Norrma was created from the belief that premium development should be guided by standards, not market cycles.
We approach every project as a long-term contribution to the built environment — where architecture, density, materials and execution influence value far beyond delivery.
Our Approach
Every project begins with a simple question: will it still feel relevant in fifteen years?
That question shapes location, massing, materials and the pace of execution. We prefer buildings that read quietly, age well and remain useful long after the first sale cycle is over.
- calibrated density over maximum volume
- context over formula
- materials that improve with age
- execution discipline over marketing noise
First Project
Chiville is a residential building in Brașov — Norrma’s first completed project. The site sits between two streets at different elevations, and the architects at ADNBA used the level difference as a generative device rather than a constraint. The building divides into two volumes that step with the slope, creating a sequence of semi-private terraces at intermediate heights along the shared courtyard.
Thirty-eight apartments, twenty-nine typologies. Most are duplexes or triplexes, oriented toward both the old city and the forested hillside above Brașov. Chiville received the award for best residential building in Romania at the 2021 UAR-BNA Prize — selected from a field of thirty nominees.
That project defined what we have held to since: density calibrated to what the place can carry, architecture that improves with age, and the discipline to not add more than the site requires.
Sketches and Studies
Early drawings keep the project honest. We use them to test proportion, pressure points and the relationship between the building and its context before the details harden.

Massing study, early stage

Elevation study, facade rhythm
Team
We keep the core team deliberately small. Each person below shapes direction, design intent, delivery and partner coordination across the portfolio.

Patrisia Tutelea
Head of Operations
Coordinates land strategy, capital alignment and the long horizon for each project.

Shane Labrooy
Head of Hospitality
Shapes feasibility, approvals and the transition from concept to delivery.

Nicu Petrencu
Head of Architecture
Curates the visual language, material rhythm and spatial composition of the work.

Alex Durlea
Project Manager
Keeps consultants, contractors and procurement aligned through execution.
Careers
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