Project Perianthes - 2026
ARCHITECTURE · INTERIORS · LANDSCAPETANGIER · MARRAKECH · MOROCCO
FRUGAL ARCHITECTS
FRONT PAGE / THE ART OF LIVING

The art of living,
simply.

Spaces to admire.
And above all, to live in.

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FRUGAL ARCHITECTS
THE FRUGAL SPIRIT

Less excess.
More life.

Light worth waiting for. A material to touch. A garden that enters the home.

We imagine places whose strength lies in balance: in their proportions, their uses and the resources they draw on.

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SECTION 01 / BUILT

Places for living.

Completed projects, inhabited places. A closer look at materials, everyday uses and passing moments.

Project Perianthes - 2026
Project Perianthes - 2026
01.01
IMAGINED & BUILT / BEFORE & AFTER

The gentle hours.

At Perianthes, light sets the pace. Filtered through sheer curtains, it crosses the arches and lays a sequence of soft shadows on the floor. The eye travels from the armchair to the patio, then returns indoors: a subtle continuity emerges between spaces.

The arch is more than a silhouette. It frames an everyday scene, reveals depth and gives the place a distinctive presence. Wood, fabric and transparency form a setting whose interest lies as much in its materials as in the spaces between them.

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Project Scantia - 2026
Project Scantia - 2026
01.02
MATERIALS & INTERIORS

Light, wood and the ease of living.

Warm wood, light surfaces, the texture of woven cane: at Scantia, the living room takes its identity from a dialogue of materials. The image invites a closer look, then a step back. Detail and whole seem to belong to the same conversation.

Recessed niches give the walls depth and make room for objects. Seating and lighting extend this gentle atmosphere. Here, visual richness comes from variations in texture and a few measured contrasts, rather than an accumulation of effects.

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Project Allium - 2026
Project Allium - 2026
01.03
COLOUR & SPACE

A blue room, a distinctive threshold.

At Allium, a single colour changes the perception of space. Blue envelops the room, connects seating to walls and gives the scene a particular depth. An arched opening interrupts the composition and immediately draws the eye.

This threshold becomes the composition’s hinge. It introduces another light and perspective while preserving the room’s coherence. Between the strength of colour and the softness of the curve, the place asserts an identity that is clear at first glance.

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Project Ancolie - 2026
Project Ancolie - 2026
01.04
ARCHITECTURE IN EVERYDAY LIFE

A taste for simple things.

Flowers on a table, the blue of a sofa, light through a curtain: Ancolie reveals itself through a familiar scene. Wood brings depth to the living room, while textiles and objects give it a more intimate presence.

The image tells of an interior on an everyday scale. Each material receives light differently; reflections, shadows and colours shift the composition. These subtle nuances hold the eye and give the place its warmth.

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Project Parfumerie - 2026
Project Parfumerie - 2026
01.05
PLACES & OBJECTS

The object and its setting.

A brand is also recognised through its places. For this perfumery, Frugal Architects developed the brand’s business plan and a brief for several shops. Commercial strategy and spatial design belong to the same line of thought.

One concept, several floor areas: the layout adapts to each shop, while the rhythm of displays, materials and lighting preserves a shared identity. Detail becomes the guiding thread of a brand designed to grow.

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Project Treehouse - 2026
Project Treehouse - 2026
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CONCRETE & GARDEN

The sky as a horizon.

The sky appears above Treehouse’s patio. In the foreground, light slips across concrete; further on, planting introduces its irregular forms. A staircase links the levels and gives the scene a depth that gradually unfolds.

The architecture reveals itself in this passage between spaces. Walls frame the view, openings admit the garden and shaded areas introduce another rhythm. Concrete and greenery form two distinct presences, brought together in a single sequence.

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Project Jacaranda - 2026
Project Jacaranda - 2026
01.07
THE MEANING OF DETAIL

A window onto elsewhere.

A circle sits within the joinery, opening a view of the garden. At Jacaranda, this window becomes the centre of the scene. Wood follows its outline, while the landscape brings a depth and light beyond the plane of the wall.

The detail’s distinction lies in this double role: offering a view and giving the interior an identity. The circular frame turns greenery into a familiar presence seen from the room. A relationship forms between precise furniture and the shapes outside.

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Project Châtaigniers - 2026
Project Châtaigniers - 2026
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STONE & TRANSPARENCY

Stone, colour and transparency.

At Châtaigniers, materials offer a reading of contrasts. Exposed stone retains its relief; glass blocks play with transparency; touches of colour introduce another intensity. The eye moves between them without losing the thread of the space.

Photographs of the building process reveal these encounters with particular directness. A surface still being finished, a meeting of materials, an element of joinery: the character of the place is already visible in the details, before everything is fully in place.

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Project Rhizome - 2026
Project Rhizome - 2026
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VOLUMES & LANDSCAPE

The first lines in the landscape.

Rhizome’s volumes are first read through their relationship to the site and landscape. Openings frame views; passages create continuity between spaces. Photographs of the building process show the architecture as its lines become visible.

At this stage, materials and connections remain especially clear. The eye distinguishes thicknesses, thresholds and distances between built elements. These construction archives offer a reading of the project through composition, before the more familiar signs of everyday life.

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Project Jacaranda - 2026
THE FRUGAL EYE / JACARANDA

The landscape
as a picture.

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Project Jacaranda - 2026
SECTION 02 / IMAGINED

Other possibilities.

Studies exploring new ways of composing space.

Project CCR - 2026
Project CCR - 2026
02.01
ARCHITECTURAL EXPLORATION

A roof as a meeting place.

A roof can become a landscape. In the CCR study, a planted esplanade extends the building’s spaces, bringing together paths, seating and places to meet. Seen from above, the composition alternates mineral surfaces and islands of planting.

Curving lines organise movement and make room for different moments: passing through, pausing, meeting. The images stage a shared ground where landscape design contributes directly to the reading of the architecture.

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Project Lammi - 2026
Project Lammi - 2026
02.02
INTERIOR STUDY

Materials and interior atmospheres.

In Lammi’s visualisations, atmosphere takes shape around wood, textiles and lighting. Furniture defines domestic scenes, while surfaces and objects give the rooms depth. The interior reveals itself through nuances and details.

Light highlights some elements and leaves others in the background. This hierarchy guides the perception of volumes: a seat becomes a pause, a material catches the eye, an opening extends the view. The study explores the sensory dimension of space.

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SECTION 03 / COMING SOON

Tomorrow takes shape.

Diamond, Incipit and Oasis. Three future projects told through 3D images.

Project Diamond - 2026
Project Diamond - 2026
03.01
FUTURE PROJECT / 3D

Volumes opening onto the garden.

Through its 3D images, Diamond outlines an architecture open to the garden. Large glazed surfaces reveal living spaces and connect interiors to greenery. Volumes, shadows and transparency arrange a succession of layers.

The visualisations invite the eye to travel through this depth. In the foreground, planting accompanies the building; further on, openings reveal other spaces. The relationship between house and garden becomes the presentation’s guiding thread.

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Project Incipit - 2026
Project Incipit - 2026
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FUTURE PROJECT / 3D

An inhabited line in the landscape.

A horizontal line emerges amid the greenery. In Incipit’s visualisations, architecture is discovered through planting: volumes appear in fragments, glazing reflects its surroundings and light brings depth to the spaces.

The eye moves from the garden to sheltered areas, then indoors. This sequence of layers highlights the relationships between building and landscape. Planting accompanies the composition and gives the images their enveloping character.

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Project Oasis - 2026
Project Oasis - 2026
03.03
FUTURE PROJECT / 3D

Architecture amid greenery.

At Oasis, the visualisations bring horizontal volumes into dialogue with abundant planting. Greenery occupies the foreground, follows the façades and reveals openings. Architecture emerges through this alternation between built presence and garden depth.

Shade and transparency introduce several layers of reading. A passage offers a glimpse of another space; a façade appears behind leaves. The images explore a closeness between inside and outside, with landscape as a compositional element.

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04 / THE STUDIOFRUGAL ARCHITECTS
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PORTRAIT / THE ARCHITECT BEHIND THE PLACES

Designing places.
Making room for life.

Houda Jeoual

Founding architect · Frugal Architects

Moroccan architect and founder of Frugal Architects, Houda Jeoual develops a practice attentive to places and everyday gestures. Her eye follows what gives a space its presence: light crossing a room, a material retaining its relief, an opening welcoming the landscape.

Frugality guides this search. It calls for precise choices, careful proportions and meaningful use of resources. Architecture then takes shape around those who will inhabit it, with particular attention to everyday uses and details.

Alongside her studio work, Houda teaches architecture. This dialogue between teaching and practice sustains an ongoing reflection on how we design, build and live in spaces.

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05 / CORRESPONDENCESTUDIO CORRESPONDENCE
YOUR SPACE BEGINS WITH A CONVERSATION.

What if this were
your home?

A plot of land, an interior to transform,
a new way of living.
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