A banker's house
Chelsea, London
Completed May 2000

In collaboration with architect Nick Helm this Chelsea terraced house has been opened up to create dynamic raw spaces from the compartmentalised rooms of the ground and dark basement floors. The rear ground floor was cut back creating double-height space in which an in-situ concrete spiral staircase is now a sculptural form.

As the sunlight passes from east to west across the new glazed rear wall specially commissioned delicate layered and printed fabrics feminise and soften the masculine spaces, diffusing the light in changing ways. We commissioned fashion & textile designer Michèle Oberdieck to create these drapes using satin silk devoré, organza and linen.

We supplied antique and contemporary furniture, artworks, and sculptural pieces to decorate the walls and floors. These include a pair of foliate timber carvings and a stone sculpture of a torso- all 18th century. Illuminating the walls are several silk screens from the archive of wallpaper manufacturers, Cole and Sons.

Our input also included sourcing reclaimed materials for finishes, including teak for flooring and furniture.