The interior design scheme for the Islington house ... light, warm, rough and simple!



This interior scheme will transform a Victorian former shop, now home to a family of three into a modern space.  A mixture of the old existing brickwork with concrete shuttering and add a refined industrial feel to the subterranean space of the ground floor area which is flooded with light through the newly installed rooflights. The exposed beams at the top level carry the scheme to the top floor while the translucent walls help to transform the overall feel of the space by helping light penetrate the deep and narrow plan of the building.  




One has to prepare for the harsh winter months at the sea!

 Our project near the Isle of Wight is progressing...

The redevelopment of the 60ies house near Richmond is making progress!

 
the living room at the centre of the house


the proposed materials 60ies inspired

London Atelier's temporary exhibition at the Garden Museum. The glamorous opening night of Fashion & Gardens !

The exhibition opening party in full swing at the Garden Museum's nave. For the opening night Rebecca Louise Law created this suspended installation of 3,500 flowers from the New Covent Garden Market - please see more of Rebecca's stunning work under www.rebeccalouiselaw.com



The Fashion & Garden show at the 
Garden Museum opened. For more information please go to

www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/page/fashion-and-gardens
The beautiful Valentino dress from 2013 on display - inspired by nature!

House Type 428 will be transformed


The re-modelling exercise on this structure has started and we are very excited to have another house typology in our portfolio. This terraced house was built in the mid 60ies next to the river Thames near Richmond. Below is an extract from the original sales brochure of the development. Let's go 60ies!



Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year to everybody ...



Sir Henry Cole, a Londoner and inventor of the Christmas card in 1843 - interesting! More info here.

Fashion & Gardens - LA is delighted ...

... to be the temporary exhibition designer for the Fashion & Garden show at the 
Garden Museum. More information under
www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/page/fashion-and-gardens

London Atelier at Oxford Brookes University....




Pouya delivered a lecture on Narrative Driven Design at Oxford Brooks Architecture School. We were impressed that despite the early 9 o’clock start there was a theatre packed with students!

This generation seems a lot more eager!

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 !



London Atelier Flat at Tite Street exhibition design
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).


London Atelier Flat at Tite Street exhibition design
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.