London restaurant interior designed by Stiff and Trevillion
Trevillion rigid and led the design team at the St Alban, a new restaurant on the corner of the site in London in Regent Street. Its owners are Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, the team owned by the Ivy and Le Caprice, and subsequently launched the Wolseley.
Even though the score was short for a discreet, impeccable, modern and functional interior, L-shaped space is the dining and a minimum depth of daylight.
The ceiling recessed surface uses GRP domes that the main source of ambient light, with directional spots recess sank in the flat areas between the two.
Bronze and tinted glass exterior doors lead to a lacquered platform, which in turn opens at the reception and bar. Dayle is a window of translucent glass by the artist Michael Craig-Martin, who also helped develop the color palette. "Their job is a very important part of architecture, not just decorative surface," said Michael Stiff partner.
Bar, a Welsh slate wall leads the eye in the main dining room, which is carpeted and a drawing of textile designer Govindia Hemphill.
The free-standing booths and benches were designed by Trevillion rigid and, by Charles Freeman Group, and covered with fabric Kvadrat. The chairs are Eero Saarinen Knoll, while the tables by Terence Woodgate in the SCP. The bathrooms are generous and luxurious, with health by Ross Lovegrove for Vitra.
