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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. 10 Hanover Street in London, UK by Squire and PartnersJanuary 14th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Squire and Partners Squire and Partners has completed a slender apartment building on London’s Hanover Street, featuring full height bespoke perforated shutters. The building forms part of a mixed-use development which also provides a new office building and the Hus Gallery of contemporary art.  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners
 Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners From 1800 to 1930 Hanover Street was the home of military tailoring, which influenced the design and craft in the detail of the building. A chevron motif used to perforate the facade is abstracted from military insignia, and combined with traditional military colours.  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners The shutters are a contemporary reference to traditional timber shutters used in Mayfair residences to provide privacy and light modulation. Spanning the width of the building, the shutters can be fully opened and closed forming a dynamic frontage to the street and assisting with environmental control. When closed the bronze shutters allow light to permeate through displaying the chevron pattern, and when open reveal flashes of red lining and gold trim.  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners Each typical floor contains a single apartment with a duplex apartment on the upper floors. Large open plan kitchen/living rooms to the front offer views towards Regent Street and Hanover Square. Squire and Partners are an award-winning architectural practice who have been designing and executing buildings on key sites in London and internationally for over 35 years. The practice’s approach to design assumes that every site has its own history, character and needs. Derived from a sense of place, buildings respond to underlying themes of materiality, scale and proportion which are common to their locations, whilst revealing a commitment to contemporary design and detailing.  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners  Image Courtesy © Squire and Partners
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