Contemporary new build in Mayfair

October 2015

We are thrilled to have been appointed to design a new mixed-use contemporary art gallery and residential building in the heart of Mayfair, London.

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Apr 11

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I found Tangerines in Tangiers! So lovely to spend a few days exploring this ancient trading port, a gateway between Africa and Europe and staying in the serenity of @villamabrouka formerly the home of Yves Saint Laurent with its magical gardens teeming with tropical birds colourful flowers and butterflies - all of us soaking up the Spring sunshine. ...

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Mar 28

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Details of projects with an Easter theme - an assortment of chickens...and eggs...which came first? ...

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Mar 22

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Springtime at last - when shafts of sunshine animate the colours and textures of our surroundings. Scroll through for some details from a range of our projects showing the importance we place on bringing surfaces to life with light and tactile materials in our design work.

1+2. Dappled sunlight on boardmarked concrete, stone walls and Provencale calades pebbled paving 3. Woven leather window seat at our recently completed Mayfair apartments 4. Outdoor furniture cast in jesmonite with a shagreen texture 5+6. Hong Kong wine cellar ceiling hung with raw bark from cork trees and undulating leather panels 7. Fur and end-grain timber 8. Charred barrel staves shipped to Seoul from a cooperage in Scotland for Royal Salute whisky 9. Bespoke staircase with handrail whipped in soft chestnut leather ...

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Mar 14

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Delighted our mixed-use gallery and apartment building has been shortlisted in Development of the Year at the Property Week Resi Awards. This contemporary building is a bold yet sensitive addition to old Mayfair on a prime site in the heart of The Grosvenor Estate, click the link in our bio to learn more about this project. ...

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Mar 8

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Thrilled to finally meet my long-time hero today, @esdevlin a truly inspirational figure and trailblazer for women in design everywhere. Lucky to chat with Es after the talk while she signed copies of her new monograph and connect with her over concepts I’m exploring in my PhD of suspending belief and making magic through our creative practices - also to discuss the legacy of the late and very great Mark Fisher (my former tutor at AA architectural school) with whom she worked including the sets for U2 Innocence + Experience tour and the Olympics closing ceremony London 2012. #internationalwomensday #womenindesign #entertainmentarchitecture ...

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Mar 7

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"I have always imagined that paradise will be some kind of a library” said Jorges Luis Borges, and I think I agree with him. I love to forage in second-hand book shops, or better still curl up with a good book in my own study – it’s more important to me than the kitchen.

Libraries seem to be making a comeback, in recent years more and more clients are requesting a book room, a study or a library and we have been lucky enough not only to design them but intelligently curate what goes on the shelves, mixing pictures and objects with books. Scroll through for a selection - everything from children’s bookshelves, where imaginary worlds come alive, to the Zoom Room in our Mayfair apartment building, to fumed oak walled libraries in a heritage home.

#worldbookday ...

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