A Park Hyatt PoMo-inspired penthouse
London’s first Park Hyatt-branded residences
We start every project by listening – to how a client lives, what they love and the stories they want their home to tell. In this Park Hyatt-branded residence, we transformed a blank canvas into a lively, lived-in space filled with eye-catching forms, jewel-like colour, intricate pattern and tactile texture – each an expression of the characterful home our client asked us to create.
Rebel, rebel
In response to our client’s desire for something playful and punchy, we drew inspiration from the eye-catching, rule-breaking furniture of the 1980s – when postmodernism rebelled against form and function, embracing whimsy, materiality and asymmetrical structures that teetered on the improbable.
To avoid a lurid pastiche, we tempered the bold silhouettes with rich, warm hues and timeless craftsmanship.
Relight my fire
To give the large open-plan living area a focal point, we designed an imposing, Brutalist-inspired wall to cleave the room in two. For added theatre, we incorporated a roaring fire and finished the entire structure in a deep charcoal limewash.
The new surface also created a place to hang art – something increasingly tricky to accommodate in glass-fronted new builds.
Hey, studs
In the principal bedroom, graphically pronounced silhouettes, feather-soft mohair, swirling burlwood and a sumptuous dark-sapphire velvet headboard work in beautiful congress to create a visually compelling space that engages every sense.
Even the wallpaper – studded with hundreds of thousands of shimmering dots, like a kind of cosmic braille – is irresistible to touch.
Dark to light
One guest bedroom is enveloped in dark, cocooning tones; the other leans into brighter, more energising colour. Both make a statement though layered patterns, textured fabrics and strong, clean-lined contours, with subtle PoMo references bringing the client’s playful, spirited and assured brief to life.
Smoke and sparkles
It’s not every day a client asks for a cigar room – but when they do, it’s rather fun.
We began with materials that honour the ritual and opulence of cigar connoisseurship: fusion marble, brass trims and an oak-burl veneer stained red to evoke the rich, distinctive tones of rare burl rosewood.
Wine coolers and thermoelectric humidors were then built in to regulate temperature and humidity, while drawers and cabinets were filled with cigar cutters, butane torch lighters, heavy tumblers and a heady mix of artisanal spirits and English sparkling wine.
Smoking may now be a more niche pastime, but its rituals can still feel as glamorous as ever.