Apartment in large georgian house

- Open planned living/kitchen area

- working fireplaces & beautiful large windows

- Great natural light

- Summer house in large garden

Source : Oak Management

Jonathan Clark Architects are a widely published, enthusiastic and innovative practice providing a high degree of attention and expertise to each individual client. Specialising in bars / restaurants, retail and contemporary domestic. This is Highgate house, some project from Jonathan Clark Architects.

This house is a two storey Edwardian terrace.

The works comprised the complete refurbishment of the house including two new bathrooms and a new kitchen dining area to the rear. While the new decor of the main house is fairly traditional in keeping with the age of the property, the main concept for the kitchen dining area was to produce a striking modern streamlined space that also gave an illusion of greater size.

A purpose made cream leather banquette was incorporated into the new storage joinery on one side to maximise the available space while on the opposite side a mirror splashback gives those seated at the banquette a view of the rear garden. The new dining table was also specifically designed for this space.

Cream fossil limestone slabs with underfloor heating help to create a homogonous look coordinating with the cream spray lacquered joinery and the ceiling.

A mirrored wall slides across the entrance area of the space to totally separate it from the rest of the house as well as bring in more light and the garden views.

Source : Jonathan Clark Architects

The Legian and its new sister, Bali’s most exclusive location, The Club at The Legian, is an exclusive all-suite hotel set in landscaped tropical gardens, offering unrivalled views across the Indian Ocean. Flanked by a quiet Seminyak Beach, this deluxe property offers a unique chance to experience the magical island of Bali in a relaxing setting. The hotel’s individual style is inspired by Bali’s rich culture, artistic tradition and fine craftsmanship.

Set in idyllic grounds of landscaped tropical gardens, The Legian offers high-end luxury in suites and villas that never lose sight of their traditional roots. Smooth marble floors and intricate Indonesian sculptures and other indigenous artworks greet visitors in an impressive lobby of dark wood and kept in a classic design. Local craftsmanship is on display in The Legian’s peaked roofs and bare wooden columns and rafters.

In the suites, Ibrahim has created oases of elegance, featuring mahogany parquet floors, sweeping views of the coast and local Indonesian art on display. Even more loving care and attention is devoted to The Legian¹s eleven villas, each with their own pool.

Four-poster beds and outdoor bathtubs surrounded by nothing but lush landscapes are the villa’s highlights, which artfully continue the design theme of marble and wood already established in the lobby. Ibrahim’s high-end concept, including his bespoke furnishings, match the resort¹s lavish seaside location perfectly and succeeds in ensuring that The Legian lives up to the promise of timeless elegance.

Source : Design Hotels

This project encompasses the 7,200 square-foot renovation of a 5-story residence in Brooklyn.

The aim of this renovation was to create a family home that fully integrates the site’s rear garden into the plan of the house, while creating both familial and private spaces. Occupying the existing footprint, the new building employs glass and aluminum to create a more open and continuous feeling in the back of the house.

These materials, in addition to a new staircase connecting the garden and the second floor, firmly establish the garden as an extension of the house and as a communal location.

Using green roof technology, a private garden accessible from the master bedroom creates a small, personal outdoor space. Inside, the house is designed to fit the needs of the family. Home office space, rooms for two children, and a fifth-floor playroom are all elements of this functional, comfortable, and stylish space.

Source : 1100 Architect

This is the largest project completed to date by the practice with an overall construction budget of $3 million, with a complete interior rebuild behind the existing façade. The building had a typical layout for a London Victorian town house. Their remodelling emphasised the division between the front of the house (the public side) and the back of the house (the private side) with the garden at the back of the house acting as a focal point for the private rooms. This involved changing the layout and location of the principal staircase and the subsequent spaces that lead off it. This change resulted in wider well proportioned spaces that are lit by the windows along the full width of the house. Space, light and the use of beautiful and luxurious materials were the tools to create the sequence of interesting and liveable spaces.

The house was totally demolished internally and now comprises: a family room within a new extension in the basement, as well as a kitchen and formal dining room; a drawing room and study on the ground floor; a master bedroom suite on the first floor; the second floor with three additional bedrooms; the top floor containing a guest suite and the plant room. The five floors are all linked by a central staircase that is lit overhead by a skylight.

This is the third project that the practice has completed for this client, an interior designer and art collector. The client’s aim was to create a theme of restrained luxury and eclecticism. Although the scale of the project was large for the practice, the understanding of detailing and use of materials that comes from a multidisciplinary approach was very beneficial. The client along with the architect and designer were keen to explore new materials as well as rediscover traditional ones. Voon Wong and Benson Saw have an excellent network of contacts from their product design experience to draw upon.

Venetian plaster was used extensively for the accent walls to provide a beautiful surface sheen. Custom balustrades and light fittings were cast in bronze. Acrylic panels, shelving and handrails concealed LED light fittings. This combination of new materials alongside the traditional was the key to creating a sense of understated luxury in a contemporary but enduring set of spaces.

The client chose fabrics and furniture and art pieces to emphasise this theme: rugs in silk, cashmere curtains, Swarovski crystal chandeliers and upholstery fabrics in silk velvets. Furniture ranges from Mies van der Rohe day beds, Jean Michel Frank sofas, Yves Klein coffee tables alongside many custom designed pieces by the client herself and the architect.

The practice worked closely with the landscape architects del Buono Gazerwitz to create the rear garden. The south facing garden is the focal point of the rear of the house and is created so that the architectural elements of the basement extension and the external spaces are perceived as a unity. In fine weather the doors of the Family Room can be completely pushed back so that the boundary between the inside and outside is completely removed. The patio seating, water feature, planting and central lawn all contribute to the creation of an outdoor room that is a harmonious extension of the extended basement.

Voon Wong and Benson Saw are a pair of London based designers that have been working together since 2001. Their work has been featured in exhibitions in London, Milan and Singapore. The Loop lamp from 2003 was nominated for the Compasso D’Oro and is now manufactured by Fontana Arte. The ELma vases from the EL light series won the OXO Peugeot Design award. They have completed architecture and interior design projects in Shanghai, London, Hong Kong and Singapore. As well as numerous projects in London and Singapore, their current major project is the master plan of a new factory for a high quality bone china manufacturer outside Beijing. They are also cooperating with this manufacturer to design a new collection of bone china table ware to be launched later this year at an exhibition in London.

Source : Voon Wong and Benson Saw

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia in Ljubljana, completed in 1999, was a very important project for the Slovenian architects Jurij Sadar and Bostjan Vuga, who started Sadar Vuga Arhitekti after winning the design competition for the office building in 1996. The project was a finalist for the 2001 Mies van der Rohe Awards.

In 2003 the client asked the architects to modify their design, to add a VIP room for receptions, award ceremonies, and special meetings of the managment board. The renovated roof space is apparent in the building’s upper-left corner in the bottom (after) image above.

The architects noticed that since completion employees had brought in plants for their desks, eventually the green finding its way to the corridors and the front of the building. Coupled with the total lack of green in their initial design, the architects used the new-found lushness as an inspiration for the renovation, deciding on a Panoramic Garden as a concept for the space.

The glazing of the VIP room juts above the existing frame, and draws inspiration from the cross section of a plant leaf, rather than the architects’ previous building design. A further break from the existing building is achieved via a continuous ribbon which “wraps and leaps through the space to define different microatmospheres related to the different activities taking place,” according to the architects. Pots sit inside the ribbon, their overgrowth eventually obscuring the ribbon and making a “green belt” running through the space.

While the term “green” is thrown around a lot these days, usually referring to a concern for sustainability, here the architects see it as a vehicle for the permanent change of the space, in terms of how the plants grow, what types are added or subtracted over time, their maintenance, and so on. They responded to the employees reaction to the space and provided the upper echelon with a uniquely-designed space that might just lead to another level of employee customization down the road.

Source :A Daily Dose of Architecture, Interior Design

“Park Terrace, London
5 storey house in a Private Road near Regent’s Park
Over 3400 square feet full of rock n’ roll glamour
Sumptuous living and dining areas, beautifully furnished
Stunning black bedroom with ensuite black high gloss bathroom
Light filled family kitchen with dining area opening onto garden…”

Photos from Zownir Locations

Source : Design to inspire, Interior Design