Architecture & Development Studio — Est. 2009

Buildings that belong to their light.

Vero Beach, Florida
28.02° N — 80.24° W
Coastal · Residential · Cultural

A minimal coastal pavilion house in warm white stucco and limestone, reflected in a still pool at midday

Fig. 01 — Shore House, Orchid Island. Completed 2024. “First the site, then the plan, then the light.”

2009

Founded

86+

Projects Completed

Design Awards

States Served

01 — Selected Work

An index of recent buildings.

Four projects, four different answers to the same coastal brief. Select any project — in the index or the plates below — for the full case study.

2019 — 2025

Fig. 02 — A Building, Built

Shore House, in four states.

One viewpoint, held still, while a building arrives: the empty site at dawn, the frame, the finished facade at midday, and the first inhabited evening. Scroll to build it.

State one, the site: an empty sandy coastal lot at dawn with dune grasses, an olive tree, and the building footprint traced in the sand — i.Site — dawnA flat lot, dune grass, and a line drawn in the sand — the footprint, walked at first light.

State two, structure: the same house as a bare concrete frame — columns, beams and two flat roof slabs, with an empty concrete pool basin in front — ii.Structure — frame upColumns, beams, and two flat roof slabs in raw concrete — the building as pure outline.

State three, facade: the completed house at midday in white stucco and pale limestone, glass dark and reflective, reflected in the still pool — iii.Facade — middayStucco, limestone, and glass set deep in the shade of the slabs. The pool holds its first reflection.

State four, inhabited: the same house at dusk with warm light glowing from every window and reflected in the pool — iv.Inhabited — duskFirst evening: windows lit, the house occupied — the light it was drawn around, now coming from inside.

02 — The Studio

Small studio, long attention.

EST. 2009

Inside the Meridian Form studio — a long oak table with white scale models and material samples — The model room, Vero Beach — every project is built twice: once in card and basswood, once in stone and glass.

About

We design from the site outward — never from a catalogue inward.

Meridian Form is an architecture and development studio working along Florida's Treasure Coast. We take on few projects at a time, and we stay with each one from the first site walk to the last site visit.

Our buildings share a discipline rather than a look: pale materials that take the sun well, deep shade where people actually sit, and plans drawn around the hour of light a room is used.

Material detail — rough pale limestone meeting a bronze grille and light oak

Ines Marlowe

Founding Principal

Founded the studio in 2009. Ines leads design on every commission and still draws the first plan of each project by hand.

Daniel Okafor

Principal, Development

Daniel runs the studio's development advisory work — feasibility, pro formas, and entitlements — so design decisions arrive costed, not guessed.

Sofia Reyes

Principal, Interiors

Sofia leads interiors and material research, building the studio's palette of coastal stone, bronze, and light timber project by project.

03 — Services

Four capabilities, one table.

Architecture, interiors, landscape, and development advisory under one roof — so nothing is lost between consultants.

A — D

Architecture

New buildings and careful additions, from feasibility sketches to construction documents and site administration.

Private residences & estates
Cultural & hospitality buildings
Multi-unit housing

Interiors

Rooms designed with the building, not after it — joinery, lighting, and furniture selected as one composition.

Full interior architecture
Custom joinery & furniture
Art & object placement

Landscape & Site

Courtyards, shade, water, and native planting treated as rooms of the house — the Treasure Coast climate is our first material.

Courtyard & garden design
Pools, rills & shade structures
Native coastal planting

Development Advisory

For landowners and small developers: what a site can hold, what it will cost, and what it is worth — before design begins.

Feasibility & massing studies
Cost & pro-forma modelling
Entitlement guidance

04 — Process

Four stages, no surprises.

I — IV

Walk & Listen

We begin on the site, at the hour you will use it most. Brief, budget, and constraints are written down and agreed before a line is drawn.

ii.

Model & Test

Concepts are tested in physical models and sun studies — you approve a building you have held in your hands, not a rendering.

iii.

Draw & Cost

Documents and costs develop together, priced at every stage by our development team. The budget is a design tool, not a verdict.

iv.

Build & Stay

We attend site weekly through construction and return at one year to walk the building with you — light, shade, and all.

05 — Contact

Start with the site.

Tell us where the land is and what you hope happens there. A principal — never a form letter — replies within two business days.

Studio: 2140 Meridian Lane, Suite 4
Vero Beach, FL 32960
Phone: (772) 555-0148
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Site visits by appointment

Project Inquiry

Have a site, a house,
or a half-formed idea?

Our inquiry form takes two minutes. We read every one personally and reply with next steps — or an honest note if we are not the right studio.

A principal replies within two business days.