Bronze PVD coloured stainless steel elevator core & stairwell

Creating echoes of quality and craftsmanship from the Art Deco era using intricately designed metalwork for the stairway, elevator and core rising through this landmark Edwardian building.

The design and its challenges

Katerina Dionysopoulou is director at bureau de change design office ltd who designed the building core, lift and stairway.

Katerina talks to us about the architectural aspects of the design.

" The design consists of two layers of mesh – 2D and 3D – the one beneath is flat and the folded one sits in front. So the impression is that you are looking at a complete mesh structure – the reality is that there is concrete behind, which we had painted a dark grey so that the eye cannot pick up its presence. The mesh was wrapped around the core on the ground floor so that you can see it as you walk down the street then it peels off under the stairs and the rest of the core is the flat mesh. It has an ambitious sculptural element but of course had to be within the budget.”

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