Handrails have a quiet confidence. Positioned along staircases, corridors, balconies — they offer balance, security, guidance. They have an understated presence and sometimes, overlooked. But once removed from their original context, these familiar…

How salvaged museum frames have been reinvented in both art and interior design. At Retrouvius we’re often asked where our materials come from – and just as often, we’re amazed by where they…

  Adam was once quoted saying “My self-appointed remit is to put things back into circulation, not just shrug my shoulders and condemn them.” That philosophy came to life on a recent trip…

Designed by Nina & Co, who specialise in radical materiality and ethical interior design, using reclaimed materials from Retrouvius.

Bleat has incorporated salvaged, reclaimed, vintage and sustainable materials throughout the studio’s multifunctional editing rooms.

“For a lot of people this stuff is at its lowest ebb, but my self-appointed remit is to put things back into circulation, not just shrug my shoulders and condemn them. We…

Laylais head of finance for our design studio. Her favourite item – chosen from the website – is our graffitied iroko school laboratory tops.

Our salvage team have just saved many hundred kilograms of English alabaster — a rare indigenous stone that is no longer quarried.

Kuan joined the architectural design team at Retrouvius in 2016. Her favourite piece is the Ceramic Cauldron Ex Glass Kiln.

Despite the campaign by The C20th Society, The Cumberbatch Building at Trinity College, Oxford is now being demolished.

Retrouvius has saved this set of tables made by Sir Edwin Lutyens for the head office of Midland Bank on Poultry Lane, London EC2.