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Study rooms three and four come next on the left, with crittalstyle
fully-glazed internal walls and doors, and artwork to animate
the space, as well as eye-catching feature lighting. The unisex
washrooms on the scheme are opposite and are notably high-spec.
Black tile-clad walls are set around a large space with a central
feature sink area with round-edged mirrors attached to both the
ceiling and the trough, plus large, bronze-edged wall mirrors.
The next space along on the left is a long, relaxed library area with
loose furniture and bespoke bookshelf furniture, designed by 74
and made by Medlock, featuring laminate inside shelves and solid
timber ends, and angled ‘roof’ sections to underline a domestic feel
in a playful way once more. The roof sections can also hold an open
book.
Opposite the library space are two stand-out areas. First of all, a
communal kitchen, bespoke-created for the scheme by kitchen
specialists Gemini, and including a breakfast bar with a marble
laminate top and white, elegant Cheshire High Stools from
Telegraph Furniture. A rectangular ceiling raft over the breakfast
bar features inset-LED lighting, as well as four pendant lights in
an elegant circular loop design – the Circle light by Hannakaisa
Pekkala. The flooring in this area is a dark grey version of the Amtico
herringbone timber used elsewhere.
The second stand-out space is the scheme’s cinema room, which
features the same, super-high-spec modular deep seating as
used in Everyman Cinemas for a really plush, relaxed feel. The
technology in the space is notably high-spec too, including a top-ofthe-range
projector screen, recessed sound bars and high-quality
soundproofing.
The final ground floor space is the largest single, continuous space:
a gaming lounge with pool and table tennis tables. The space is
arranged around a central dry bar with fridges and a high-seating
bench, plus a timber and glazing screen reaching from the bar to
the ceiling raft above to punctuate the space at its mid-point, with
feature lighting to either side – the Fossa chandelier by Mullan.
Additional feature lights are made up of bronze squares with inset,
bronze-tinted, mirrored ceiling tiles, including one directly over the
pool table. The central section of the space, where a long, social
table, the games tables and dry bar are located, have inset feature
flooring in alternating sections of black-and-white chequerboard
and the same dark grey timber used in the communal kitchen.
Two sections of the inner wall of the games lounge feature
banquette seating with a blue velvet seat backs set against timber
wall panelling, with interspersed Orac wall lights. Other seating
areas opposite include two sets of high-bar seating along the
glazed external wall, split by a central series of bespoke, conjoined
lower-backed armchairs, designed for the project by 74, with
continuous linking top sections and marble-laminate inset tables
with angled-in legs. There are full-height voile curtains on the
lounge’s back wall to allow for privacy, due to the proximity of next
building.
The gym area on the lower-ground floor level also features supersized
graphics, designed by 74, in colourways that link to the rest
of the scheme.
A final element of 74’s amenity-space design is the private dining
room on the 8th floor that looks out over a roof terrace, designed by
landscape architects re-form (also responsible for the ground-floor
external terrace space). The space features a built-in kitchen and
island by Gemini, as well an 8-person black-laminate-topped table
with pendant lights overhead by Muuto and a loose furniture area.
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