Co-working spaces are evolving, and designers are going to increasing lengths to integrate homey comforts and rituals into what was once a warren of badly lit cubicles.
The latest iteration to catch our eye is Kindred, this time self-styled more extravagantly as a creative community space. London-based architecture firm Studioshaw has retrofitted the 18th-century, Grade II-listed Bradmore House in Hammersmith into a modern three-storey complex where a 7,500 sq ft plan houses a co-working space, bar, restaurant, and private rooms on the top floor for yoga, meditation and more mundane meetings.
The original bones of the building – not least the restoration of the tall Georgian windows, a listed panel room that came from the Geffrye Museum in 2001, period panels and cornices, and beautifully aged timber – feature strongly in the interior design. Collectively, these form a handsome backdrop for the light modern interventions of brass details, furniture by Hay, and a sculptural kinetic chandelier comprising 70 long brass stems in perpetual movement like fluttering autumn leaves. Amidst such aesthetic distractions, we wonder that anyone gets any work done.
The cosy members-only private dining room is one of several rooms on the second floor that can be reconfigured for yoga, meditation and meetings
The restaurant on the first floor adjoins a co-working space that is crowned by ‘Flicker’, a kinetic brass chandelier designed by Umut Yamac and manufactured by Matter of Stuff
Detail of the co-working space on the first floor which features brass detailing and furniture by Hay
The second floor members-only lounge showcases the strong bones of Bradmore House, a three-storey, 18th-century, Grade II-listed pil
The Cellar on Kindred’s ground floor is an in-house bar that’s open to the public, part of Studioshaw’s efforts to encourage community building
In-house bar, The Cellar showcases Studioshaw’s design scheme to incorporate bespoke furniture pieces for differing co-working and dining needs
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