About

The Studio.

Founded in Berlin in 2012, NAVE is an architecture and interior design studio committed to creating spaces that honor both place and purpose.

An architectural office at dusk with several staff members working at wooden tables covered in blueprints and model structures, featuring a large window view of the Berlin TV Tower against a sunset sky and industrial-style hanging pendant lights.

approach

We design from the inside out — understanding how people move, gather, and rest before the first line is drawn.

Architecture is not the making of objects. It is the making of experience.

Every project begins with listening. We study the site, the light, the materials available, and the lives that will inhabit the space. Only then do we draw.

Philosophy

"We don't build monuments. We build thresholds
the space between arrival
and belonging."

Studio NAVE, founding statement

Services

What we do.

Architecture

From concept to completion — residential, cultural, and commercial buildings designed with rigour and sensitivity.

Architecture

From concept to completion — residential, cultural, and commercial buildings designed with rigour and sensitivity.

Interior Design

Spatial narratives that unfold through material, light, and proportion. Every surface considered.

Interior Design

Spatial narratives that unfold through material, light, and proportion. Every surface considered.

Landscape

Ground-level thinking. We design the territory between buildings — courtyards, gardens, thresholds.

Landscape

Ground-level thinking. We design the territory between buildings — courtyards, gardens, thresholds.

Exhibition Design

Temporary and permanent installations that frame objects and ideas within considered spatial sequences.

Exhibition Design

Temporary and permanent installations that frame objects and ideas within considered spatial sequences.

18

Projects

21

Awards

12

Years

5

Countries

Team

The people behind the work.

Portrait of Lukas Weiß, Founding Partner at ARCHIV Studio, against a dark charcoal background

Lukas Weiß

Founding Partner

Concept & Design Direction

Portrait of Lukas Weiß, Founding Partner at ARCHIV Studio, against a dark charcoal background

Lukas Weiß

Founding Partner

Concept & Design Direction

Portrait of Maren Søndergaard, Partner at ARCHIV Studio, against a dark charcoal background

Maren Søndergaard

Partner

Technical & Landscape

Portrait of Maren Søndergaard, Partner at ARCHIV Studio, against a dark charcoal background

Maren Søndergaard

Partner

Technical & Landscape

Portrait of Erik Holm, Project Architect at ARCHIV Studio, against a dark charcoal background

Erik Holm

Project Architect

Cultural & Commercial

Portrait of Erik Holm, Project Architect at ARCHIV Studio, against a dark charcoal background

Erik Holm

Project Architect

Cultural & Commercial

Portrait of Tomoko Ishida, Senior Architect at ARCHIV Studio, against a dark charcoal background

Tomoko Ishida

Senior Architect

Residential Projects

Portrait of Tomoko Ishida, Senior Architect at ARCHIV Studio, against a dark charcoal background

Tomoko Ishida

Senior Architect

Residential Projects

Process

We design from the inside out — understanding how people move, gather, and rest before the first line is drawn.

Architecture is not the making of objects. It is the making of experience.

Services

Architecture

Interior Design

Landscape

Exhibition Design

Recognition

18

Projects

12

Years

21

Awards

5

Countries

NAVE Studio © 2026

Architecture & Interior Design

Process

We design from the inside out — understanding how people move, gather, and rest before the first line is drawn.

Architecture is not the making of objects. It is the making of experience.

Services

Architecture

Interior Design

Landscape

Exhibition Design

Recognition

18

Projects

12

Years

21

Awards

5

Countries

NAVE Studio © 2026

Architecture & Interior Design

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