
Bavaria Road Studio
West Architecture
West Architecture converted a former Islington Methodist church into a minimal live/work space for the founding director of The School of Life, Morgwn Rimel. Simple and functional adaptations were designed to release unused space and separate the living and working areas. The renovation involved a dormer extension, the rebuilding of an existing mezzanine and an upgrade of all facilities, giving the double-height space a completely new life.
Photography: Ben Blossom. Writer: Harriet Thorpe

Bavaria Road Studio
West Architecture
‘The large volume of the existing space made it perfect for the introduction of the mezzanine,’ says architect Graham West, who rebuilt a small existing mezzanine, opening up the ceiling to the room below. The simplicity of the exposed timber mezzanine, suspended from the roof on slender steel rods and reached by a folded steel-plate staircase floating just above the floor, became emblematic of the whole design: functional, minimal and stripped back.
Photography: Ben Blossom. Writer: Harriet Thorpe

Disco House
William Smalley and Danny Pine
The Disco House in Notting Hill, London, is the fifth collaboration between architect William Smalley and Danny Pine, founder and creative director of interior design and property investment company Pinzauer. From the shell that they found in 2013, this dynamic duo has fashioned six floors of decorative delight, using a delirious mix of Italian and bespoke pieces.
Photography: Luke White. Writer: Christopher Stocks

Disco House
William Smalley and Danny Pine
The house is full of meticulously designed details, such as the reeded oak stair rail that takes the curve of the original newel post on the ground floor, the alabaster windows or the brass fillets in the ceiling of the first-floor den that link the centre of the back window to the centre of the opening to the drawing room. Italian influences abound, with vintage pieces by Gio Ponti, Paolo Buffa and Melchiorre Bega that Pine sourced on visits to Milan, mixed with modern classics from B&B Italia and Flexform.
Photography: Luke White. Writer: Christopher Stocks

Belgravia townhouse
Lawrence Salem and Gabriel Chipperfield
Business finance specialist Lawrence Salem and project manager Gabriel Chipperfield had been looking for some time for the perfect project to kickstart their joint property venture when they came across a Grade II-listed house on Eccleston Street in Belgravia, London. ‘It was a mess, so the project was primarily about straightening everything out, restoring the original 1850s building, as well as adding several modern extensions to the top, bottom, and back of the house,’ recalls Chipperfield, who developed and designed the house, with Salem, ‘under the watchful eye’ of his father, David Chipperfield.
Photography: Simon Menges. Writer: Ellie Stathaki

Belgravia townhouse
Lawrence Salem and Gabriel Chipperfield
The property spans over 360 sq m and six levels that include four bedrooms, a reception room, screening room, garden room and terrace. A 75 sq m kitchen and dining area sits in the extension’s lower level, amply lit by lightwells, and the views through the different levels, skylights and double height spaces, coupled with the crisp interiors, give the house its particularly airy feel.
Photography: Simon Menges. Writer: Ellie Stathaki