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    LIMAçON DESIGN

                                 MASONRY DESIGN                        
                                    & CONSTRUCTION   

CONTEMPORARY MASONRY DESIGN

Masonry is a part of the historical building fabric of virtually every village in the world. At Limaçon Design, our practice has been influenced by the intangible heritage of different traditions, from Catalan vaulting, to Nubian construction, to early Modernist shell construction. We take the general philosophy that vernacular (local) innovation has the most embedded technical complexity and fitness for local culture and ecologies, however hundreds or even thousands of years of "technology exchange" has given contemporary architects a broad palette of tools for thoughtful, local intervention. By harnessing the intelligence of local construction, we can bring a new level of design intention to climate change resilience. 
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founding principal

Lara Davis has 25 years of experience in masonry design and construction, with work experience in fourteen countries, including the US, Iraq, India, Sri Lanka, Algeria, ​ Switzerland, Ethiopia and Singapore.
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  • Home
  • About
  • Design/ Constr.
    • Martin Puryear's "Lookout"
    • Sharanam Conference Hall
    • Sipapu Pottery
    • Garden of the Unexpected
    • Kaza Eco-Community Centre
    • Sharanam SS Dormitories
    • Sharanam DS Dormitories
    • Earth Murals Project
    • Soil Testing & Demonstrations
    • Sri Lanka Feasibility Study
    • ISKCON Temple
    • Sri Vast Domes
    • AVEI School
    • NESTown Affordable Housing
    • Freeform Timbrel Vautlt Prototype
    • SUDU
    • Vault 201
    • The Lakeside Loft
  • Preservation
  • Publ.
  • Teaching
  • News
  • Contact