Commercial
→Eastcheap House
2024City of London
Private residence · 2024
Peartree Mews
A former coach house where a full-height library had to hold 2,400 books without a visible fixing.
- Location
- Kensington, London
- Type
- Private residence
- Area
- 185 m²
- Duration
- 16 weeks
- Completed
- 2024
Scope
- Joinery & panelling
- Decorative finishes
The structural opening ran 6.2 metres with a 400mm deflection allowance in the steel above. The library therefore had to be self-supporting and independent of the ceiling — a torsion-box carcass tied back at four points.
Uprights are 42mm engineered oak, veneer-matched across the run so the figure carries around the corner returns. Lighting is integrated into a machined rebate rather than surface-mounted.
Wall surfaces beyond the library are tadelakt in a warm bone, burnished with a river stone and sealed with olive soap.
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