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Established in 2002, Lab Architects has been creating rarefied residential projects for over twenty years. Lab has a current portfolio of bespoke projects, including private London houses, countryside and coastal retreats, and a fleet of boat projects. Founding directors Alistair Langhorne and Claire Bunten are personally involved in every project, overseeing their enthusiastic and creative team with whom they work collaboratively from their inspiring studio location.

To design someone’s home is a journey and a privilege; to have the chance to do so again with the knowledge and trust that has developed is one of the real joys of the job. The current project list reflects this with repeat projects for clients, who in many cases have become friends, including private houses in Portugal and the Bahamas, as well as exciting new villa projects on Morocco’s surf-chic west coast.

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