Based in Mallorca since 2000 we have concentrated on sustainability as an essential framework for our designs. We understand sustainability not only as a means to reduce the waste of resources and energy but also as a way to tie our designs into their context – houses designed for Mallorca and no where else, reinterpreting local materials, design strategies and relationships from an utterly modern perspective.

 

The warmth of the winter sun, and its glaring heat in summer, the cooling sea breeze across the site or the Tramuntana gales all call for designs which control the conditions of the home while accentuating the superb natural qualities of Mallorca. For these reasons, our design for a self-sufficient house in a fig orchard was recognised with the Mallorca Architecture Prize for best house, by the Balearic Chapter of Architects. It also featured on Channel 4’s Homes by the Med.

Harris Architects & Designers began in practice in the UK in the 1970s, before re-locating to Mallorca in the late 1990s. From this long-established experience including public and private housing, schools, health, leisure and historical projects, we have developed our approach to design integrating both Mallorcan and British architecture and design.

Trained at Cambridge, The Courtauld and Barcelona School of Architecture, we are professionally chartered architects with the RIBA (UK) and the Balearic Chapter of Architects in Mallorca (COAIB). Our designwork combines state of the art contemporary design with sensitive refurbishments of historical homes.