Case Studies

Creating a modern interior from two listed buildings These two adjoining Grade II listed buildings were required to be joined to create new offices for the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, amongst other tenants. The brief was to create a calm “zen-like” environment. A core part of achieving this has been the use of shot-peened stainless…

Interpreting the designer’s concept Renowned designer Ben Rousseau was asked to design a teeth whitening kiosk for Smile Lounge to be installed at Lakeside shopping centre. The challenge was that it had to be slick and stylish and also be a design that could easily be installed overnight. Additionally, the kiosk would be visible from…

With the development of the Westfield Shopping Centre and the drive to improve public transport to the Shepherds Bush area, a new tube station to serve the area was required. Wood Lane has been constructed on a line which has been operating since 1864, the Hammersmith & City line, and opened in 2008 at a…

A staircase as a ribbon-like sculpture Ceri Davies, Associate Director of AHMM headed up the design team from conception through to installation on site. AHMM Architects won the design competition in late 2013 presenting a design for the staircase that was to be a sinuous, sculptural ribbon. The staircase was designed to be a visual…

The design story of a £27.5 million London property With the purchase of the semi-detached property 54 Bedford Gardens and its adjacent mews house, Jonathan Pirie, Managing Director of Bancroft Heath, a building firm, had something very special in mind for its redesign. Jonathan wanted to create a unique, high-end, luxurious home aimed at the…

Contemporising a nineties building 1 Snowden Street is at the centre of the trendified area now known as Broadgate Quarter. A building designed in the nineties, it had dated quickly and needed to be brought into line with the expectations of office tenants in today’s commercial market. Here we hear from the people responsible for…

The metalwork structure for stairway and lift core Adriana Paice, Director of I.S.A. Holdings, commissioned the work on The Gaslight Building. I.S.A. Holdings is developing The Gaslight Building as a Refurbishment and Partial Redevelopment project. Adriana talks to us about the background to this project. The structure of the installation is a series of intricate…

Not a standard WC brief Adam Brown from Landolt + Brown tells us about his approach and involvement in the project. I had worked with Network Rail since 1997 on different projects when I was part of McAslan and Partners which is also how I first met Double Stone Steel Europe Ltd. In 2006 we…