Architecture practice Sam Jacob Studio has built an office, bar and events space for the ArtReview magazine in London that includes a pair of revamped Mies van der Rohe armchairs.
Designed for ArtReview to be used both as an office and for talks or screenings, the space occupies the ground floor and basement of a Victorian warehouse near Old Street.
Sam Jacob Studio stripped back previous fit-outs to create a bright space that incorporated elements of the building's previous uses.
Sam Jacob Studio designed the office and events space for ArtReview
"We wanted the design to feel both strong and light at the same time," said Sam Jacob Studio founder Sam Jacob.
"We were interested in working in a way that revealed the assembly ? and disassembly ? involved in the construction of the space and furniture elements," he told Dezeen. "The peeling back of layers of previous fit-outs was a way to simplify the space while also creating a kind of interior archaeology so that the history of the built fabric is exposed ? not just the original building but its subsequent reuse ? previously a gallery, before that designer Nigel Coates' office space and so on."
A circular opening lets light in from a lightwell on the ground floor
On the ground floor, which contains a reception area and a workspace divided by a bookcase, the studio uncovered a window to a lightwell that had been covered up.
As the window looked directly onto a piece of mechanical ventilation equ...