McClewarchitecture

protected structure refurbishment
and conversion, london.

A 30-foot-high shareholders meeting hall, with press and public galleries at opposite ends, along with two levels of wide access corridors have been converted into a 'lofty' apartment within the grade II listed former metropolitan water authority headquarters building in clerkenwell.

modern elements in the form of large access and storage screens, black 'floating' kitchen island and a new staircase have been inserted in juxtaposition to the white-washed classical plasterwork backdrop of the listed interior 'shell.

sound absorbing screen backdrop to dining area

walnut and steel staircase rises above kitchen