LIGHT + TECH 107


22 VINE HILL: BUCKLEY GRAY YEOMAN


The design aim for a Victorian warehouse conversion in London’s Farringdon was to avoid the clichés and create ‘something altogether more considered… a workplace that celebrates its Victorian bones while introducing contemporary elements with characteristic restraint and precision’. Two expansive floors feature bright, modern, open ofices with the original 6m-high arched London brick vaults – remnants of the Rosebery Avenue Viaduct – transformed into dramatic break-out areas.


The increase of daylight ingress (light now penetrates deep into the below-ground spaces through new glass blocks) allows a greater play of natural light in the interior, complementing the pale tones of the European ash joinery used extensively throughout for stairways and bridges.


‘Tall, steel-framed windows and aptly positioned light wells immerse the interiors in natural light,’ says Buckley Gray Yeoman. ‘Exposed brickwork, pale floors of stone and wood, and a feature spiral staircase set a creative tone.’ bgy.co.uk


The interaction of light and material was the theme of an installation by multi-award-winning luminaire designer Andra Munro at this year’s Surface Design Show.


Munro crafts individual porcelain pieces, exploiting texture, shape, pattern and the particular translucent qualities of the material, to create bespoke light fittings, from chandeliers to intricately sculpted table lamps. The installation that welcomed visitors in the entrance hall to the show comprised around 1,500 suspended porcelain pieces, each individually fashioned by hand. When illuminated, the installation radiated a warm glow, casting patterns of light and shadow that shifted and evolved with the viewer’s perspective. andramunrodesign.com


The Surface Design Show, including the Surface Design Awards, was held at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London, in February


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