`
The project involves the comprehensive redevelopment of a two-storey penthouse apartment. The original design, including ceiling heights, made little reference to the distinctive form of the building and did not fully reflect the potential of its architectural context. The existing layout featured a series of disconnected spaces and failed to take advantage of the apartment’s expansive views over London and the surrounding cityscape.
The design approach emphasizes enhancing spatial connections throughout the living areas, which are positioned along the existing glazed curtain wall façade and the external private terraces. These living spaces span both levels of the apartment and are now interconnected through a series of open volumes and visual links, replacing traditional doorways and corridors.
A set of sliding bronze screens, concealed within the walls, can be drawn across selected openings to enclose spaces as needed, providing flexibility for different activities.
The main entrance to the apartment is centrally located within the floor plan and opens into a generous entrance lobby that draws focus toward the views beyond. This lobby connects to the main double-height living space and a bespoke, gracefully curved staircase made of steel and glass, an elegant form that responds to the building’s curved façade.
Accommodation and utility areas are thoughtfully located within the more enclosed sections of the apartment, aligning with the original façades featuring smaller windows. This reconfiguration creates a clear distinction between living areas and private spaces, while maintaining sensitivity to the apartment’s original architectural language and structure.
A major element of the redevelopment involved reclaiming ceiling heights. The original construction included extensive service voids that were largely unused. On the upper level, new curved ceiling profiles were introduced to echo the geometry of the steel-framed structure and organic form of the building. These sculpted forms establish a more unified relationship between the interior spaces and the architecture of the building.
The material palette was kept intentionally simple: wide stained oak floorboards, off-white marble in the bathrooms, and white plastered walls and ceilings. This restrained backdrop is designed to allow the client’s furniture and artwork to define the atmosphere of each space.
The project involves the comprehensive redevelopment of a two-storey penthouse apartment. The original design, including ceiling heights, made little reference to the distinctive form of the building and did not fully reflect the potential of its architectural context. The existing layout featured a series of disconnected spaces and failed to take advantage of the apartment’s expansive views over London and the surrounding cityscape.
The design approach emphasizes enhancing spatial connections throughout the living areas, which are positioned along the existing glazed curtain wall façade and the external private terraces. These living spaces span both levels of the apartment and are now interconnected through a series of open volumes and visual links, replacing traditional doorways and corridors.
A set of sliding bronze screens, concealed within the walls, can be drawn across selected openings to enclose spaces as needed, providing flexibility for different activities.
The main entrance to the apartment is centrally located within the floor plan and opens into a generous entrance lobby that draws focus toward the views beyond. This lobby connects to the main double-height living space and a bespoke, gracefully curved staircase made of steel and glass, an elegant form that responds to the building’s curved façade.
Accommodation and utility areas are thoughtfully located within the more enclosed sections of the apartment, aligning with the original façades featuring smaller windows. This reconfiguration creates a clear distinction between living areas and private spaces, while maintaining sensitivity to the apartment’s original architectural language and structure.
A major element of the redevelopment involved reclaiming ceiling heights. The original construction included extensive service voids that were largely unused. On the upper level, new curved ceiling profiles were introduced to echo the geometry of the steel-framed structure and organic form of the building. These sculpted forms establish a more unified relationship between the interior spaces and the architecture of the building.
The material palette was kept intentionally simple: wide stained oak floorboards, off-white marble in the bathrooms, and white plastered walls and ceilings. This restrained backdrop is designed to allow the client’s furniture and artwork to define the atmosphere of each space.
PORTFOLIO
PROJECT 03