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The Mellier
Behind this handsome Beaux-Arts
facade in the heart of Mayfair, The
Mellier includes five voluminous
lateral modern apartments and one
extraordinary penthouse overlooking
the rooftops of London. Formerly a
Buick car showroom in 1930s, the
building has been refurbished in 2015
by Eric Parry Architects with Studio
Mackereth appointed as Interior
Designer and Creative Director for each
of the apartments and the lobby - this
includes sourcing all fabrics, rugs, lamps,
contemporary as well as vintage furniture
and works of art. A free-standing folding
walnut screen ‘Albemarle’ has been
designed especially for this project.
These lateral apartments benefit from
a real sense of scale with spectacular
ceiling heights, elegant proportions and
dramatic use of light. The client’s brief
was to make a brave step away from the
usual bland beige formulaic interiors of
most speculative residential property
developments.