Tambour began in 2011 as two people and a drawing table in a Lisbon attic. The idea was simple: a room should be planned around the people who live in it, not around a style. Fifteen years on we are a small team of six, and we still start every project by listening.
StudioSince 2011
- Projects completed
- 140+
- Design awards
- 9
- Years in practice
- 15
- Clients who return
- 62%
Recognition
Fifteen years of work, noticed.
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2024 Interior Design PrizeShortlisted in the small homes category for its use of lime plaster and a single source of daylight. Lune Apartment
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2024 Hospitality Design AwardsWinner in hotel rooms under twenty keys, noted for its quiet, sleep-first approach to a busy city hotel. Nocturne Suite
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2023 Nordic Timber ReviewFeatured as one of the year's best uses of untreated pine in a family home. Birchmoor House
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2023 Club Interiors AnnualHonoured for a members' lounge lit entirely by lamps after sunset. Amber Room
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2025 City Homes AwardsWinner in residential renovation for a dark, calm flat built around one long wall of joinery. Ashgrove Flat
The team
Designers, makers and good listeners.
Rua das Janelas Verdes 38, Lisbon.
Visit us at the studio in Lapa. We are a small team with very different backgrounds, from architecture and joinery to textiles and set design, and every project gets at least three of us.
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Ansel DanburyFounder and creative director
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Petra LindwallSenior interior designer
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Jonah MaraisProject manager
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Maud EkwuemeFurniture and objects
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Ines VarholLighting designer
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Sasha QuillonStudio and communications
Trusted by
- Casa Orla
- NORDLYS
- Hotel Ribeira
- atelier mū
- Fold & Co.
- SALT HOUSE
- Linho
