OpenHouse 2013 - Thank You to all visitors who came to see Diamond House in Battersea!

London Atelier can only thank all of you for being patient queuing! We have managed to show our beautiful redevelopment of the former Victorian Bakery to almost 500 people. We enjoyed the event very much and we would love to take part next year again! Please find details of the project here.

LA enjoyed very much Edeline Lee's Spring Summer Show 2014...

Thank you very much for inviting us Edeline. We loved your concept of the show and your designs.
For further information on Edeline Lee please go to www.edelinelee.com

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We have been published again!

...this time in the Interiors Directory of the Chartered Practices 2013 of the Royal Institute of British Architect with our flat conversion of the Oscar Wilde flat in Chelsea, Tite Street...what a great honour! 

We have been published at e-architect.co.uk ! Oscar Wilde at 34 Tite Street !

Oscar Wilde's wrote his principal works at this address: The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888), The Picture of Dorian Grey (1891), Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895), and the brilliant and enduring The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).

The fireplace in his former study has become the bedroom of the ground floor flat.

Please see for details: http://www.e-architect.co.uk/london/oscar_wilde_house_tite_street.htm

Delicate cleaning in process...the historic detail uncovered!

Delicate cleaning and restoration of the decorated cornice at our Grade II listed site in Chelsea. 

Layers upon layers of paint were taken off to reveal the intricate plaster cornice details.

The specialist at work!

A silicone mould was taken from original parts for restoration of missing and badly damaged areas of the cornice.

Great original detail uncovered - 14 layers of paint have been carefully stripped.

London Atelier is taking part in the Open House London Event 2013 !

 

We are very proud that our Diamond House on Battersea Square is taking part in the capital's largest architectural showcase. Here more! and under www.londonopenhouse.org. Do visit us in Battersea on the 21-22 September !

Warrington Crescent ... another RIBA sign is up !

A new Project is born...and it has already 'hit' site: Nossa Casa

The remodelling of the 250sm flat has begun and new structural elements are being installed - more soon!

Phillimore Gardens - A site is progressing

A sophisticated audio and lighting system is being installed at our Phillimore Gardens Project - one can guess it from the amount cables...

London Atelier is joining Architect in the House Scheme again!

We are very happy to be part of this scheme this year again - we can make it easy for home owners to start their journey to a better home. And in turn, we hope they’ll help families facing homelessness by making a donation to Shelter. To find out more please visit: http://www.architectinthehouse.org.uk/ http://www.shelter.org.uk/

Our project in Phillimore Gardens is progressing...

The creation of the fully glazed façade in the light-well area at lower ground floor is taking shape ... 

 These beams are holding up four and a half storey of Victorian Building to enable the new layout of the flat.

Lots of propping!

Unusual incident: windows crossing the street ...

Till Nowak eye-witnessed this incident ... this could happen to any ugly structure - beware!

A house of light becomes The House of Light

Private Residence in Islington

LA has been commissioned to remodel this private residence in Islington. Please have a look at our studies below in an earlier post to this exciting project. The scheme has evolved into an interesting proposal of a mixture of materials blending the new extension into the existing Victorian fabric and neighbouring buildings.

 

London Atelier's entries to this year's AJ Small Project Awards

 

Tite Street and Diamond House, please have a look for details, additional pictures and beautiful plans!

Visit Architect Georg Heinrichs at his Berlin Home - virtually

Renowned German architect Georg Heinrichs receives a visit from the Selby at his Berlin home, an incredible space that doubles as a working studio and gallery for the amazing art and sculpture he’s collected along the way. Georg Heinrichs's Home in Berlin 

The Architect's Journal 13.09.12

We have just been featured in the Architect's Journal's New Practices column!

A house of light

Private Residence in Islington

We have been appointed to submit a pre-planning application for the potential refurbishment and extension at a 2 bedroomed residence in the Barnsbury Conservation Area in Islington. These are the existing elevations of the house ...

The house was refurbished in the 1980's and has some nice post-modern alterations internally including large south facing rooflights but externally, the flat roof extensions are letting in quite a bit of moisture so there is some work that really needs to be done to these areas. Our client is interested to see the possibilities for extending the brief to include an extension to bedrooms above and improvements to their living spaces on the ground floor.

The yellow areas in the massing studies below show a few of the possibilities for altering the ground floor spaces, extending the house to the rear and extending upwards. 

Images above from top to bottom : 

1. The Existing house. 2. Single storey extension. 3. 1st floor Bedroom Extension with Terrace. 4. A 3rd floor Rooftop Study. 5. A complete reworking of the house refurbishment throughout & creating 2 new double bedrooms & a study. 

 

We are currently working up some sketch schemes for the house and are looking forward to working closely with our client to produce an innovative design that is both beautiful and utilises all of the space available, whilst respecting the restraints of this prominent Conservation Area and being adjoined to next door's Grade ii listed terrace.

 

Fashion Shop

We've been commissioned to design a new fashion store. Have a look at our early designs below. The design is based on clothing designs - a the concept of two asymmetrical halves. We took this as inspiration and applied it to our design along with the idea of dressmaking patterns that fold to create surfaces, shelves and lighting recesses.

ORA Logo

Here's our logo design for Valli Colpani's design consultancy label.

Dhow House

London Atelier have recently been commissioned to design a holiday house on the island of Lamu in Kenya. Here are some of our initial sketches looking at the views and interior courtyards.

InMidTown Habitats Competition

Here is our entry for the InMidTown Habitats Competition. Our proposal looked at creating a landscape from interconnecting beehives and planters. We also proposed an idea for a collection of bird houses formed from separate octraderons connected together to wrap around trees or along walls. 

Portobello Arcade

We are very pleased to have recently received planning permission to transform the shop fronts, signage and lighting for our project at the Portobello Arcade.

Tite Street Colours

Our original colour palette inspired by tales of Oscar Wilde. Below a photo of choosing colours on site. Painted on the board are a toned down iterations of our original scheme. Choosing shades of grey! 

Tite Street - Revealing Layers of the Past

Our Tite Street project is located in a former home of Oscar Wilde. Unfortunately no original copies of his manuscripts were found, but nonetheless it was very exciting to strip back all the later internal addition to reveal all the wonderful details and spaces.

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