Formafatal is an architecture and interior design studio founded in Prague in 2015 by Czech architect Dagmar Štěpánová, who moved to Costa Rica in 2020. The studio works between Costa Rica, where its local office is at Playa Hermosa near Uvita, and the Czech Republic, and since 2024 has collaborated with Belgian engineer and architect Jeroen Bollen. In Costa Rica it has completed holiday villas in Uvita and Playa Hermosa de Osa, some of which Štěpánová co-owns and manages.
An approach to architecture.
The studio approaches each project individually, with emphasis on conceptual clarity, detail, sustainability and respect for context. Its work ranges from master planning and architecture to interiors and custom furniture.
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A holiday rental villa in Uvita, part of the Art Villas property, with architecture and interiors by Dagmar Štěpánová and Martina Homolková and landscape by Atelier Flera. Designed in 2017 and 2018, it was completed in January 2020.
A group of holiday rental villas in the forest above Playa Hermosa de Osa, with architecture and interiors by Dagmar Štěpánová. The project was designed from 2019 and completed in 2022.