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Eaton Square 2

This is the practice’s second comprehensive remodelling of an Eaton Square apartment and it takes a radically different, modern and almost abstract approach. The thing that connects the two designs however is the quality of the finishes and the sensuous character of the interiors.

This apartment progresses from a dark and enigmatic hall at its centre “with highly lacquered surfaces where everything starts to dematerialise”, emerging into a series of modern light-filled spaces. When you emerge, you have a sense of surprise and an unfolding of space.

Much of the integrated and loose furniture was designed especially for the apartment. The provision of carefully considered integrated elements such as wardrobes, cupboards, bookcases and shelving, allows the apartment to remain relatively simple in its lines and surfaces, lending the spaces a gallery feel that allows the clients’ art collection to be seen to full effect.

“Unexpected finishes, plenty of contrast and high glamour are key in this modern cocoon of a flat, achieved through the collaborations of an imaginative architects and daring – and trusting – owners.”

House & Garden, November 2008
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James Gorst’s work has helped to heal one of the most unnecessary and painful wounds in contemporary British architecture: between the traditionalists and the modernists. Like Louis Kahn in the United States or Peter Zumthor in Switzerland, Gorst reminds us that modernism can be beautifully reconciled with the underlying principles of classicism and that modern materials and idioms can carry all the elegance, dignity and grandeur associated with historical masterpieces.

Alain de Botton

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Design: Tom Green Design. Build: Designagogo.