Oakley Square, London - Echlin Studios
Materials: American walnut
Bookcase in black walnut with ebonised & textured panels. Bedside tables in black walnut. Both for an apartment in Oakley Square near Mornington Cresecent, London. As featured in Wallpaper* magazine, May 2024.
Ffern Store, Beak Street, London - House of Grey
Materials: Oxidised Ash
Display shelves and pedestals for stone tables, both in oxidised Ash. These plinths are built specifically for each piece of Somerset stone, some which have more uneven crenulated undersides than others. A few of the stones are close to 90kg in weight and not easy to move around and the plinth shape and sizes had to be approximated by lying each stone on its face (or top surface) and then building the plinth up around the exposed underside. The variable heights and uneven undersides accommodated in its individual plinth to keep a level, flat top when reversed for display.
The new home for natural perfumery Ffern.co at 23 Beak Street.
Circular Salutogenic Interior Design by House of Grey London.
Photographed by @edvinasbruzas
The Elephant Park Timber Re-use Project, Lend Lease
The Elephant Park Timber project was devised by Lend Lease UK to re-purpose trees removed during the regeneration of Elephant & Castle in central London. The project saw the felled trees milled, transformed and reinstated as unique indoor and outdoor furniture within the public areas of the development. Outdoor furniture was commissioned and offcuts were distributed for use in community projects, parks and gardens. Heliconia Furniture were commissioned to produce furniture from the felled London Plane trees for the interior communal spaces.
To help progress this ground breaking project, Lend Lease called on Lantern, an environmental agency specialising in the utilisation of trees and timber, to provide expert advice on London timber, they identified ways in which the felled timber could be reused around the site by local people. Lantern have also worked with Lend Lease to replace the removed trees and add several hundred more trees of diverse species to sit beside the London Plane trees that were retained.
The origins of the timber are well documented and communicated by Lend Lease, and timber reuse from the Elephant & Castle regeneration is extensive. As a local resident I watched the trees being felled when the site was cleared. Later it was collected by Tyler Hardwoods of Wiltshire, who converted and air dried the timber before finishing it off in the kiln. I was able to inspect the timber before it went into the kiln and begin thinking about designs. Once the commissions were declared, the timber was delivered directly to Heliconia Furniture. The chain of custody is not only clear and short but is something that I have witnessed from beginning to end. This localised and personal provenance provides a unique narrative to the design and making of the furniture. Click here to read about Lend Lease Putting trees at the heart of the community Elephant Park Blog
