The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. Interior fit-out of a school near Regent’s Canal in Hackney. The design references the Edwardian construction of the existing building and the waterside location. The building was stripped back to its original features and construction, revealing features such as a parquet floor and intricate pipework […]
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The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. A refurbishment of a number of key spaces within the Westminster Song School, including a large, new, performance chamber. The practice uses colour, material, composition and light in a highly sympathetic way, skilfully negotiating the problems associated with refurbishing a listed structure. The design features […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. A new church in Emsworth was created in direct response to site and briefing constraints, with the church community being heavily involved throughout the design process. The design reinstates a positive street frontage, creates a flexible, central community kitchen, uses daylight in highly innovative ways, […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. KAP diagnostics HQ was installed as a refurbishment of a cluster of disused buildings. As the existing buildings, including a car showroom, were found to be sound structurally, it was determined that they should remain, and be refurbished rather than be demolished for new buildings. […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. An elegant and traditional refurbishment of a historic property in Hyde Park Gate, created as a collaboration between 23 Architects and Woolf Interiors. The design features custom, elaborate fabrics that resonate with the large scale of the interior spaces, blending an English sense of tradition […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. This new-build family home in Newbury combines vernacular features such as local flemish bond brick-work with some striking modernist architectural forms. The structure features privacy-enhancing slit windows to the front, and opens up with substantial glazing to the rear, that maximises views of the beautiful […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. The new data centre adds 8,000 sqm of linked custom data centre space. The building was designed to have exceptional standards of mechanical and electrical servicing, with extensive levels of resilience and redundancy as required by a data centre. The structure is clad in metal […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. Artist, architect and lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture, Ruairi Glynn, designed this interactive art installation for the entrance lobby of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, that is reflective of waste streams at both a collective and personal level – a tie in with […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. The transformation of a 1980’s headquarters building into open plan and modern facilities, with flexible, informal workspaces designed to encourage interaction and new working patterns and methodologies. A controlled palate of materials, including birch ply panels and louvres, slate flooring and bold graphic yellow elements […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. A drastically remodelled townhouse in West London. The architects researched the site thoroughly, discovering that the property had once housed drapers and cloth makers. The clients had a passion for textiles, embroidery and for history, and so Patrick Lewis Architects were able to create a […]