The studio
Architecture made to age well
Twenty-two years of drawing, detailing and building in Rochester and beyond, a practice organised around the long life of a building rather than the short life of a style.
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Our approach
We draw slowly so buildings can be built quickly
Meastro Architecture works across housing, culture and hospitality. Each project begins with a week of looking: sun paths, sightlines, the noise of the street at seven in the morning. What follows is a set of drawings precise enough that the contractor never has to guess.
We keep the team deliberately mixed, architects beside interior designers, researchers beside model makers, so that structure, light and material are decided in the same room.
01
Site before style
Orientation, climate and street life set the rules. The aesthetic follows.
02
Detail as ethics
A well-made junction lasts longer, wastes less and reads as care.
03
Quiet longevity
We design for the building's second and third decade, not its launch photos.
Timeline
Twenty-two years of building
2004
Studio founded in Rochester with three people and one drawing board.
2011
First cultural commission; the practice grows to twenty.
2018
Sustainability unit formed; all projects modelled for embodied carbon.
2021
Jacksonville studio opens, then Richmond BC two years later.
2026
62 people across three offices, architecture, interiors and research.