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In the South of France, sited on a hill of olive trees, pinus pinea, and a vineyard, a family retreat was designed with a key mission of maintaining the vitality of the site. A small agricultural plot, the site offered the possibility of amplification. With the introduction of a garden and many outdoor living spaces, the family had the intention of cultivating the landscape as part of their stewardship. In part a response to a programmatic brief, but moreover, a discursive response to architectural predicaments of geometry, typology, and anomaly, the house is also a response to Preston Scott Cohen's pedagogies on architecture.

unded in 2006, Studio 1:1 is an architecture practice operating regionally from its Hong Kong headquarters. From its roots in residential,corporate, and retail interiors, today it undertakes larger-scale civic and commercial projects that rely on a design-driven approach. Thisbook presents in-depth case studies of three of the studio’s award-winning buildings at different locations across Asia: ‘Light & Span’ in thePhilippines; Muse Edition in Hong Kong; and Entrance Pavilion in Thailand, each of which presented distinct challenges. The volume exploreshow the young firm addressed and resolved these problems to successfully produce three stunning pieces of infrastructural architecture.