A Photographer’s Studio
Camden, London
Completed Spring 2000

A collaboration with architect Joanna Rippon.
A two storey mews in Camden is both home and studio to a young fashion photographer. Our brief was to fulfil his dream of inhabiting an urban beach hut.
His studio is on the ground floor whilst the first floor is a multi-functional living & working space. By day stylists, make-up artists & models need space to hang out & prepare for their shoots, by night it is a mellow apartment for dining & dancing.

A large remotely operated skylight was introduced to the centre of the plan, below which a bed is suspended. Our client can sleep with the roof open to the skies.

A floor of marble pebbles glazed with resin helped with the beachy feel, giving a good massage underfoot. Colours are pale with the exception of the intense mahogany worktop that runs almost the length of the building. This was made from reclaimed handrails from a St. James’s office block, lovingly jointed & oiled by our contractors!

The stylish "retro" furniture we sourced too; a huge leather "croissant" sofa, Mies van der Rohe Brno dining chairs and a Bruno Mattison lounge chair.