Clara Pierantozzi
Founder, Architect
Clara Pierantozzi is an Italian architect, trained at the Architectural Association in London, and licensed in the United States (AIA, NCARB) and the United Kingdom (ARB)
Her early career was at David Chipperfield Architects in London, where she contributed to the Royal Academy of Arts renovation, the Pace Gallery within the Royal Academy, the Keeper’s House, and the Café Royal. She also worked at Foster + Partners, contributing to east Asia projects while based in London.
She moved to the United States in 2014 and spent spent twelve years in high-end residential architecture across the Hamptons, Manhattan, Malibu, and Fairfield County. Most substantially, she served as a project architect for the architectural execution of a Liaigre-designed Manhattan penthouse over three years.
Marche was founded in 2024 to bring that combined experience – European discipline, gallery rigor, and American residential practice – to families building and renovating in Fairfield County.
PHILOSOPHY
The studio's work draws on European architectural discipline applied to American residential practice. Plaster, stone, wood, considered light. New construction at modest scale and generous proportion; renovations that work with the bones of the original house rather than against them.
Particular care is given to homes built around collections – art, books, objects, the visible record of a life. Drawing on Clara's earlier work in gallery and museum architecture, many Marche renovations are designed first around the question of where and how a collection will live.