Year: 2021
Location: Kensington, London
Client: Lexham Properties
Status: completed
Construction Cost: £4.5 m
Lead Consultant: Atelier Hospitality
Interior Designer: Mojo Concept
Structural Engineer: Malishev Engineers
MEP Engineer: TEP
CA/QS: Box Associates

The upgrade of the 30 serviced apartments complex was not limited to finishes and required the upgrade of all services and their integration in the existing structure.

The amenity offer to customers was broaden with a new reception area, a gym facility and improved outdoor space. The use of green roofs for the new additions offers for enhanced biodiversity.

The interior design concept is organised around three themes: Racing Green, Royalty Red, and Equestrian Style. The fit-out of each apartment follows one of these themes. Each of the themes define specific colour palettes, decoration style, finishes, furniture specifications and layouts giving them a distinguished character.

Year: 2019
Location: London, UK
Client: The Colonnades
Status: feasibility study 

The Colonnades is a residential development completed in 1976. We were asked to put forward a concept for the upgrade of the envelope of the buildings and communal areas. The entrance, the lobby and the access corridors to the flats were reinvented in order to increase the value of the experience of living in the Colonnades and improving the everyday life of its residents.

A new entrance and canopy of more contemporary look sits higher than the existing one making the entrance more prominent and visible, differentiating it from the adjoining balconies. A set of contemporary glass doors and stone paving will increase the perception of value and will make it a more welcoming experience.

In the entrance lobby, the elevator shafts are cladded with a ceramic tile, turning those into an interior feature whilst the floor is covered with an artificial stone (porcelain). Pendants lights enhance the scale of the space and decorate the interior.

Year: 2024
Location: Hackney, London, UK
Client: Society of Genealogists
Status: completed
Structural engineer: Malishev Engineers
Services engineer: David Webb Associates
Main contractor: GreenLight Engineering
PM/CA: Fons and Messor
Supply of remanufactured furniture: Rype Office
Photographer: Quintin Lake Photography

The design of the new premises of the Society of Genealogists was developed by Guarnieri Architects in consultation with staff and members, transforming an existing office into an open space, organised with a sprawling bookshelf that effortlessly blends the library and lounge areas, allowing flexibility for future growth of the SOG book collection.

Glass partitions in staff areas optimize natural light, supplemented by curtains for privacy. Through the reuse of services and lighting, along with sustainable flooring options and remanufactured furniture, the environmental impact was notably reduced.

The project was completed on time and under budget, marking a successful transformation for the Society of Genealogists.

Year: 2012-16
Location: Clapham, London, UK
Client: private
Status: completed
Size: 390 m²
Cost: £2 m
Structural engineer: Malishev Engineers
Party wall surveyor: TCL
Contract administration: TCL
Environmental consultant: Alfonso Senatore

This was a house built for a different kind of life in a different kind of century: it had poorly lit lower floors, staircases which broke the connections between the different rooms, and a disconnection between inside and outside spaces.

The clients wanted the opposite: open-plan spaces, natural light, a blurring of inside and outside, and a healthy, uplifting environment. After a mixture of restoration and innovation, they now have it all: flowing spaces, a new ‘wellness floor’, and a double-height glass box which brings the outside straight into the heart of the house.

In this bright, welcoming and comfortable environment, well-being is about much more than just the addition of a pool, hot tub and steam room. This is a house that makes the most of light, space and materials to create a healthy and uplifting home.

Year: 2016
Location: Berlin, Germany
Client: Minister of Culture Germany
Size: 28,000 m²
Budget: €110 m
Status: competition entry

Structural engineer: Malishev Engineers
Landscape architect: BHSL

The new building is a public function of the city of Berlin and in our project we propose to maintain the site as a public place for Berliners and visitors of the Kulturforum and to retain the same amount of public space on the site as it previously had.
The new volume is simple in shape and although it has iconic quality it does not attempt to compete with the surrounding significant iconic building of the Philarmonie and the Nationalgalerie.
We like to call our project a ‘public landscape with a silent icon’.

Year: 2019
Location: Notting Hill, London, UK
Client: Reformation
Status: completed
Size: 200 m²

The US based clothing brand, Reformation, expanded their retail experience to Europe by opening their first shop in Notting Hill, London. Reformation is a sustainability focused brand offering eco-friendly and ethical fashion with reduced environmental impact.

Design embraces the idea of sustainability. The use of simple yet sophisticated palette of natural materials creates a bright and relaxing atmosphere supporting the brand values. An open-plan sales space is accompanied by dressing rooms on ground floor and mezzanine levels. The entrance warmly welcomes customers to an earthy mood interior. The selection of the natural and soft materials, and the addition of the curtains for the dressing rooms create a feeling of comfort and richness at the same time.

The shopping experience is enhanced by technology. Conveniently placed touchscreens and tablets allow customers to continue browsing the catalogue even from their dressing room and request new garments to be brought to them from the stock room.

Year: 2012
Location: Bermondsey, London, UK
Client: private
Size: 200 m²
Cost: £ 350 k
Status: completed
Structural engineer: Illumina Eng

The reorganisation of this penthouse accommodation in the Bermondsey street conservation area offered the opportunity to remodel the roof of the existing building. The new addition follows the geometry of the existing roof, projecting it towards the rear. The use of glass achieves a contemporary look that successfully contrast with the old slate roof.

Client: Erocentres
Location: Eltham, London, UK
Size: 1,000 m²
Cost: £750 k
Status: completed 2013

Project management Equitas Partnership
Quantity surveyor: Equitas Partnership
MEP engineer: TEP
Photographs: Tommaso Franzolini

Eurocentres, an established worldwide network of language schools, identified the building as the ideal location to relocate staff, students and the operation of their Lee Green existing school.
The brief called for the conversion from offices to educational facilities and a complete refurbishment and fit out of the building to bring it up to contemporary standards. 
We saw the opportunity of establishing a new relationship between the interior of the building and its beautiful surroundings and this was achieved by inserting a glass partition separating the classrooms from the circulation space.

Year: 2022
Location: Covent Garden, London, UK
Client: Reformation
Status: completed
Size: 426 m²
Photography: Tori O’Connor

The new flagship store of Reformation opened in a Grade II listed building in Covent Garden. The shop welcomes customers under a historic skylight and vaulted ceiling. It offers a distinctive shopping experience through the extensive use of technology, while warm tones, natural materials and ample display of live plants tell the sustainability focused story of the brand.

Year: 2017
Location: Cambridge, UK
Client: Eurocentres
Size: 2.500 m²
Status: feasibility

Cambridge is one of the most prominent locations for Eurocentres. The school of languages constructed in 1983 was purpose built with remarkable craft for its time.

Due to change in culture and lack of maintenance the building has become in dire need of an upgrade.

Our proposal seeks to create a contemporary environment to attract and to be enjoyed by students. By opening up the central space we create a triple height atrium and buzzy atmosphere.

The atrium also opens up the opportunity to shift the buildings high energy demand typical of the era of its original construction to a more environmental friendly approach. A natural ventilation strategy provides a solution to current overheating issues.

Year: 2012
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Client: Ministery of Education, Science, Culture and Sport
Size: 20,000 m²
Cost: €50 m
Status: international competition

Structural engineer: Arup
MEP engineer: Arup
In Association with Dimitri Waltritsch, Piero Ongaro, ARUP Italia

The project for the New National and University Library of Slovenia became the opportunity to integrate this facility to the urban and cultural context of the capital Ljubljana. Our proposal for the new national library of Slovenia is a three-headed structure like the symbol of the Slovenian Nation: The Triglav Mountain.
The lower levels of the building are publicly accessible and integrated the archaeological site. The upper levels accommodate the functions of the library.

Year: 2005
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Client: Pack Line Ltd
Size: 2,500 m²
Cost: $1.5 m
Status: completed 2005

Structural engineer: Horovitz
In association with Lea Katz
Photographs: Stefano Graziani 

Two existing buildings on a site in the district of Holon were completely reorganised and refurbished to house the new facilities of the company. The two building were over-cladded with aluminium panels with a pattern of different shades of grey. The internal layout strategy allowed for both cellular and open plan offices and at the same time it enhance the experience of guest and users of the building avoiding corridors.

Year: 2006
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Client: Minister of Culture, Czech Republic
Size: 50,000 m²
Status: international competition

Structural engineer: AKT
Environmental engineer: Basler&Hofmann
Facade engineer: PPEngineering
In Association with AA Dunkel

Our proposal for the National Library of the Czech Republic consists of two distinct entities: the combined mass of library stacks and offices, and the volume containing the public spaces of the library. The ‘waffle’ serves as a means of storage and collection management; the transparent plinth accommodates consultation spaces and the visiting public. The mass of stacks acts as storage for environmental performance stabilising the internal temperature cycle throughout the year. The system works with no active heating or cooling.

Year: 2004-2005
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Client: Ender-Text
Size: 70 m²
Status: completed 2005

In association with Lea Katz
Photographs: Stefano Graziani

Our team proposed a retail strategy for Free Move to be implemented in a series of shops supporting the branding concept of the retailer. It is based on the association between the concept of freedom and movement and a series of landscapes. This strategy differentiates each of the shops with a different landscape colonising the interior: the forest, the ocean, the desert.

Year: 2007
Location: Trieste, Italy
Client: CMG srl
Size: 2,100 m²
Status: completed

Photographs: Stefano Graziani 

The existing building in which the offices are housed was over cladded with aluminium insulated panels to improve thermal efficiency. The rest of the warehouse was to be used for steel carpentry work and the assembly of components for hydraulic systems. A new canopy was erected to the east side of the main volume and was equipped with heavy duty cranes for the loading and unloading of large components from lorries and trucks.

Year: 2006
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Client: Swiss Real Estase Development AG
Investor: Swiss Life
Size: 16,000 m²
Status: invited competition

In association with AA Dunkel

Our proposal for the Markthalle competition makes this very central site in Basel part of an urban pedestrian trajectory that links the main train station with the shopping district of the city. The overall organization of the retail portion of the building is considered as a public way through the building, very much like an urban interior. In the new retail addition to the Markthalle building the circulation on is placed on the main facade adding to the public character of the building.

Year: 2013
Location: Pembury Estate, London, UK
Client: Peabody Group

This proposal for intensifying housing unit provision on the Pembury Estate site merges together different housing types into a coherent architectural scheme. The vertical volume houses two and one bedroom flats. The horizontal element contains three bedroom patio units. It attempts to achieve a multi-generational housing scheme catering for different needs of different groups of people of different age targeting a broad range of tenants.

Year: 2013
Location: Borough, London, UK
Client: confidential
Status: feasibility
Size: 1700 m²

This residential scheme includes 14 flats of a mix of 2 bedrooms and 1 bedroom flats and commercial space at ground floor. It incorporates a system of amenity spaces in the form of balconies and indoor winter gardens.
The openness of the site suited the use of large windows to take advantage of views from the residential accommodation.

Year: 2010
Location: London, UK
Client: private
Size: 90 m²
Cost: £150 k
Status: completed

Structural engineer: Illumina Eng

The brief for this private residential commission was the rear extension of a 3 floors terrace house which is part of the Central Fulham conservation area in Parson’s Green.
The design proposal was one single minimal contemporary look shape not competing with the existing grain and textures of the context to form the enclosure of a spacious modern kitchen suiting the needs of the family living in the house.

Year: 2013
Location: London, UK
Client: Burro e Salvia
Size: 120 m²
Cost: £90 k
Status: completed 2013

Photographs: Tommaso Franzolini 

Our team developed an interior shop concept for Burro e Salvia ‘pastificio’ (fresh pasta shop) in London.
The design responds to the challenge of creating a domestic yet contemporary atmosphere.
The front of the commercial unit houses the retail component of the business and the rear is dedicated to the eating and testing of the fresh pasta products prepared on the premises.
A section of the slab in the rear room was removed allowing natural light to shine through, enhancing the quality of the space, and creating a double height feature space.