story of the void in Crystal Tower and what it brought.
A building in perforated aluminium cut through its middle by a giant circular void

Architecture · October 3, 2026

The void is a material: the VOID manifesto

Like concrete, glass and steel, the void is a material. Five principles from fourteen years of VOID practice.