Stratton Street Project, Mayfair, London Squire & Partners

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1 architecture furniture green interior lighting media students transport Stratton Street Project, Mayfair, London Squire & Partners Search here Search Glass Partitioning Fast Track offer full height glass, free standing screens and doors Share: Mar 6th Architecture, Feature, Interior London is the go to destination for many a multinational organisation looking to set up new headquarters, be it for their operations within the UK, Europe or globally. With so many companies heading to the city and setting up camp, it can be all to easy for the architectural and design identity of the city to be lost as styles are bought in. This lovely project, from Squire & Partners benefits greatly from a client who wished to capture the design identity of the city, and harness it for their newly refurbished office headquarters. Here at Habitables we love it when clients and architects work so well together there is hope! Find us on Facebook Login Habitables Blog Like Confirm 494 people like Habitables Blog.493 people like

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3 The original Victorian building at 8 Stratton Street was built in 1871 in the Free Gothic Revival style, and is Grade II listed. This project combines the listed building with its neighbour at No 9 Stratton Street, to provide the UK headquarters for an umbrella organisation based in the Middle East, operating a number of separate businesses from a single office building. BRIEF The client sought a distinctly British identity for the London headquarters, and in particular to draw on the history and character of its Mayfair location. There was also a desire to utilise existing lightwells to bring an element of an English country garden into the building, designed to highlight the changing seasons. Accommodation needed to provide an office suite for the Chairman, four floors of flexible office space, and a shared lounge at ground floor. The lounge was to function as a generous open space with intimate areas to accommodate small meetings, or groups of people waiting to access the larger meeting rooms and other areas within the building.

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5 DESIGN APPROACH Squire and Partners designs took inspiration from the existing building, which externally and internally displayed a rich mix of decorative elements such as Romanesque details to mouldings, ornate floral motifs in wrought iron and more structured geometric patterns on façade brickwork and floor tiles. A design approach was developed which painstakingly restored original elements such as mouldings, ironmongery and stonework and introduced new elements rooted in the history of the building to create a distinct identity for the building, mixing the geometric and organic decorative styles. A quatrefoil motif which features on the external mouldings of No 8 Stratton Street, and repeated on the original staircase and floor tiles internally, was reworked to create a motif used throughout the building interior. The motif has been used on bespoke elements such as bronze coloured wall panels, stair runners and as etchings on glass partitions. LOUNGE AREA/GARDENS The main space on the ground floor is designed as a lounge serving the companies housed within the building. It immediately defines the identity of the building, being richly decorated in a palette of rosewood, bronze, silks and a pair of striking oversized circular chandeliers. Bespoke timber cabinetry using the quatrefoil motif has been created to illustrate the high level of detail synonymous with the Mayfair tradition of tailoring and craftsmanship, and evoke a sense of a traditional library space for books and artefacts. A dark parquet floor provides a gently reflective continuous surface which links with the dark wood furniture. The lounge space is flanked on two sides by courtyard gardens filled with indigenous British plants addressing the English country garden brief. Squire and Partners worked with award winning landscape designer Kim Wilkie on the selection of plants and layout of the gardens, which visually and physically connect the indoor and outdoor spaces. The courtyards continue the theme of providing intimate pockets of space, with a series of benches and garden furniture separated by large bespoke bronze planters. Internally, the garden theme continues where a raised level

6 of seating on a marble plinth connects directly to the central courtyard, and bronze planters bring foliage inside the building. RECEPTION AREAS AND MEETING ROOMS Reception areas are defined with a strong palette of rosewood panelling with bronze edge detailing, a lit white glass niche and a striking black Portoro Macchia Fine marble fronted reception desk at ground floor. Meeting rooms are separated by glass partitions softened with sheer fabrics, with upholstered chairs to provide comfortable seating for waiting guests. Rosewood panelling in each reception area conceals access doors leading to tea points, wardrobes and storage space. A large formal meeting room at ground floor has been painstakingly refurbished to enhance the existing original period features. Full height timber panels lining the walls, oak shutters, a fireplace, window mouldings and other original details have been carefully restored, extending the life of these decorative elements and creating a sophisticated private meeting space. OFFICE FLOORS The upper office floors have been designed to incorporate more modern elements, introducing a balance to the traditional aesthetic while still maintaining the overall identity of the building and allowing for each tenant to make their own mark. Office spaces are largely open plan with informal meeting tables provided around the perimeter of each floor. Storage areas and kitchens are provided for each office tenancy, along with an outside terrace on every level which continues the garden theme and affords natural light into the workspace. CHAIRMANS OFFICE A suite for the Chairman on the first floor includes a reception area, waiting room and private office, and is lined with bespoke hand painted silk wallpaper by Fromental coupled with traditional Carriage green paint and gilded mouldings. The established palette of Rosewood, bronze and marble is continued in the suite, which also features three Venini Wavy Star glass chandeliers commissioned for the project using the original mouldings from the 1970 s. A mixture of sheer and heavier textured fabrics on curtains and upholstered furniture gives a luxurious and opulent feel to the very British series of rooms. FURNITURE Outdoor seating: Emu Heaven table and chair from RHA Furniture Office Furniture: Plan Moebel, Herman Miller, Vitra Other Furniture: Odd Chair Company, Brands, Davidson London, the Couch Potato Company, Midlands Antique Warehouse, Skandium, William Yeoward, Lutyens, Chaplins, Adam Williams, Decorus, Julian Chichester, George Smith, Robert Langford, Somerville & Scott Landscape architect: Kim Wilkie Mouldings specialists: Stevensons of Norwich Gilding specialists: Hare and Humphreys Company that created the quatre foil patterned panels: Based Upon in Greenwich Bronze planters: Bronzino Joinery company: Metrica in Germany Main contractor: Lend Lease Stone subcontractor: Szeremly M&E subcontractor: Imtech Meica [Squire & Partners] Posted by Nick Varey at Mar 6th 2012 Tagged in England London mayfair Office renovation Squire and Partners United Kingdom Share this article via Related posts We Haven t Disappeared! Architecture Photo of the Day #149 Clouded Architecture Photo of the Day #148 Decorative Architecture Photo of the Day #147 Deceptive Aymestry Court Renovation Snook Architects Add d New CommentType your comment here. Login Showing 0 comments M Subscribe by S RSS Sort by by popular popular now now