Sample project: Alder house, a timber and concrete home in a dry river valley.

Studio Varden / Architecture / Riverbend, NV

Studio Varden.

Shaped by place. Made for life.

Timber. Concrete. Daylight.
Architecture that leaves room for living.

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01Selected work

Quiet buildings.
Lasting presence.

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A low concrete and timber house beneath a pale sky.

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Alder house

Residential · West bank, Riverbend

Gabled concrete gallery with a recessed timber entrance.

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Fold gallery

Cultural · Old quarry, Riverbend

Timber courtyard enclosed around a single tree.

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Still courtyard

Residential · North ridge, Riverbend

Timber reading pavilion beneath a concrete canopy.

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River reading room

Cultural · East bank, Riverbend

02The practice

Less imposed.
More discovered.

We begin with what is already there: the slope of the ground, the path of the sun, the way a day unfolds. From these conditions, we make homes and shared spaces with few materials and clear intentions.

Inside the studio

03From ground to building

A considered process.

Listen & look

We walk the site and map the rhythms of your day. Before a line is drawn, we agree on what the building needs to do.

Find the idea

Plans, sections and small models test a simple proposition: where to enclose, where to open, what to leave alone.

Resolve the detail

Structure, daylight and material meet at the detail. We coordinate the work until each junction has a clear answer.

Stay through building

We remain involved on site, working with the builder to carry the original idea into the finished space.

04Recognition / sample

A few quiet acknowledgments.

2025Material & place annualAlder house / residential selectionSample

2024The small spaces reviewRiver reading room / editor’s selectionSample

Illustrative entries. These publications and distinctions are fictional.