Homes shaped by light & land

Homes shaped by light & land

Homes shaped by light & land

Lemni Arq is an independent architecture studio designing low-energy homes that read their site first — orientation, wind, views and ground — and build everything else around it.

Timber and black two-storey house beside a eucalyptus tree at dusk

Featured project

01 / 06

Casa Lúmen

Location

Mendoza, AR

Area

320 m²

Energy

Passive house

Completed

2025

Cantilevered oak roof

North-facing terrace

Explore the house

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Timber and black two-storey house beside a eucalyptus tree at dusk

Featured project

01 / 06

Casa Lúmen

Cantilevered oak roof

North-facing terrace

Explore the house

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(01) — The studio in numbers

Built slowly, lived in for generations.

Built slowly, lived in for generations.

Built slowly, lived in for generations.

Eighteen years of residential work across mountains, coast and city — every house measured by how it performs a decade after handover.

01 / Homes

140+

140+

Private residences delivered

02 / Energy

−72%

−72%

Average heating demand vs. code

03 / Awards

12

12

International design awards

(02) — Approach

Every line we draw starts with the ground it stands on.

Every line we draw starts with the ground it stands on.

Every line we draw starts with the ground it stands on.

We map sun paths, prevailing winds and soil before sketching a single room — so the house heats, cools and frames its views with as little machinery as possible.

Method · 01

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Site-first briefs

Site-first briefs

A two-week immersion on your land: solar studies, topography scans and a written brief that turns how you live into measurable spatial rules.

Bright living room with a grey sofa and a timber feature wall

Method · 02

Passive by default

Passive by default

Thermal mass, deep reveals and cross-ventilation do the work before any system switches on.

Angular glass and steel building against a pale sky

Material studies — lime, oak, stone

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(03) — Selected work

Recent houses

Recent houses

Recent houses

All projects

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(04) — Process

Three phases. One studio, from first sketch to keys.

Three phases. One studio, from first sketch to keys.

Three phases. One studio, from first sketch to keys.

01

Read the site

Read the site

Survey, climate data and a written brief. Four to six weeks.

02

Shape the form

Shape the form

Massing models, material samples and full 3D walkthroughs of every room.

03

Build & hand over

Build & hand over

We stay on site with your builder until the last joint is sealed.

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White two-storey house with a veranda and pool in a tropical garden
Curved white facade with horizontal balconies seen from below

Where the site becomes shelter

Where the site becomes shelter

Where the site becomes shelter

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Field notes from the studio — one letter a month on sites, materials and houses in progress.

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© 2026 Lemni Arq — All rights reserved

Field notes from the studio — one letter a month on sites, materials and houses in progress.

Submit

lemni.

© 2026 Lemni Arq — All rights reserved

Field notes from the studio — one letter a month on sites, materials and houses in progress.

Submit

lemni.

© 2026 Lemni Arq — All rights reserved

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