When a brand new 22nd floor bankside penthouse was introduced to Hill House Interiors as a blank canvas, they felt duty bound to deliver a scheme as stunning as the 360 degree views enjoyed from this exceptional 4 bedroom duplex home.
Relishing the challenge, the talented multi-award winning team took a detailed brief from the clients and created interiors worthy of this iconic landmark building, famous for its dramatic glass pitched roofs.
The design brief was to give some youth and energy to a beautiful and well proportioned, but rather serious house. Arriving at the front door of the flat fronted, Georgian façade, you have a pre-conception of what will be inside. I wanted to play with these expectations and subvert them totally.
As colour is always my starting point, I set off to change the mood with some unexpected exciting colours. I always like to have a unifying colour either subtly or boldly iterated through a house or project, and in this case I used blues. The constant colour use creates a visual link through the property that people respond to, often subconsciously. It makes the home hang together.
A contemporary family home that is both relaxed for everyday family living, whilst striking & functional for regular entertaining & holding the clients’ company corporate events.
Design Brief:
To create a contemporary family home that is both relaxed for everyday family living, whilst striking & functional for regular entertaining & holding the clients’ company corporate events.
As the house is big enough to accommodate dedicated rooms, rather than the need to be multi-functional, each room needed to be tailored exactly to how they would be used, allowing for more creative freedom for design aesthetics within each zone.
To push the clients’ boundaries on contemporary design as the clients have historically opted for a more classic & traditional design.
Key aspect of the project:
Creative freedom to push the clients’ boundaries & imagination, working with a blank canvas as the property was a new build.
Why does the design work so well?
As the clients’ children have recently grown up, the worry was the house might feel too big when it is just the 2 of them there, with lots of areas getting unused. With the feel of open plan living, yet still zoning off key areas for everyday living, the space feels proportionately right, which is enhanced by the flow of texture, colour & furniture layout.
How do you feel the design integrates into the wider environment?
By using as much natural textures where possible, complimenting the large windows with simple soft furnishings to help frame the fantastic view.
What specialist or artisan skills were involved in the making of the project?
Carpentry
Handblown glass
Bespoke soft furnishings, upholstery & re-upholstery
Handwoven silk rugs
SHH were appointed as lead architect and interior designers to fully refurbish and extend this substantial property in Highgate. SHH obtained Planning Permissions to refurbish the property, retain facades, develop its interiors and deliver a modern town house of 15,000 sq ft to the highest specification.
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