"The 1200 square foot apartment is located on the first floor of a building with a Georgian facade situated close to London’s Regents Park. The apartment overlooks a street lined with late 19th century red brick mansion blocks that have terracotta, stone and render detailing. The space is divided into three rooms, one with an open-plan kitchen leading into a reception room that has 16-foot high ceilings. A mezzanine overlooking the double-volume space has been configured as an additional study area".
"The clients, who enjoy entertaining at their 5400 square foot home in the countryside, had a clear design brief: the relatively small pied-a-terre needed to be configured in a way that would maximise its potential for hosting dinner parties. Design inspirations could be drawn from the late 1960s to complement the clients’ mid-century furniture collection".
"The kitchen was relocated from a room at the rear of the apartment and repositioned into the apartment’s large reception room. This emancipated the small room from its functional use and allowed it to be transformed into a second, albeit smaller, reception room".
"A spiral staircase was removed and replace with aluminium straight-run stairs that have open risers and a simple stainless steel balustrade. Through this links the vertically separated spaces, a sculptural wall in rough sawn oak was designed to further harmonize the arrangement and provide partial privacy for the kitchen and study areas". The reduction of colour and materials creates a pared down appearance through the use of an oak dining table and wide-plank oak floors.
