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Maren Holt Studio  ·  Selected Works 2017—2026

Rooms that
remember how
to be lived in.

72completed
14countries
9in progress

A practice rooted in restraint, patina, and the quiet intelligence of a room. Each project begins with the building's longer memory — its grain, its light, the way doors prefer to open — and ends in something that looks as if no one designed it at all.

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N° 01 Residential Casa del Olivar — front view of the restored 17th-century farmhouse

Casa del Olivar

Mallorca · 2024

A 17th-century farmhouse rebuilt around a single olive tree the family refused to fell. Lime-washed plaster, reclaimed elm, and a kitchen that opens directly onto the orchard.
N° 02 Hospitality A boutique hotel suite with a four-poster bed and warm wood paneling

Hotel Vermeer, Suite 7

Antwerp · 2023

Twelve rooms above a former tobacco merchant. We kept the cast-iron columns, added a brass-and-walnut vanity, and lined the corridors in dyed silk.
N° 03 Residential A reading nook with a velvet armchair, a brass floor lamp, and a stack of art books

Apartment 4F

Lisbon · 2022
N° 04 Commercial A minimalist studio office with a long oak table and a single pendant lamp

Edda & Roe Atelier

Copenhagen · 2024
N° 05 Heritage A restored mid-century living space with terracotta tiles and walnut shelving

Maison Brioude

Auvergne · 2021
N° 06 Residential A bedroom in soft taupe linens, with hand-thrown ceramic lamps and an antique mirror

House on Rue Talma

Paris 16e · 2025

A pied-à-terre for an editor of poetry. We worked in three colours and four textures, and refused every fifth thing.
N° 07 Hospitality A restaurant interior with curved banquettes, soft pendant lighting, and a marble bar

Trattoria Querce

Florence · 2023

Forty-two seats inside a former leatherworker's shop. The original cutting tables became the bar; everything else is what was already in the room, refinished by hand.
N° 08 Residential A modern kitchen with smoked oak cabinetry and a deep stone basin sink

The Long Kitchen

Bath · 2024

Twenty-eight feet of smoked oak, a single deep basin in pietra serena, and no upper cabinets. Storage was solved beneath the floor.
N° 09 Commercial A gallery wall with framed botanical studies and a single bench

Hauer Gallery

Vienna · 2022
N° 10 Residential A bedroom with sheer curtains and warm afternoon light across a wool rug

Quiet House

Schiermonnikoog · 2021
N° 11 Heritage A preserved historic interior with original beams and a contemporary linen sofa

Mill at Vrána

South Bohemia · 2020

Project
Index

  1. Casa del OlivarResidential · Restoration2024View
  2. Hotel VermeerHospitality · 12 rooms2023View
  3. Apartment 4FResidential · Refurbishment2022View
  4. Edda & Roe AtelierCommercial · Studio2024View
  5. Maison BrioudeHeritage · Listed building2021View
  6. House on Rue TalmaResidential · Pied-à-terre2025View
  7. Trattoria QuerceHospitality · F&B2023View
  8. The Long KitchenResidential · Kitchen2024View
  9. Hauer GalleryCommercial · Exhibition2022View
  10. Quiet HouseResidential · Coastal2021View
  11. Mill at VránaHeritage · Adaptive reuse2020View
A detail of a hand-finished plaster wall meeting an oak floor
Maren walked the apartment three times before she said a word about it. The plan she gave us six weeks later was almost entirely about subtraction — and it is the most generous home we have ever lived in. — Inès & Théo Lavarenne, Paris

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We take on six private commissions a year, and a small number of hospitality and heritage projects. Enquiries open through the spring.

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