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17 Contents 04 Winter/Spring 2014 41 04 Built on spice 49 Fabric of nature St James collection Once worth more than its weight in gold, Once the preserve of more traditional clothing, 76 Places to live from St James we discover how London’s reputation as natural fibres are now at the heart of creating a global banking and trading powerhouse cutting edge high-performance wear that is 78 The Corniche was built on spice. setting new standards in warmth and comfort. 82 Riverlight 08 Playing with fire 54 Scandi style 86 Kew Bridge West Reliant on heat to shape and mould their They spend half their lives indoors sheltering 90 Merano Residences work, we meet four of London’s most revered from the cold outside, and when it comes craftsmen to find out what it is like to make to home styling no one does it quite like the 94 Queen Mary's Place a living playing with fire. Scandinavians. Blending simple lines, rich 96 Hurlingham Gate textures and functional style. 17 Wake up and smell the coffee! 100 Wye Dene With London’s ever more knowledgeable 58 Trail blazing 101 Kennet Island and demanding coffee drinkers consuming Like many great cities, London’s beauty and over 15 million cups per day, we explore what history is often best experienced on foot. So it takes to create the perfect brew and the put on your walking boots and choose from Coming soon perfect place to drink it. our selection of four perfect winter walks, all 102 Brewery Wharf ending in a great pub with a roaring open fire. 24 The art of placemaking 103 Moore House St James is a company driven by a vision 65 Heat wave 104 Hurlingham Walk to create unique places for people to live and London’s finest chefs are experimenting with enjoy – we discover how a new partnership heat and spice like never before, transforming 105 Butlers Court 27 with the Royal College of Art will place traditional cuisines into some of the city’s 106 Hornsey Depot a dynamic creative hub at the heart of the most elegant new taste sensations. new Nine Elms on the Southbank district. 106 Isleworth House 70 20/20 vision 106 Kew Bridge West Phase II 27 Hotspots We meet Berkeley Group Head of Sustainability, From a roaring log fire high in the mountains, Lorraine Fursland, to learn more about the to a tropical surfing beach, we pick five company’s commitment to setting the very remarkable places to enjoy keeping warm highest standards in sustainability, and why this winter. the future of our urban lifestyle and landscape 08 is safe in their hands. 34 The diary The hottest events taking place across 73 Firebrand the capital this Winter. When Rapha launched its first roadwear products in 2004, few could have predicted 41 Born in Brazil the impact the British cycle brand would With the approach of both a World Cup have on sport and even fashion. Now, as it and an Olympics, Brazil is fast becoming the celebrates its 10th anniversary, founder Simon world’s hottest country – with a wealth of Mottram shares his thoughts on the future 65 young talent creating new international luxury for the hottest brand on two wheels. brands. We profile four to look out for in 2014.

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02 – Homes & London Homes & London – 03 The hot issue Built on spice

Once worth more than its weight in gold, we discover how London’s reputation as a global banking and trading powerhouse was built on spice. Writer Josh Sims

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tul Kochhar was one of the first Indian Spice was the builder of empires in the Little trace remains of the East India Company chefs to receive a Michelin star. His modern era too, effectively leading to Britain’s today. The name was revived earlier this decade as A restaurant, Benares, in Mayfair, is colonisation of India, for example. And that a posh condiments brand, and its presence in East acclaimed for its modern Indian cuisine, with its brings the story to London, specifically to its India Dock – largely flattened during World War skilful blending of western and eastern cooking port. Spice may have been valued in part because Two – might only be discerned by street names the traditions and ingredients. Unsurprisingly, it was hard to come by – because much of it had likes of Clove Crescent and Nutmeg Lane. Although Kochhar uses all kinds of esoteric spices. And yet to make an arduous journey over land from no plaque states as much, the warehouses in where would Kochhar best source these? Back in the east. But it was the discovery of sea routes Devonshire Square, near Liverpool Street station, his native lands of Jamshedpur? “I get a better that truly opened the market – spices became are all that remain of its one-time storage depot. range of spices here in London than I ever could cheaper, more accessible, and so demand The relevance of the brickwork there is probably back in India,” he says. “The best of the world’s rocketed, both for use in food and in medicines. unbeknownst even to the Indian restaurants spice crop still comes through London – such The London businessmen behind the East that now occupy the buildings – here, as the poet that spice has become a common ingredient India Company saw the chance to make a lot laureate John Masefield wrote, could once be in all sorts of cuisines here. In fact, I’d say of money, as much in textiles as in tea. But, seen “Cinnamon, myrrh and mace... And a billion that the availability of spices in the capital has founded in 1600 by royal charter, it first went cloves in an odorous mount… You showed, for a shaped its restaurant scene – the use of curry up against the Dutch in a bid to monopolise the most delightful hour / The wealth of the world, and powder, cloves, saffron, for example, have all spice market by opening trade routes with India. London’s power.” become mainstream in even more traditional And the East India Company really went for it, Certainly the impact on London of the East English cooking, such that national cuisines in despotic fashion: by the time it was dissolved India Company’s pursuit of spices can hardly be are merging.” – 140 years ago this year – it had reaped the exaggerated. “The East India Company was very But Kochhar goes further in his praise benefits of having the largest private navy ever much a London company and all of its business of London as the world’s unexpected spice created, having one of the biggest private armies came through London,” explains Robert Blyth, capital, suggesting that a number of spices that and having controlled 50% of world trade. That’s senior curator of world history at the National he had not even heard of before came onto his all world trade, not just in spices. Cinnamon, myrrh and mace... Maritime Museum in Greenwich, where the radar precisely because of his being London- Not that it wasn’t at times a perilous business And a billion cloves in an Trader’s Gallery in part examines the spice business.

based: “I hadn’t heard of certain chillies, or too, as was clear from the beginning. This was “But that means it leased ships, so gave a huge lift tonka beans, or lindi peppers before I worked not necessarily because of the dangerous high odorous mount… You showed, to ship-building in London. It was carrying hugely in London,” he says, “so just being here means seas – one reason why no ship’s cargo would valuable goods, so that underpinned London’s you’re introduced to ‘new’ spices and ideas for ever be entirely devoted to spices, lest it be lost for a most delightful hour insurance business. And it needed capital to fund its your cooking.” And perhaps only in London: en route – but because even then the market The wealth of the world, operations too, so that created London’s reputation tonka beans, for example, are banned as a food fluctuated. Spare a thought for one Captain as a centre for banking. In fact, the spice trade item in the US (because extremely high levels James Lancaster, who set sail in 1601 and, sailing and London’s power. was really the beginning of the City. All of these have been connected to liver problems in rats). up the Thames with a hard-won consignment industries may well have developed in time here John Masefield, poet laureate And as for lindi peppers – guess where they are of pepper in 1603, was told that in the interim anyway, of course, but the spice trade gave them all from: India. Elizabeth I had died and her successor, James I, an enormous boost.” It may come as a surprise to some that had struck a deal with the Dutch, causing pepper It is a boost that still has resonance today. London, stereotyped as grey and damp, should prices to fall through the floor. According to a CBI (Confederation of British have become the global hub for the hot and Industry) survey, although the global market is now exotic. But that is a matter of history, back to the (c1850). Whitcombe Thomas Indiaman off a Coast, East / Alamy Management Ltd. © Image Asset dominated by largely anonymous multi-national 16th century when spices – now so ubiquitous, giants the likes of McCormick and Company – imported by food trading conglomerates and owners of the better-known Schwartz spices brand available in a wide variety from any supermarket – and Associated British Foods’ Tone Brothers, still – were hugely valued, their rarity in the west London remains among the major trading centres, affording them the status of a secure currency. alongside New York, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Back then, London dockworkers were paid their Singapore. And the demand is still there too. The bonuses in cloves, and nutmeg was literally EU market is the world’s second largest market worth more than its weight in gold. for spices – it gets through over €1.2bn worth Spice, indeed, had long been the builder of a year, that’s 420,000 tonnes – with the UK its empires. The Romans traded spices out of the leading consumer. The UK is, in fact, the third Middle East by controlling Alexandria in Egypt largest consumer of spices in the world, fuelled by from the first century BC, paying its soldiers in a growing interest in ethnic and healthy foods and, salt, from which comes the word ‘salary’. Come it seems, by a dedication to black pepper, paprika the 13th century, the city state of Venice was and pimento. built on the back of its controlling the flow of Indeed, our changing lifestyles and improving spices from east to west. Columbus ‘discovered’ taste buds are seeing demand for spice enter a new America on a commission from the Spanish phase: the market is shifting away from household to find a new sailing route to India, in abid use to industrial use, with spices now particularly to dominate its spice trade – he did, at least, used in the processing of meat, fish, canned foods, find chillies there, but called them ‘peppers’, sauces, soups, bakery goods and convenience foods, hence our still calling them ‘chilli peppers’. The with ginger a major player in soft drinks and anise, Portuguese empire was built on the back of its badian and juniper in alcoholic ones. The saying making the first successful circumnavigation has it that the streets of London are paved with of Africa, in search of spice. gold. Perhaps with ground spice is more accurate. St Katharine Docks: 1872, Gustave Doré. © Museum of London Gustave Docks: 1872, Katharine St

06 – Homes & London Homes & London – 07 The hot issue Playing with fire

Playing with fire London’s vibrant creative scene includes a thriving community of makers located in workshops across the city, practising crafts that have changed very little over hundreds, if not thousands of years. Reliant on heat to shape and mould their work, we caught up with four of London’s most revered craftsmen to find out what it is like to make a living playing with fire. Writer Claire Walsh – PHOTOGRAPHY Jens Marott

08 – Homes & London Homes & London – 09 The hot issue Playing with fire

The BLACKsmith# Conan Sturdy Conan Sturdy is a Camden-bred blacksmith with a rather no-nonsense approach to his craft. “I learnt as I went along. I was always practical, and most of it is fairly simple. You take hot metal and bang it into shape,” he says. Sturdy’s favourite project so far has been his self-built workshop. All powered by renewable energy, bought from green sources, when the south London sun shines the 4 KW solar panels installed on the roof kick into action. The 800sq ft space is complete with a red-hot forge, and the blacksmith works with a hammer and anvil What do you like about working with metal? to shape the minimalist furniture he designs. I work mainly with steel – He says hot steel can be wilful, so a lot of pieces are finished by chance – the metal one of the most abundant sometimes dictates the end shape: “I suppose there is a fair bit of trial and error.” materials in the universe: “About 1999-ish: last century! After University the centre of our earth I worked in a campervan garage in Ladbroke Grove. I heard there were blacksmiths making is liquid steel. furniture in the arches nearby, so I went up, had What was the first thing you made? a chat, and starting working there.” I think it was a bed.

What attracted you to blacksmithing? Do you have a dream commission? I just like making things and do not have the A massive sculpture which would take a couple patience for woodwork. Metal can be forgiving: of years to make. But we have a great job coming if you make a mistake you can weld it back in, making about 180 pieces of furniture for together and make it invisible. a restaurant in Covent Garden. That is going Where is your workshop? to be nice. In Streatham. I built the whole workshop, installing Why did you choose to set up in London? the floors and a mezzanine. It is still a work in I was born and brought up here. progress. It has really high ceilings and a roof window; I was up there the other night looking What does London offer a maker that you could at the stars. not get elsewhere? There are lots of customers here! What has been the most complex thing you have made? For someone who was interested in learning We made a ten-man bicycle. You see them around more about metal and foundry work where London: it is a pub on wheels. A barman drives would you send them? it around. It took about four months to complete. There are a few workshops and forges around London and most are open to visitors if you get What do you find the most satisfying part in touch. Also log onto the British Blacksmiths of the making process? Association [baba.org.uk], they have some really Although the making can be a nice part, it is interesting stories and articles. when you look at a piece and you know it is completely finished. www.conansturdy.co.uk

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What do you like about working The Potter# with precious metal? Stuart Carey It is the duality. Metal can be soft: you can even Originally from the north-east Stuart Carey has bite teeth marks into fine always been a potter. Studying at school, then What do you like about working a BA at Glasgow’s famous art school and finally gold. But it also has this with clay? a Masters at London’s RCA, where his final project incredible strength and It is a wonderful transient The Intimacy of Functional Objects struck a chord. endurance: put it in a hole Now known as Stuart Carey Tableware he material and ceramics is says (with modesty) that the range “has done for thousands of years incredibly well. Although I know it is from my own one of the most ancient art hard work I am still surprised where people are The Silversmith# then dig it up and it will buying it.” The hand-thrown porcelain stoneware forms on the planet. Even Maya Selway be exactly the same. is stocked in London’s Conran Shop and the though we think we are potter is in talks with Calvin Klein. What kind of temperatures are you Success means he is constantly at the wheel, contemporary artists today, With creative lineage – her father is a painter working with? so it is lucky he is passionate about throwing and grandmother was a jeweller – Maya Selway’s it has all been done before! career as a silversmith was a pre-mapped destiny. I don’t know the exact temperatures I work at, as (a process in which a ball of clay is placed in the I judge it all by colour. I switch the lights off in the centre of the turntable on the potter’s wheel). “I have always made things”, she says. “I have been in workshops since I can remember.” studio, and watch; it is about knowing what the “That capability to make something physical What role does heat play in your work? After art school she moved into theatre to right shade of orange is. Heat brings it back to the was astounding to me,” he says of his first I fire at 1000°C, to change clay to ceramic, I then alchemy methodology where this work began. making experiences. glaze, and fire again at 1260°C. Most ceramicists make props, including huge steel trees for the National Theatre’s Cherry Orchard production. appreciate the unknown of what transformation What was the first thing you made? When did you begin your practice? is taking place behind that 5-inch thick kiln door. “That gave me another level of confidence, to A funny, but charming small copper ring, with At school the head of the art department picked The shock and surprise of what comes out keeps know how to achieve what I imagined in mind.” a tiny green glass bead set into it. I made it with 15 names out of the hat to give the opportunity us going and hoping. She then moved into jewellery and objects, my grandma when I was about ten. to do ceramics. I ended up in ceramics education briefly working in a cellar space before relocating for ten years straight. Before that I was a What was the first thing you made? to London’s creative making hub, the Cockpit What has been your favourite thing bookworm, but as soon as I got my hands dirty A strange slab version of a sun and a moon, Arts. Here like-minded people surround her; you have made? all of that disappeared. but I think it was the competition in class that “it is really inspiring and motivating to be around The latest thing you are making keeps you made me first throw. Our teacher said he would all the makers here.” passionate. But my most eureka moment was What initially attracted you to ceramics? give £10 to the first person who could throw my Kishu range; they are three-dimensional It’s process of seeing something through from a pot that was 30cm tall. What initially attracted you to metalwork? copper sketches. start to finish. There is a physical repercussion of Even when I was a young, watching my grandma your actions. There is no undo button, no delete, Why did you choose to set up in London? work, my focus was metal. It comes from that Do you have a dream commission? you can’t copy and paste from somewhere else. I came here to do my masters degree at the child-like sense of looking at the objects around My immediate instinct might be a bit cheesy! RCA. Initially I thought people here were rude you and wanting to know how things work and I would really like to make a piece of jewellery Have you had a mentor? and aggressive! But my eyes were opened, how they are made. for the actress Tilda Swinton. Her attitude and My first ceramics teacher Glyn Thomas was and and I got used to it and more attached. When aesthetic is something I have in mind when I make. is a mentor to me. 13 years after we first met he it came to the point of leaving college I did How did you learn your craft? is still watching out for me. not want to leave London. My grandma definitely taught me how to be in Why did you choose to set up in London? a workshop and be comfortable with the tools. I am a Londoner born and bred. It wouldn’t occur Where is your workshop? Where do you go for inspiration? I went through the traditional art college route, to me to go somewhere else. Paris is maybe more I have just set up a new space in two railway The Korean collection at the British Museum; and then into theatre. beautiful, but it is finished. London has the feeling arches in east London called Turning Earth. It is some pieces are 1,000 years old and we would that it is never finished, it is ongoing. London’s first open-access studio for members. struggle to make them today. I think I devote Where is your workshop? We are building a ceramic community. I do have my life to ceramics but I don’t in comparison In the Cockpit Arts, in Bloomsbury, which is a Where do you go for inspiration? a door with a lock on, and my own studio I can Small museums. The Petrie [part of University to those craftsmen. lovely community of makers. There are about 80 hide away in though! of us. The place is vibrant, social, supporting and College London] is a funny little museum filled Where would you send someone interested inspiring – just magic. with everything from Egyptian hand mirrors What is a typical day for you at the studio? in learning more about ceramics? to domestic objects. And the Sir John Soane It never stops. Every day I will either be throwing, To us at Turning Earth! We offer evening and What do you find the most satisfying Museum is near my studio and has an exceptional turning, or glazing: it goes in sequence. I try to daytime classes. And if you have any experience part of the making process? collection. These are places to go and be with average making at least ten pieces a day and you can become a member. I often work to commission, so when I nail it and your thoughts. I make the equivalent of 70 finished pieces get exactly what a client wants. You open the box each week. www.stuartcarey.co.uk to show them and they are happy. www.mayaselway.com

12 – Homes & London Homes & London – 13 The hot issue Playing with fire

14 – Homes & London Homes & London – 15 The hot issue Playing with fire

What is the most satisfying part of the making process? Taking that first super- hot gather of glass and The GLASSBLOWER# blocking it (a process in Michael Ruh which a ladle-like tool, made from water-soaked Michael Ruh began glassblowing in 1999. A trained Wake up sculptor, Ruh has cheffed and baked pizza along fruitwood, is used to shape the way. “I think the arts often require you to work elsewhere. It is not often that you graduate from and cool a piece of glass college and suddenly become an artist.” in the early stages of An American by birth, the glassblower has and smell lived all over Europe before settling in London; creation). It is the moment “I have got a mixed up, rolling stone kind of history.” He is attracted to the heat of his process, “if you you are taking control talk to any glass maker they will say the same.” and you begin to initiate Physically demanding, one of his pieces can the coffee! take anything from 15 minutes to two hours to creative intention on make and the 30 seconds window you have to the material. Writer Rebecca Hattersley shape the glass, means you are back and forth Illustration Fernando Volken Togni to the forge. “You have to commit to the piece,” What was the first thing you made? he says, “you can’t stop to think about it. You are A really thick, small, blown bubble: the size stuck with it till you finish… or till it breaks!” of a golf ball. But I was proud as hell of that. What initially attracted you to glassblowing? There is nothing you can do with it. I saw some glass making when I was in college What has been your favourite thing and I thought it was fascinating. I also did bronze you have made? and iron casting and metal forging as well. I come from a big family and my mum was The repellent qualities and those really high frequently asked who her favourite child was. temperatures just draw me in. You are not allowed favourites.

How did you begin to learn your craft? Do you have a dream commission? I first learnt to blow glass at a school for applied I want to see a plaza in a warm country with arts in Mechelen, Belgium. I studied there for people milling around below these big cloud about three years, then met my wife Natascha shapes I have made, a social environment with and moved over to England. beautiful sweeps of colour. That would be a dream.

Where is your workshop? What do you love about making in London? We are in Tulse Hill. The best thing about the The thing I love about London is the diversity space is it has absolutely fantastic light, there of the place. And although the environment is is a great sense of clarity. I try to keep clutter to challenging for craftspeople there are practitioners a minimum so there can be a focus on the glass of crafts here and they are making a living doing it. and the objects I make. Where do you go for inspiration? What is your favourite part of your working day? My favourite bus line is the number 68. When Lunchtime. Because of my working background it goes over Waterloo Bridge, dependant on food is really important to me. We work in one long the time of day, the light will fall towards the stint, and get seven hours in at the bench so lunch city. The fall of nature on a man-made object signals the end of that part of the day. We cook is really satisfying. here at the studio; using the waste heat from the glassblowing apparatus we can slow-cook stews. www.michaelruh.com

16 – Homes & London The hot issue Wake up and smell the coffee!

Take it or leave it, coffee resorting to brand reimaging in a bid to retain 01 Coffee cherries status. But what makes a cup of coffee superior? 02 Ripe coffee cherries picked by hand 03 Allpress Espresso roasting machine What motivates a busy city dweller to queue and is serious business. For 04 Harvest of coffee cherries ready for processing many, it is the only way wait their turn, spilling out onto the pavement 05 Green (unroasted) coffee beans drying in the sun in the winter months? It’s personal, of course, 06 Green to dark roasted coffee beans to start the day. That first which certainly explains why such an abundance of coffee shops coexist harmoniously. But with sip. The smell of freshly a premium coffee culture sweeping London, will ‘speciality’ inevitably become the norm? brewed coffee: a smell An independent café does not have the same that is arguably better exclusivity and glitterati as a high-end restaurant. 06 A good cup of coffee is for the daily window in 01 04 05 than the taste itself. A anyone and everyone’s diary. So with accessibility So we can start to appreciate the nuances coffee aficionado will at the crux of coffee consumption, how can coffee that go into a signature cup of coffee, and how operators continue to stimulate and differentiate, the resulting beverage tickles our individual think nothing of taking a and hold on to the devout line of coffee drinkers taste buds with a skillfully crafted, unique and and the select cup they seek? consistent flavour and roast profile. swift detour on their way In order to answer these questions we need But roasting is really only the beginning for to work in order to secure to turn not just to the hand of the barista, but to a coffee purist. After all, how variable can the the hand that nurses the bean to beverage – the roasting process be? Agnes agrees: there has that perfect custom cup. speciality coffee roaster. Part science and part to be more. Innovative brewing techniques, craft, the roasting of coffee is an integral part of purified water, ‘steady’ and ‘textured’ milk, and ever has coffee been more of a commodity, the journey that leads coffee cherries from the de-gassing the beans post-roast are a master and a coffee shop more of a go-to tree to your beautiful cup of coffee. barista’s preoccupation, with the subtleties just Ndestination. Regardless of your drink of What does a coffee roaster do? A question with as important as the underlying complexities. pleasure, or preferred time of the day to partake, a simple answer, you might think, but the roasting Syrup shots are on their way out. Choice is being the daily necessity for coffee is increasingly process is complex and all-encompassing. It stripped, with experts arguing that too much apparent. The most widely used drug in the would be easy to classify the coffee roaster as the choice negates the silky, unadulterated moment. world is available at every corner and consumed middleman, sitting between the coffee farms and Perhaps this explains why coffee enthusiasts effusively, with an average of 80% of London’s the coffeehouses, feeding beans into a machine, like Agnes have recently been extolling the population drinking 2.3 cups of coffee daily – but this does not convey the know-how required virtues of old-fashioned, hand-brewed filter that’s approximately 15 million cups per day in of a roastmaster. 02 coffee. Have we finally exhausted our dalliance London alone. A coffee roaster is responsible for sourcing with the steamed milk-based espresso drink, Coffee is convenient, an affordable luxury, quality coffee farms, maintaining relationships returning to the filter’s timeless elegance? The and an aid to the frenetic pace of modern life – with the farmers and developing a trained less is more approach is further evidenced in both a comfort and a catalyst to longer, sharper palette with which to identify and manipulate the smaller size of drinks being served up. A ideas. A coffee shop can take the nerves out of a the inherent flavour characteristics of a coffee speciality coffee is something to cherish. job interview, the staleness out of a team meeting. bean. Cupping is the method of systematically Dunne Frankowski is a London-based No need for a boardroom – let’s grab a coffee evaluating the aroma and taste of coffee beans creative coffee consultancy on a mission to and chat. A coffee shop has long been a venue for and is used by roasters to assess the quality of a redefine the humble bean, working with new conversation and creativity: brains buzzing with sample before purchasing. and established businesses under the ethos caffeine, novels penned, inspiration sparked. The Homes & London met with Agnes Potter, of functionality over style. The founders, Rob romance between coffee and culture lives on, with Training Manager at speciality wholesale coffee Dunne and Vic Frankowski, also run a small coffee shops such as the Department of Coffee and roaster, Allpress Espresso, a New Zealand-born coffee bar, Protein, under the same wing as Social Affairs acknowledging the blissful union venture on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch. In the advertising agency that produces Protein with a coffee-focused social hub on London’s order to claim speciality coffee roaster status, a Journal. At Protein, traditional tea tasting sets Leather Lane. certain grade of coffee bean must be used. But are used to enhance the serving experience and With over 800 flavours attributed to coffee, what makes coffee so varied and delectable, Agnes to present coffee in its simplest form. extensive and ever-changing drink combinations, explains, is not just the bean’s natural flavour Trends in coffee tastes, like fashion, are and with a new coffee shop opening almost weekly profile, but also the degree of roast, which unlocks somewhat cyclical, but by continuing to explore in London, choice is certainly on the menu. But these flavours. Agnes uses the analogy of frying A coffee shop has the possibilities of coffee, and by readapting and the market for coffee would appear far from onions – flash frying versus sautéing, and the honing the craft, speciality coffee can stay just saturated, with needs driven by a sophisticated difference in both taste and appearance of each. long been a venue that – special – without novelty add-ins. But the addiction that shows no sign, or desire, of being The roast profile is what makes a brighter, lighter, future of coffee is not just about the product but kicked. Demand is such that newcomers are citrus cup, or a feisty, full-bodied, sweeter cup. for conversation and also the customer, and inviting them on their welcomed, with coffee enthusiasts heading on Once roasted, the beans have a maximum creativity: brains own informed coffee journey. over to test the wares. of 14 days to go from cooling tray to beverage, What Allpress Espresso and the other But with so much good-looking competition, though coffee perfectionists will typically use buzzing with caffeine, speciality coffee operators have in common is a knowledge really is power. Coffee drinking beans not more than a week old. At Allpress team of approachable experts growing ever more is no longer a mere act of refreshment, but Espresso the roasting machine is in full view novels penned, obsessional about the finer points of a great cup an experience to be savoured, with new wave from the adjoining café – a suitably industrial inspiration sparked of coffee – and a line of loyal and discerning coffeehouses at the forefront of delivering true backdrop for a bustling, new wave coffeehouse, coffee hounds ready and waiting for their next artisan coffee and first wave corporate chains and a guarantee of optimum freshness. artisanal fix. 03 18 – Homes & London Homes & London – 19 The hot issue Wake up and smell the coffee! Homes & London have cherry-picked five of London’s best coffeehouses

Attendant Best for location ‘Under’ Foley Street and accessed by a flight of tiled stairs and black metal railings… Attendant Allpress Espresso is a coffee shop in a former Victorian public Best for people watching convenience, complete with porcelain cisterns, There is no shortage of eclectic fashions and brass pipes and hand dryer. A row of six lively conversation here. Serving top-notch, own- redundant urinals (impeccably sanitised) serves as roasted espresso and single origin filter brews. a novelty drinks table. Great coffee (from Caravan Allpress is a popular choice with locals and those Roastery in King’s Cross) in a truly unique location. resting vintage shopping legs. Downstairs, 27a Foley Street, London W1W 6DY 58 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DP

Notes Best for atmosphere Situated just off Trafalgar Square, Notes is a central yet relatively tourist-free option. The coffee is superb (from the Notes roastery) as are the fine selection of wines and sweet and savoury snacks. With blues and jazz music playing and two large tables under a skylight for those wanting to work, Notes has a warm and inviting feel to it. 31 St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ER

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Department of Coffee and Social Affairs Best for conversation A renovated and remodelled ironmonger’s building, and a collaboration of coffee professionals, designers and artists working to provide both a coffee shop and social hub for local residents and office workers in the Farringdon area. The focus, as the name suggests, is on satisfying coffee and conversation. 14-16 Leather Lane, London EC1N 7SU

Workshop Coffee Co. Best for food With its cosy urban warehouse vibe and the roasting machine at the heart of the store, customers can immerse themselves fully in the sensory coffee experience while enjoying the menu of modern international cuisine – there is something here for everyone, from foodies to Sunday morning patrons who come here to sample the stand out New York-style brunch. 27 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5RN

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01 ‘Shack Stack’ by Richard Wilson at Grosvenor Waterside 02 The façade of the Bramah Building, The art of Grosvenor Waterside, designed by artist Clare Woods 03 The RCA Dyson Building 04 Tokyo, Shinjuku (Spring), 2008, placemaking by Peter Newman 05 Simon and Tom Bloor, The Fascination of Islands II, 2011 St James is a company driven by a vision 06 Kate Davis, Boathouse (heart), 2007 07 Simon and Tom Bloor, Loose Parts St James want to animate to create unique places for people to live and (Bronze Variables), Bronze, Edition enjoy – we discover how a new partnership of 10, 2013 Riverlight and do so in a truly with the Royal College of Art will place 08 Fabrication of Terra Ludi by Simon and Tom Bloor credible way. It’s unusual for a dynamic creative hub at the heart of the 09 Fabrication of Terra Ludi by Simon a property developer to work new Nine Elms on the Southbank district. and Tom Bloor with the arts like this, so this Writer Josh Sims 01 project really raises the bar 02 05 Image courtesy the artists hen St James decided that its Rogers for this type of collaboration Stirk Harbour + Partners-designed Lucy Tyler, Futurecity WRiverlight development in Nine Elms had space enough to offer a real opportunity for in a big space which is so open tends to ‘up their some ‘community outreach’, ‘cultural engagement’ game’: they will create, produce and show a work or ‘artistic intervention’ – to use the fancy buzz- all in this one space. phrases of the moment – it knew it had to think There’s perhaps even an opportunity to work big. A gallery space would be fine, and certainly in ways they haven’t before – involving local in many ways preferable to yet more shops. people, for example, which isn’t something easily Indeed, it had worked with Chelsea Art School done in an institutional setting,” Davis adds. on just such a space for its Grosvenor Waterside “And I’d hope that the space will also expose site. But what about something more alive than local people to a wide variety of art practice and pictures on a wall, sufficiently interactive that local help some move beyond that often very fixed idea people would be interested in? And what about of what contemporary art is.” something with, no less, one of the grand dames St James recognises that the Riverlight of the international art establishment, London’s Project Space will be a huge asset to the area. Royal College of Art (RCA)? “St James want to animate Riverlight and Suffice to say that when Futurecity –the do so in a truly credible way. It’s unusual for consultancy that has worked with St James for a property developer to work with the arts like this,

some years on developing its cultural projects – Birmingham Projects, Eastside Image courtesy so this project really raises the bar for this type approached the RCA, it jumped at the opportunity. of collaboration. The RCA is a hugely prestigious And the result, the RCA Riverlight Project Space, institution to have on board, which will support 07 opening autumn 2014, promises not to be a sterile 03 06 raising people’s awareness of this new creative

white box, but a new, genuinely intriguing artistic © Peter Newman district of Nine Elms and the surrounding area,” hub for the area. Not only will it be run by the explains Futurecity director Lucy Tyler. RCA and curated by artist (and head of the RCA’s Indeed, according to Paul Thompson, rector sculpture programme) Kate Davis, but the rent- What’s different of the Royal College of Art, one definite appeal free glass-fronted unit on Nine Elms Lane will of the project was its depth: “It was not an after- be backed by St James for three years, allowing it about this space thought or the kind of last minute project you find to have resonance as part of the local landscape, is how public, how 04 with some commercial operations that get pieces rather than prove a trendy token gesture. of art into the lobby of a bank or the plaza in a “What’s different about this space is how visible it will be shopping mall,” he says. More than that, there was public, how visible it will be,” says Davis, who Kate Davis, RCA St. James’ long-term level of commitment to it, will also be creating a sculpture made up of right down to a budget for materials. “That’s pretty approximately 80 polished stainless steel unusual,” adds Thompson, “but means that the elements, with David Moore, Head of Sculpture project space can be a public platform that people at Edinburgh University, to be embedded within will gravitate to over the years. And it’s especially the architecture and surrounding landscape of the interesting to have it within a residential space Riverlight development (along with work by Peter because that means the public will be coming Newman, and Simon and Tom Bloor). “You’ll be in and out – and artists want their work to be able to see work in development and an open door seen. I think that people who choose to live in a policy means you’ll be able go in and get up close Rodgers Stirk Harbour + Partners development to it. That’s great for final year students because art are probably also interested in contemporary art, schools tend to be rather closed off, and working so there’s a natural connection there.” 08 © Jo Clarke 09 © Jo Clarke 24 – Homes & London Homes & London – 25 The hot issue The art of placemaking

01 Jim Woodall, RCA sculpture Graduate 2013, 'Adaptation of a Memory of my Father's Studio circa 1981'. 02 RCA Riverlight project space launch with the Sky Seat, by Peter Newman, in foreground 03 Artists Simon and Tom Bloor hotspots From a roaring log fire high in the Arts and small craft mountains, to a tropical surfing beach, businesses can have an we pick five remarkable places to enormous positive impact enjoy keeping warm this winter. on the regeneration of an Writer Claire Walsh area, as has been seen over recent years in, for example, the likes of Bermondsey 01 © RCA or Shoreditch Lucy Tyler, Futurecity

The art space – which will launch with a showcase of RCA work by way of an introduction to the college and its creativity, but which is set to later also play host to talks, readings, screenings and the like – certainly chimes with the RCA in particular: its charter encourages it to work with industry, its School of Fine Art is based in nearby Battersea, and its own outreach work includes schools throughout the Wandsworth borough. “Certainly I’d hope that Riverlight will prove a fantastic platform to get schools involved in workshops and meeting young artists too,” says Thompson. But, as St James’ chairman Sean Ellis has noted, it will also play a part in “igniting Nine Elms as a new cultural district – a movement we are proud to be spearheading”. Nine Elms looks 02 set to be the next big arts hotspot for London – not only as an extension of the renaissance of the Waterloo/South Bank area further up the river, but with galleries long established in Vauxhall, the likes of Gasworks, set over the coming year to be joined by east London’s Cabinet Gallery, which is moving there, and the opening in the area of Damien Hirst’s giant new studios. “And,” as Futurecity’s Lucy Tyler notes, “arts and small craft businesses can have an enormous positive impact on the regeneration of an area, as has been seen over recent years in, for example, the likes of Bermondsey or Shoreditch.” “The fact is that people now want to live in places that don’t just have good properties, shops or facilities, but where the culture is first class too,” says the RCA’s Paul Thompson, who hopes to extend the Riverlight art space idea to other St James sites should the opportunity arise. “People like to know the culture is there. It’s a civilising influence.” 03 26 – Homes & London Homes & London – 27 The hot issue Hotspots

02 Culinary Tour India Delay the detox this winter and warm up the palate with a luxurious 11-day gastronomic tour of India. Once you have touched briefly down in Delhi, you move on to Ahmedabad, a city that mixes modern and medieval, dotted with Indo-Saracenic and monolithic masterpieces by Le Corbsuier. Stop three is the delights of the Punjab city of Amritsar to learn about Vand Chakko, a Sikh tradition of preparing and sharing food. Plus organisers here have also scored you an invite to a local wedding, so pack something suitable. Next Calcutta, to experience Bengali hospitality first hand; visit a tea plantation to sample the local specialty, Darjeeling. Finally it’s on to Hyderabad, the home of Biryani. Along the way you will visit local homes, 01 organic farms, and street food markets, take Fogo Island Inn a cookery class and be treated to a tiffin Canada box lunch – all in the name of pioneering culinary adventure. Surrounded by untouched wild scenery the Inn is a bold design by architect Todd Saunders. Organised by Ampersand Travel It tentatively creeps out into the ferocious www.ampersandtravel.com North Atlantic Ocean and offers more than bed and board. Fogo Island boasts not four but seven seasons to experience all year round. Take a guided hike to learn about the geology of this rugged eastern Canadian outcrop; explore marine life with a local cod fisherman; or take an art class with artist Vida Simon. All can be arranged by the Inn. Saunas and hot tubs are located on top floor 03 deck, boasting a jaw-dropping ocean view. The Mainport interiors, designed by Studio Ilse, are a clean Netherlands contemporary riff on local tradition. A room A European city break where the spa will trump on the third or fourth floor comes with a wood- sight-seeing, Rotterdam’s Mainport hotel is burning stove, so you can warm up and take located port side. Although you may intend to in the awesome landscape through the floor drop off the bags and take a stroll round Europe’s to ceiling windows. most impressive docks, you would be forgiven

if you headed straight to the hotel’s eighth floor Book direct with Fogo Island Inn to take full advantage of the spa. www.fogoislandinn.ca Here you will find a panorama Finnish-style sauna, a Turkish steam room and a hammam, plus the expected facial, body and massage treatments. Once you have been pummelled back into shape you might be ready for that stroll. On return relax in your waterfront spa room, which features an oversized Jacuzzi and generous glazed views of the water’s edge. We recommend you take the Eurostar to Rotterdam, for a stress-free start to a stress-free stay.

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04 Hotel Escondido Mexico If you are looking for a sunshine break to dissect your winter then head to this brand new opening in Puerto Escondido, in the west Mexican state of Oaxaca. It promises to attract a cool crowd, who will flock for either the renowned Pacific surf of Zicatela Beach or the achingly hip design executed by Frederico Rivera. Reserve one of the 16 beach bungalows, made from local tropical timbers, topped off with traditional palapa roofs. Spend your days surfing or kayaking, or just soaking up vitamin D in one of the many hammocks – there is no judgment here. During the balmy evenings explore the port town’s laid-back music scene; Escondido even has its own underground club.

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05 Wiesergut Austria This Austrian Alpine hideaway located in the twin towns of Saalbach-Hinterglemm is ideal for those who like to work up a sweat on the slalom before retiring to a snug Stuben, or dining lounge, for a leisurely dinner. Aside from snowboarding and skiing the estate offers fantastic hiking opportunities, and has its own mountain hut nestled 1,500m above sea level. The clean lines of the spacious rooms are clad in warm ashen timbers, and pale stone; simple and modern, they each come with a roaring fireplace, for that post-slope glow. The stainless steel pool, sauna, and roof top spa are communal and should keep you occupied. Finally, there is an outdoor fire-pit to toast marshmallows on whilst you take in the glittering night skies.

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Until 9 Feb 5 Jan Pop Art Design Twelfth Night Festival Barbican Art Gallery Bankside A celebration of pop art in See the Bankside Mummers all its forms, stretching from perform a folk play based on The diary posters, magazines and the story of St George as part © David LaChapelle Studio Inc album sleeves to photography of the midwinter festivities. Until 2 Mar and architecture. www.thelionspart.co.uk Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! The hottest events taking place www.barbican.org.uk Somerset House © Manchester City Galleries A tribute to the life and across the capital this Winter. Until 9 Feb Until 21 Apr Andrew Salgado 2013 © Beers Contemporary wardrobe of late fashion Painting Now: Five Turner and the Sea figure Isabella Blow, who 15 – 19 Jan Contemporary Artists National Maritime Museum defied convention with her London Art Fair Tate Britain Turner’s seascapes, including provocative magazine spreads. Business Design Centre Performance arts Events Five contemporary artists The Fighting Temeraire and www.somersethouse.org.uk The London Art Fair features Until 25 Jan consider what painting might Wreck of a Transport Ship, works by modern British and mean now, prompting a Visual arts Museum Exhibition American Psycho find a natural home contemporary artists, ranging Almeida Theatre wholly new discussion about in Greenwich’s National from experimental film to The first musical adaptation of what picture-making ought Maritime Museum. large-scale installations. Sport Fashion to be about. Bret Easton Ellis’ classic novel www.rmg.co.uk www.londonartfair.co.uk brings the gruesome tale of www.tate.org.uk Food & Drink Shopping Patrick Bateman to the stage. 8 Jan – 1 Feb www.almeida.co.uk London International Mime Festival Various venues Europe’s leading annual Until 20 Jan showcase of contemporary Emil and the Detectives visual theatre begins with National Theatre JANuary © David Levene a ballet of plastic bags, set A classic tale of a boy learning © Science Museum 2013 to the music of Debussy. to rely on himself – and on Until 2 Mar www.mimelondon.com © London A Cappella Festival 2014 his new friends. The stage Fuerzabruta Until 6 May 22 – 25 Jan transforms into 1920s Berlin: Roundhouse Collider London A Cappella Festival a place full of surprises and An Argentinean award- Science Museum Various venues danger, where everything winning multi-sensory This immersive exhibition The fifth edition of the London moves at the speed of your spectacular by the creators recreates a visit to Cern’s Courtesy of Vigo GalleryZak Ové and the Artist of Vigo Courtesy A Cappella Festival invites imagination. of De La Guarda – featuring Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest scientific international acts to perform www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Until 26 Jan mind-blowing visual effects. experiment. Russian orthodox chants, White Light/White Heat: Until 16 Feb www.roundhouse.org.uk beatbox and more. Contemporary Artists & Glass Bill Woodrow RA www.sciencemuseum.org.uk www.londonacappellafestival.co.uk The Wallace Collection Royal Academy of Arts Until 8 Mar The first comprehensive 1 Jan Glass is the focus of this Jeeves and Wooster © Hugo Arterton survey of work by sculptor New Year’s Day Parade © Royal Botanical Gardens © Royal collaborative show, which in Perfect Nonsense Until 19 Jan Various venues 9 – 16 Jan includes works from a project Bill Woodrow underlines his Duke of York's Theatre Botanicals – Environmental More than 10,000 performers The Duchess of Malfi created for the 55th Venice humour and inventiveness. PG Wodehouse’s famous Expressions in Art assemble for the New Year’s Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Biennale. www.royalacademy.org.uk double act – hapless aristocrat Kew Gardens Day Parade, which winds from John Webster’s Jacobean www.wallacecollection.org Bertie Wooster and his Fine examples of Piccadilly to Parliament Street. tragedy is the opening manservant Jeeves – face contemporary botanical art www.londonparade.co.uk production for the Sam from the Alisa and Isaac M. fresh challenges in this new Wanamaker Playhouse, a new Sutton Collection. stage play. theatre at Shakespeare’s Globe. www.atgtickets.com www.kew.org www.shakespearesglobe.com

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Masterpieces of Chinese © RSC Jillian Edelstein. Photographer Visions of Paris Astronomy Photographer Until 16 Mar 22 Jan – 4 May Painting 700-1900 Royal Academy of Arts of the Year Castiglione: Lost Genius 4 – 12 Jan 12 – 19 Jan In the Making Victoria & Albert Museum Until 25 Jan A chance to see 130 works The Royal Observatory The Queen’s Gallery, London Boat Show Masters Snooker Design Museum A rare collection of Chinese Richard II by French freethinker Honoré The exhibition of winning Buckingham Palace Excel London Alexandra Palace The designers of the London ceremonial banners, scrolls Barbican Centre Daumier, whose images of photographs showcases some An exhibition of vibrant Europe’s first boat show of Follow the world’s top snooker 2012 Olympic torch present and figure paintings on David Tennant plays the title local laundresses and street incredible images of the sky, compositions by the baroque the year showcases a dazzling players as they compete for unfinished objects that have silk, amassed over a 1,200 role in William Shakespeare’s entertainers bring to life a ranging from within our solar artist who invented the array of yachts, small craft a place in the final at this elite an intriguing beauty before year period. acclaimed history play. different Paris. system to far into deep space. technique of monotype. and larger boats. invitation tournament. taking on their final form. www.vam.ac.uk www.barbican.org.uk www.royalacademy.org.uk www.rmg.co.uk www.royalcollection.org.uk www.londonboatshow.com www.alexandrapalace.com www.designmuseum.org

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31 Jan Chinese New Year Chinatown antlers, bones & handHoxnian © NHM Swanscombe from axe The biggest Chinese New Year 6 Feb – 1 Jun 13 Feb – 28 Sep 1 – 30 Mar celebrations outside Asia, with Bailey’s Stardust Britain: One Million Years © ROH/Johan Persson, 2011 Camellia Festival © Revolution Series/Luke Webber fireworks, street parades and Benii per Soprintendenza the of Courtesy © per ed Etnoantropolici e Artistici Storici National Portrait Gallery of the Human Story Chiswick House performances. 22 Feb – 9 Apr 14 – 15 Mar Wonderfully diverse portraits Natural History Museum A chance to see the superb The Sleeping Beauty The Revolution Series 19 Mar – 15 Jun of actors, models, artists A spectacular array of camellias in the restored 31 Jan – 17 May Royal Opera House Lee Valley Velopark Veronese: Magnificence in and anonymous passers-by, archaeological finds from sites conservatory and Italian Artist Textiles: Journey with The Royal Ballet The first elite track cycling Renaissance Venice captured by David Bailey, around Britain, including early Garden of Chiswick House. Picasso to Warhol to an enchanted world of event at the Lee Valley National Gallery one of the UK’s best-known human fossils and the oldest www.chgt.org.uk Fashion and Textile Museum princesses, fairy godmothers velodrome since the London The UK’s first monographic © The Young Vic photographers. wooden spear in the world. Explore the history of 20th- and magic spells in Petipa’s 2012 Olympics. show on Venetian painter 23 Jan – 22 Feb www.npg.org.uk www.nhm.ac.uk century art in textiles, with classic ballet. www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk Paolo Veronese, whose Happy Days more than 200 pieces from www.roh.org.uk fresco decorations, allegorical The Young Vic artists such as Henry Moore, pictures and portraits have Olivier Award-winning actress Marc Chagall and Salvador Dalí. 24 Feb – 2 Mar been admired for hundreds Juliet Stevenson plays the www.ftmlondon.org Maslenitsa of years. buoyant heroine in Samuel Various venues www.nationalgallery.org.uk Beckett’s surreal masterpiece. 10 – 23 Feb Sample blini (pancakes), www.youngvic.org Imagine borscht (beetroot soup) and Southbank Centre traditional pastries at the February The annual children’s Russian Sun Festival – a time- literature festival boasts a honoured celebration of the 3 Mar – 18 Apr rich programme of poetry beginning of spring. London Handel Festival readings, puppet shows www.maslenitsa.co.uk Various venues 17 Mar and comedy. Handel’s parish church in Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra www.southbankcentre.co.uk 27 Feb Mayfair, the Royal College of Cadogan Hall FoodCycle Mardi Gras Feast Music, the Foundling Museum Watch Japan’s oldest and Battersea Arts Centre and Grosvenor Chapel host 12 Feb – 11 Jun largest orchestra perform at © Li Xiaodong For one night only, join seven a six-week season of intimate Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Cadogan Hall for the first time. 14 – 18 Feb of the world’s finest chefs concerts, talks and walks. 25 Jan – 6 Apr Concert Season www.cadoganhall.com London Fashion Week as they create an incredible www.london-handel-festival.com Baranovsky Valentin Photo Sensing Spaces: Southbank Centre Somerset House seven-course feast using 19 – 22 Mar Architecture Reimagined The Orchestra’s Principle Join the international surplus ingredients that would Kings of the Dance Royal Academy of Arts Conductor, Charles Dutoit, fashion set as they descend otherwise have been wasted London Coliseum See how the world’s leading directs a series of concerts on Somerset House for the – all in aid of UK charity The London debut, architects use structures, devoted to the repertoire Autumn/Winter catwalk FoodCycle. showcasing the phenomenal textures, scents, lighting 4 – 5 Feb for which he is renowned, shows. www.foodcycle.org.uk artistry, style and power and colour to transform the World Championship including masterpieces by www.londonfashionweek.co.uk of today’s most celebrated Main Galleries of the Royal of Ping Pong Ravel and Debussy for its male dancers. Academy of Arts. Alexandra Palace new concert season at the www.royalacademy.org.uk This two-day tournament Southbank Centre. www.eno.org sees 64 world-class players www.southbankcentre.co.uk

battle it out with traditional © The National Museum of Denmark sandpaper rackets.

6 Mar – 22 Jun www.alexandrapalace.com 17 Mar Vikings: Life and Legend St Patrick’s Day Festival British Museum Trafalgar Square The surviving timbers of the London’s tribute to the longest Viking warship ever Emerald Isle sees a parade found form the centrepiece of Irish floats and marching of the British Museum’s first bands weave through the © The National Gallery, London Gallery, National © The Cupid complaining to Venus Venus to Cupid complaining major exhibition on Vikings Richard Deacon, After 1998 © Tate streets to Trafalgar Square.

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© The estate of Richard Hamilton Partridge Frank Exhibitor: 5 Feb – 27 Apr 19 Feb – 11 May 28 Feb – 15 Mar www.britishmuseum.org 29 Jan – 27 Apr Richard Deacon 13 Feb – 26 May Strange Beauty: Masters Rodelinda Martin Creed Tate Britain Richard Hamilton of the German Renaissance English National Opera 9 – 17 Mar 18 Mar – 7 Jun 19 – 25 Mar Hayward Gallery A major exhibition of the work Tate Modern National Gallery An epic story of love, John Williams & Friends Pull Out All the Stops BADA Antiques & The first major survey of of British sculptor Richard The Fun House installation Viewers of this thought- power and mistaken Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Royal Festival Hall Fine Art Fair Turner Prize winner Martin Deacon, who is known for makes a strong centrepiece provoking display of art from identity. Widely considered Guitar virtuoso John The Royal Festival Hall Duke of York Square Creed’s work includes room- his organic, curved structures for the first full-scale Hans Holbein the Younger, one of Handel's operatic Williams performs some celebrates the return of Rummage through silver, sized installations and smaller and his experimental use retrospective of the work of Albrecht Dürer and more will masterpieces, Rodelinda is of his favourite pieces during its organ after a six-year clocks, jewellery, fine art and works that highlight his playful of cardboard, foam, marble Richard Hamilton, a founding leave with a fresh perspective infused with compelling a series of candlelit concerts restoration with a festival more at this carefully curated approach to art. and other materials. figure of pop art. on the German Renaissance. characters and ravishing music. at Shakespeare’s Globe. dedicated to the instrument. antiques fair. www.southbankcentre.co.uk www.tate.org.uk www.tate.org.uk www.nationalgallery.org.uk www.eno.org www.shakespearesglobe.com www.southbankcentre.co.uk www.bada-antiques-fair.co.uk

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10 Apr – 8 May 3 – 11 May 9 – 12 May 17 May The Winter’s Tale Grand Designs Live Collect FA Cup Final April Royal Opera House May Excel London Saatchi Gallery Wembley Stadium The world premiere of a British television presenter and The International Art Fair Catch all the action from new full-length ballet based design expert Kevin McCloud for Contemporary Objects the final of the FA Cup, one on William Shakespeare’s oversees the country’s leading shows museum-quality of English football’s most enduring tale of love, loss contemporary home show. work from the world’s prized competitions.

Console table for Chiswick House ca.1727-32 House ca.1727-32 Chiswick table for Console & Albert Museum © Victoria and reconciliation. www.excel-london.co.uk most acclaimed galleries. www.wembleystadium.com www.roh.org.uk www.craftscouncil.org.uk/collect 22 Mar – 13 Jul 3 May – 3 Jun William Kent: Designing Thebans 10 – 11 May Georgian Britain 10 Apr – 31 May Privacy London Coliseum Marriott London Sevens

Victoria & Albert Museum Beyeler, Foundation Blue Nude (I) 1952. Henri Matisse, Basel Bayer, Robert Riehen/Basel. Photo: 2013 Henri Matisse/DACS © Succession British composer Julian Twickenham Stadium Three decades of work by Donmar Warehouse A theatrical reflection on Anderson retells Sophocles’ The last of the nine events Georgian architect William 17 Apr – 7 Sep privacy in the digital age, Theban tragedies with in the hotly contested HSBC Kent, including illustrated Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs prompted by the recent panache and polish. Sevens World Series. Watch books, designs for landscape Tate Modern revelations of Edward www.eno.org 15 teams from around the gardens and architectural A comprehensive exhibition Snowden. world compete for the © Mark Cocksedge drawings for the Treasury and of colourful, abstract paper Photo: Paul Kolnik champion title of 2013/14. Horse Guards at Whitehall. www.donmarwarehouse.com 20 – 22 May 3 – 6 Apr cut-outs by modern art www.irbsevens.com www.vam.ac.uk 1 – 25 May Clerkenwell Design Week London Coffee Festival master Henri Matisse. www.tate.org.uk The Testament of Mary Various venues Old Truman Brewery Barbican Centre A highlight in the international Brush up on the latest coffee Having mesmerised critics design calendar, Clerkenwell 21 Apr brewing techniques and and audiences on Broadway, Design Week sees the EC1 Tedmed Live London artisan blends with help London receives its only UK postcode transformed into Royal Albert Hall from the UK’s top baristas performances of the Tony Short talks and artistic a creative hub. and roasters. Award-nominated production, www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com performances from world- www.londoncoffeefestival.com adapted from Colm Tóibín's renowned speakers seeking Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Silk satin wedding dress designed by Norman to create a better future Hartnell 1933. © Victoria & Albert Museum novel. in health and medicine. www.barbican.org.uk 3 May – 15 Mar 2015 www.tedmedlivelondon.com Wedding Dress 1775-2014 Victoria & Albert Museum The most elegant wedding dresses from the V&A’s collection and beyond. Loans 21 Apr include Dita Von Teese’s 11 – 12 Apr Queen’s Birthday Gun Salute purple dress for her marriage RHS London Orchid Hyde Park to Marilyn Manson. Paul Smith and Botanical Art Show Some 41 rounds are fired in www.vam.ac.uk 14 May – 31 Aug 26 Mar – 22 Jun RHS Horticultural Halls a gun salute at Hyde Park to Daniel Weil: The Art Specialist orchid growers mark the Queen’s birthday. of Design © Victoria and Albert Museum © Victoria Designs of the Year 2014 Capucci Roberto 1987-1988, Dress, Silk Evening 20 – 24 May 2 May Design Museum display tropical and hardy www.royal.gov.uk Design Museum Chelsea Flower Show Royal Caledonian Ball See shortlisted nominations varieties, plus botanical art. A witty exhibition of Royal Hospital Chelsea Grosvenor House across seven categories of www.rhs.org.uk sketchbooks and clocks by Innovative concept gardens, Dance an Eightsome Reel the international design award, Argentine industrial designer horticultural displays and rare in Highland evening dress from fashion and furniture Daniel Weil, who likes to take blooms are planted across 11 in the historic ballroom to graphics. overexposed objects and look acres of the Royal Hospital’s of Grosvenor House. www.designmuseum.org 5 Apr – 27 Jul at them with fresh eyes. grounds for the Chelsea The Glamour of Italian www.royalcaledonianball.com www.designmuseum.org Flower Show. Fashion 1945-2014 www.rhs.org.uk Victoria & Albert Museum An exhibition in honour of Italy’s rich contribution to modern fashion, comprising ensembles by Missoni, Prada, Gucci and a wide range David Hockney ‘Rue de Seine’ etching and aquatint. ‘Rue de Seine’ etching Hockney David London Gallery, of Sims Reed Courtesy of lesser-known post-war designers. 24 – 27 Apr www.vam.ac.uk The London Original 8 – 23 May 29 Mar Print Fair Royal Society of Portrait Photo: Luke Hayes Head of the River Race 6 Apr 13 Apr Royal Academy of Arts © Roh/Mark Douet Painters Open Exhibition 15 – 17 May 31 May Various venues The Boat Race Virgin London Marathon A specialist print fair beloved 2 – 15 May Mall Galleries Museums at Night One-Day International Cricket A staggering 400 crews take Various venues Various venues by new and established Le nozze di Figaro An exhibition of around Various venues Lord’s Cricket Ground part in this historic boating Thousands of spectators line Support the London collectors alike, which brings Royal Opera House 200 portraits by members Take in new exhibitions and Watch England compete event, which follows a 4.25- the banks of the Thames to Marathon runners as they together works from Finland, Revolution is in the air in of the public and big presentations after hours with Sri Lanka in a one-day mile course from Mortlake see the Oxford-Cambridge race from Greenwich Park Italy, Germany and many other David McVicar’s production names in the Royal Society at museums, galleries and international match at Lord’s to Putney. boat race, which began in 1829. to St James’s Park. international locations. of Mozart’s glorious comedy. of Portrait Painters. heritage sites across London. Cricket Ground. www.horr.co.uk www.theboatrace.org www.virginlondonmarathon.com www.londonprintfair.com www.roh.org.uk www.therp.co.uk www.culture24.org.uk www.lords.org

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Born in Brazil With the approach of both a World Cup and an Olympics, Brazil is fast becoming the world’s hottest country – with a wealth of young talent creating new international luxury brands. We profile four to look out for in 2014. Writer Hayley Ard

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razil has always been a hotbed of Transformation is under way. Events such Kattri creativity. Its diverse landscapes and as the São Paulo Biennial, a contemporary art www.kattri.com people provide an electric current fair due to take place next year, are raising the Bof energy for people to experiment. international profile of Brazilian art to a new It has been less than The result is a sense of dynamism that level. And as Rio de Janeiro prepares for this six months since Kattri adds vibrancy to traditional luxury brands year’s Fifa World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, – recall Missoni’s 2011 collaboration with we can expect to see a stream of Brazilian brands launched its first collection, Havaianas, which saw the Italian fashion house’s thrust into the global spotlight. The two sporting but the jewellery label has trademark zigzags cast in rainbow brights, across events will bring the country’s leading creatives espadrilles and flip-flops. Or consider Fernando to a mass audience. Designers whose work we are already caught the eye of and Humberto Campana, the creative duo who already well versed in – from red carpet favourite industry insiders such as presented an Alligator Chair made by Brazilian Carlos Miele to Alexandre Herchcovitch, who is women in prison in 2004. It is that feeling known for his eclectic patterns and avant-garde Bec Astley Clarke, founder of relaxation and rule-bending that defines silhouettes – will take on fresh significance of the eponymous fine Brazilian style, allowing imagination to run riot on the world stage. and unexpected possibilities to crystallise – such Brazil has always had a thriving fashion jewellery brand. as swimwear doubling as streetwear in the heart industry: its swimwear, in particular, has won a Why? The angular and polygon-shaped rings that of a city. cult following among celebrities and elite global make up the collection – aptly named Geometry A long history of product innovation has travellers alike. Vix, the luxury resortwear label, – effortlessly outshine other designs. Whether topped with crystal, citrine or deep black quartz, earned Brazil a reputation as a hub for the beautifully captures the essence of beach culture; Beauty’in these rings carry a minimalist quality that suggests www.beautyin.net.br beauty market. Access to exotic ingredients, it is loved for its wild prints and daring cut-outs. confidence and power far more than an explosion often sourced from the depths of the Amazon, The problem has been that the collections shown of pearls. The oversized stud earrings – soft-hued Hailed as Brazil’s ultimate has helped the country’s research labs produce a at São Paulo Fashion Week have tended to lack stones, pinched into cubes and framed in gold – beauty secret, Beauty’in dazzling array of skincare and cosmetic products. broad consumer appeal. Critics have wondered are equally bold. It should come as no surprise, then, that US how the bold colours on show might translate The concept behind the collection is borrowed promises to improve health beauty firm Aveda created a make-up range in colder, greyer climes. from architecture. Designer Amanda Gerbasi plays and wellbeing from the based on urukum pigment (from the Urukum But the newest crop of Brazilian designers with the idea of creating ornament from structure, tree) gathered by the Yanawana tribe – or that are dispelling doubts about the country’s global using clean lines to embellish and express inside out. personality. Her brand’s slogan – the Brazilian blow-dry has become a staple design footprint. Striking and stylish, Brazil’s 01 Brazilian entrepreneur Cristiana Arcangeli has treatment on any salon menu. This is a country homegrown brands are fast expanding beyond I will not wear any more used her considerable expertise in food, nutrition with serious clout in the R&D department, but the region and injecting wow factor into homes and cosmetics to launch “Alimetics” – an entirely relatively few of its products have reached British and wardrobes around the world. Our pick of the boring rings new category of beauty products that meet shelves: high production costs have dented best captures the brightest talents to rise from – is the perfect style resolution. dietary and cosmetic needs with equal care. international sales. a country on the cusp of a creative revolution. Refreshingly, Kattri’s ethical credentials Products are designed to stave off hunger and are as impressive as its aesthetic. Most of the address skin concerns on the go – perfect 03 gemstones it works with are conflict-free and for a post-gym treat or an office pick-me-up. 01 Brazilian football fan sourced from the Minas Gerais (General Mines) The colourful range includes sweets, teas and 02 Carnaval in Rio state in Brazil. Gerbasi’s aim is to offer “beautiful bottled drinks that are enriched with vitamins, 03 View of Ipanema pieces that can be appreciated independently minerals, fruit extracts and collagen – a protein Beach, Rio de Janeiro of trends or time” and her inspiration is her great- that maintains skin elasticity. One raspberry- grandmother, who travelled across the Atlantic, flavoured candy repairs tissue and strengthens from Seville to Brazil, to become the first working hair and nails; another strawberry variety woman in Gerbasi’s family. harnesses the power of antioxidants to protect the skin against free radicals. Beauty’in’s bright packaging and health 02 credentials – products are free from added sugar, preservatives and trans fats – have made its beauty drinks a natural accessory for London Fashion Week, which the company sponsored in September 2013. “As people are increasingly becoming more conscious and proactive about what they eat and drink, Beauty’in represents and is setting a benchmark for this trend,” Arcangeli commented. In the UK, the range is available at department store Selfridges and selected retailers.

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Fernando Akasaka www.fakasaka.com Fernando Akasaka’s star is firmly in the ascendant. The São Paulo-based designer, who previously worked in engineering and IT, has gained a loyal following for the sculptural furniture and spiky jewellery he creates at his eponymous design studio. Akasaka looks at “the fantastic shapes and beautiful patterns that can be found in some animals and plants, and reinterprets them into something functional”. The result is a series of one-of-a-kind pieces that surprise and delight with their unexpected curves and textures. Isolda Faceted and elliptical metal tables, wrought www.isoldabrasil.com in stainless steel, naval aluminium and bronze, bring to life the eclectic style Akasaka has built The riot of blooms that his reputation on. Meanwhile, skull motifs and stingray-skin effects lend a sense of cool rebellion welcomes visitors to to Le Blob, Akasaka's punkish collection of Isolda’s website truly necklaces, cuffs and earrings. His use of oxidised silver adds a layer of darkness to the experimental captures the spirit of this unisex designs. punchy womenswear, Find highlights from Akasaka’s jewellery collection at The Shop at Bluebird and some of jewellery and swimwear his most striking lighting designs at Silvia Nayla in Notting Hill, a boutique devoted to contemporary brand, which distils and Brazilian design. Particularly noteworthy is the amplifies the essence Mickey table lamp, a polished brass light in the shape of the Disney character of the same name. of tropical life through painterly prints and a vibrant colour palette. The spring/summer 2014 collection sees digital renderings of exotic fruits sliced across capris and floor-skimming skirts, giving the humble guava a major sartorial update. It is a fitting celebration of the golden age of Rio de Janeiro and the bronzed girl from Ipanema – not to mention a covetable addition to any wardrobe. Creative director Alessandra Affonso Ferreira brings diverse experience to the brand: she trained as an architect in Brazil before moving to London to study textiles at the Chelsea College of Art and Design. After stints at Liberty and Burberry, she set up her own label in 2011. Its name pays tribute to Affonso Ferreira’s great-grandmother, who was called Isolda by her husband, literary critic Tristão de Athayde. Affonso Ferreira’s designs have already been spotted on several members of the style set, including Russian editor Miroslava Duma and English-Chinese blogger Peony Lim, who wore one of the label’s maxi dresses at Paris Fashion Week in October 2013. That trend looks set to continue as the label boosts its global footprint, bringing a jolt of warmth to even the gloomiest of climes.

44 – Homes & London Homes & London – 45 The hot issue Hot list 02 09 Mighty Spice Express Bethany Athill ‘Flame’ Cookbook by 03 cufflinks £39.95 John Gregory-Smith £20 01 Burberry calfskin detail Add the finishing touch to Inspired by his travels to Asia, your outfit with these fiery Tabasco spicy dark leather gloves £425 South America, North Africa orange hand dyed hand chocolate wedges Super-soft leather gloves and the Middle East, Gregory- woven silk cufflinks. detailed with a panel of £4.99 Smith’s latest cookbook glossy calfskin and lined www.bethanyathill.com A velvety smooth shows how simple it is to in warm cashmere. dark chocolate with create dishes which are fast, a ‘kick’ of Tobasco fresh and full of flavour. uk.burberry.com sauce in every wedge. www.amazon.co.uk www.selfridges.com Royal Salute Diamond Tribute 10 Scotch whisky £210 Created to mark the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, this luxury whisky has a powerful and sophisticated style. This is a limited edition 08 of only 156 bottles. www.harrods.com Whittard Japanese Tetsubin cast iron red teapot £70 With a centuries old tradition, these teapots are hand cast and hand finished to better extract Rupert Sanderson Horndon suede loafers £575 the flavours of the tea. Add a statement finish to any ensemble with these suede loafers. Colourful, contrasting www.whittard.co.uk 04 flame-inspired embroidery takes these flats from simple to stand-out. www.rupertsanderson.com

Jelly Belly Sizzling 12 Cinnamon £20.40 Be prepared for a BLAST! These cinnamon jelly beans are known for having a kick hot LIST to them. www.jellybelly-uk.com Our selection of the season’s coolest products to keep you warm. 11 13 PANTONE universe FENDI Be Baguette Mini coffee maker £25 shearling bag £1090 05 This vibrant shoulder bag A classic stovetop design Helen Moore chinchilla is crafted in Italy and fully faux fur hot water bottle but with an added splash of classic Pantone colour lined in black suede. £43 in ‘Ketchup Red 186’. www.net-a-porter.com Handmade and finished www.howkapow.com in the UK, the hot water bottle will keep you warm all night long. www.helenmoore.com 07 Tom Ford ‘Ginger Fire’ nail lacquer £26 This extra-amplified 06 gloss and shine nail Fornasetti White lacquer in a luscious Labbra scented vibrant tangerine shade brightens up any look. 14 candle £100 Canada Goose www.harrods.com Sophisticated ceramic Aviator trapper 15 candle with a quirky fur-trim hat £250 Tommy Tou sheepskin and collectible design A tried and tested design ear muffs £27.50 in the signature ‘Otto’ this down-filled trapper hat fragrence – top notes Your ears won’t go cold over is built with warmth in mind. of lavender and thyme the winter months with 100% give way to woody heart www.matchesfashion.com Australian sheepskin ear muffs. notes of smoky cedar www.thealpacaclothingco.co.uk and incense. 46 – Homes & London Homes & London – 47 www.avenue32.com The hot issue Hot list 17 18 Jo Malone nutmeg Christopher Kane and ginger bath oil £38 Jaguar clutch £305 A bath oil made of an exquisite An exotic feline-print goat blend of warm woody scents hair clutch made in the UK. of sandalwood and cedar wood, www.matchesfashion.com seasoned with nutmeg and vibrant ginger. www.jomalone.co.uk Fabric of Nature Once the preserve of more traditional clothing, natural fibres are now at the

The Elder Statesman heart of creating cutting edge high- 16 cashmere blanket £5,395 performance wear that is setting new Knitted from thick hand-spun cashmere yarns with oversized whipstitch detailing, this is the standards in warmth and comfort. ultimate luxury blanket. www.mrporter.com WRITER Josh Sims

19 Gran Luchito smoked chilli paste £5.35 Get your taste buds sizzling! Ethically sourced and made in Mexico this fiery condiment will make any tame meal hot! www.harveynichols.com

Penlanlas Cymru rose 23 bath creamers £12 Lie back and relax in luxury with these beautifully crafted, 100% natural, bath creamers. Handmade in Wales and full of restorative and therapeutic oils that will moisturise and nourish the skin. www.penalanlascymrusoaps.co.uk

Fortnum & Mason mulled wine spice bag £5 22 Mull your own wine with festive sachets of spices filled with cinnamon, orange peel, allspice and cloves. www.fortnumandmason.com

21 East India Company 20 ‘CCC’ biscuits £4.95 Eva Solo tea maker Inspired by the aromatic £70 spices and ingredients Create the perfect brew carried aboard 17th 24 with a tea maker that is century merchant ships, Burberry Brit Rhythm drip free, with a tip-up lid the infusion of vibrant fragrance £57 that automatically opens chilli, fruity cherry and A spicy and distinctive when you pour. Plus the rich milk chocolate fragrance for men with neoprene cover keeps intrigue even the most base notes of cedarwood, your tea nice and warm. experienced of taste buds. incense and tonka beans. www.evasolo.com www.eicfinefoods.com uk.burberry.com

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hen, last year, the Italian luxury 01 Vicuña 05 five if selective breeding is required to change goods company Loro Piana launched 02 Lotus leaves used some quality of the wool; dyeing the yarn before Wa €3,000 blazer in a limited edition to extract fibres knitting, which Smedley does in house to achieve of just 20, each presented in a lacquered box, 03 Spools of cashmere a deeper, more even colour, making it less elastic, some might have concluded that it was a victim fibre which has to be allowed for; yarns must be tested 04 John Smedley The point of any luxury natural fibre of its own hype. But, incredibly, the price and for their reaction to different washing powders; AW13 collection presentation may have been justified: after all, the friction levels of the machinery have to be 05 John Smedley for most people is that you should these jackets were made from lotus leaves. On a AW13 collection constantly monitored and adjusted to ensure visit to the shores of Lake Inle in Burma, joint- really be able to feel the difference consistency in the knitting; even the eyesight of CEO Pier Luigi Loro Piana had discovered an Justin Hall, managing director, Pantherella those who hand-stitch the knitted panels together ancient and little-known handcraft of extracting into a garment has to be taken care of. They suffer fibres from lotus leaves and weaving them, from too much ‘dark work’ – products in dark- extremely delicately, into a silk-like yarn. The coloured wools being best-selling. 01 process yields very little and must be done within But the story of natural fibres and high quality 24 hours of extraction before deterioration sets is not entirely clear cut. Natural fibres have their in. Loro Piana was so impressed, he bought Yet luxurious natural fibres are making esteemed reputation in part simply because they the community’s entire production for the ever more appearances in unlikely places: while are more expensive than synthetics – and this is foreseeable future. anyone who buys pure cashmere socks may have because the likes of merino wool is a commodity On the one hand, this might be seen as an act more money than sense, given how short-lived subject to myriad influences like any other. of cultural rescue. But, on the other, Loro Piana they are, how about a pair made with Escorial? The Antipodean droughts of recent years have knew precisely the growing value of increasingly That’s a naturally elastic, bouncy wool – deriving reduced wool production and pushed up prices. luxurious natural fibres. “People equate natural from just three flocks in Tasmania that haven’t “And if China decides to buy half the world’s fibres with quality apparel more and more now,” been interbred since the 16th century – used by supply, you’re really in trouble,” notes Clark. 02 Loro Piana stresses, “in part because people are the likes of Chanel and Comme des Garçons but And natural fibres are not automatically fascinated by provenance – they want to know usually reserved for bespoke suits from the likes better than synthetics in all ways: not only are where the raw materials in what they buy are of Brioni. This winter sock-maker Pantherella modern synthetics hard to tell apart from the from, how it’s made, and so on. But also because has launched the first ever socks using Escorial natural fibres they sometimes seek to mimic – there is still a status to the so-called ‘noble’ and is so confident of demand it has negotiated a they are a long way from their past bad reputation, fibres too – because they used to be much rarer, five year deal to remain the only makers of such such that progressive brands the likes of Prada and the finer examples are made in quantities haute hosiery. “The point of any luxury natural often use them – but they are a by-product of that are still relatively small today. Of course, it fibre for most people is that you should really the petro-chemical industries; in environmental all depends on how a product is executed, but be able to feel the difference,” says Justin Hall, terms, natural fibres may be bio-degradable, but these fibres alone have spoken to a perception of Pantherella’s managing director. “And you can turning them into end products is comparatively quality for generations.” feel the difference. People want luxury natural much more costly in terms of energy, water and It is why, for example, for all of the efforts fibres – even in their socks.” sometimes even chemical use. to introduce crease and stain-resistant, or “Escorial is wool’s answer to cashmere – at a But the misunderstandings as to their showerproof suits, most tailoring is made from time when cashmere really has been bastardised various qualities works in the other direction pure wool fabrics, certainly that of Savile Row, and can now be bought in supermarkets,” adds too. “Equally there is this association between which is benefiting from a minor renaissance The Escorial Company’s international sales and synthetic fabrics and high performance, which in British mills with the likes of Fox Brothers – marketing director Richard Ryley, who is heading is in part a product of the heavy marketing that established in 1772 but bought and re-launched a major marketing push to put Escorial on the the sports industry does, while makers of natural by Douglas Cordeaux and BBC ‘Dragon’ Deborah luxury map over coming months. “It may not be 03 Image courtesy of Dhu fibre goods tend to focus, perhaps too much, Meaden four years ago. that well known yet, but there is an authenticity on handle and touch,” argues Clark. “Certainly But that’s something Lora Piana – the world’s to Escorial that really appeals.” synthetics tend to be stronger. But in many ways biggest cashmere producer – knows rather well. But why? Part of the luxury goods industry’s wool, for example, is a performance fabric – it’s Some 15 years ago it acquired the exclusive rights preference for natural fibres lies in what has naturally cool in summer and thermal in winter. to the Record Bales of both Australia and New come to be unquestionable received wisdom: that Wool is even fire-retardant.” It naturally blocks Zealand – that’s the finest merino wool produced natural is generally better than synthetic because UV radiation too. each year – and later established the World of its very naturalness. “There is an expectation Indeed, the performance aspect of natural Wool Record Challenge Cup, a competition in for these fibres to be more luxurious because fibres is increasingly being used as a selling point. which wool producers try to create an ever more they’re organic – they’re grown rather than Loro Piana has applied membrane technology fine product. Then, a few years ago it acquired produced,” argues Tim Clark, technical manager to cashmere, for example, to create ski and 2,000 hectares in Peru to convert into a private for the British fine-gauge knitwear company yachting jackets that, thanks to cashmere’s reservation for Vicuña, the once endangered John Smedley, which can lay claim to running the in-built wind-resistance, are more functional lama-like creature whose coat provides what the world’s oldest continually operational factory. than many synthetics alternatives. Armadillo locals call the ‘fibre of the gods’. It also convinced “There is this idea that natural fibres are more in Merino, which launched last year, is a company Chinese and Mongolian goat herders to set aside keeping with our own body because that is what making what to many would sound counter- small quantities of ‘baby cashmere’, the super- we’ve worn for thousands of years.” intuitive: woollen undergarments. But wool, soft under-fleece taken from a kid’s coat on its Delve behind the scenes and the level of craft while it retains heat more efficiently than cotton, first (and only on its first) combing, some 19 kids’ that goes into making natural fibre products at the also wicks moisture away more efficiently too. worth being required to make a single sweater. upmarket level is intensive too: at John Smedley Armadillo has quickly found a market selling its One of these, unsurprisingly, does not come for example, contracts for wool supply must be products to professionals who understand this – without a considerable price tag. agreed at least two years in advance, and up to from sports people to search and rescue teams, 04 50 – Homes & London Homes & London – 51 The hot issue Fabric of nature

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the police to the military’s special forces – and aims to gradually convince the general public of the same. “And that’s been a constant battle,” admits Armadillo founder Andy Caughey. “People associate natural fibres with expensive sweaters when they even think about them at all. You’d be surprised at the number of people who don’t even think of a fine-gauge top from the likes of Smedley as being made of wool. And they certainly don’t think of natural fibres as being We’re asking at all leading-edge, even though most of the consumers to major innovation in synthetics happened some 30 years ago. The fact is that recent selective rethink everything breeding has given us wools as fine as 11 microns [that’s the width of a human hair] and knitting they thought technology has hugely improved the way it can they knew about be used. Natural fibres, whether considered luxury or not, are certainly more than the sum of cashmere! their parts now.” Ian Moore, Unsurprisingly, Ian Moore agrees. He is founder of Dhu the founder of Dhu, a Scottish company that launched onto the market this year offering what it calls ‘performance cashmere’. “And that phrase is meant to be deliberately arresting,” says Moore. “We’re asking consumers to rethink everything they thought they knew about cashmere – that it’s not just for Christmas socks but has long been prized for its insulation 01 Dhu craftsman properties. It was used on the British 1910-13 02 High-performance cashmere from Dhu Antarctic expeditions, for example. That’s not 03 British Antarctic expedition, 1910-13 what fashion has pushed, such that the general public just isn’t aware there’s a technical element 02 to these luxurious natural fibres. In fact, you could say that their performance benefits are another example of their luxuriousness.” Is that enough to convince a more science- minded younger generation, thanks to sportswear already well used to man-made, of Dhu Image courtesy highly advanced fibres, and looking forward to the potential part they may play in a future of 'wearable technology'? Or are we set to see a great divide in attire, between progressive clothing manufacturers – using whatever fibre, animal or synthetic, that is best for the job – and traditional manufacturers, for whom the upmarket image of all things 'natural' is key to their pitch of supposed luxuriousness? The truth is that it will probably be both – natural and synthetic will run through the smart (as in intelligent) dresser's wardrobe like so much warp and weft, keeping them warm, keeping them cool. 03

52 – Homes & London The hot issue Scandi style

Flos Spun floor lamp, £1,125 to order at Staffan Tollgard Design Store, Unit 1, Grosvenor Waterside, Gatliff Rd, London SW1. www.tollgard.co.uk. Chocolate velvet armchair, £2,285 to order at Staffan Tollgard. Grey chair by Sjogren, £2,452 at Skandium, 245-249 Brompton Road, SW3. www.skandium.com. Ash stained black Lunar Sofa, £2,762 available to order at Staffan Tollgard. Grey faux fur cushions £28 each at Brissi, 22 Marylebone High St, W1. www.brissi.com. Cotton printed cushion £37.50 by Marimekko at Skandium. Mantle piece: Vintage wooden shoe lasts at Phoenix, 67 Golborne Road, W10. Collection of vintage painted mirrors, from £35 from a selection at Phoenix. Amber vases, £36.85 by Design House Stockholm at Selfridges. Ceramic deer head, £32 and silver etched vase £52 both at Anthropologie, 185 Scandi style Regent Street, London W1. www.antropologie.eu. MOHAIR NATURAL WOOL INDIAN RUG, £3,510 by The Rug Company, 124 Holland Park Ave, W11. www.therugcompany.com. They spend half their lives indoors sheltering from the cold outside, and when it comes to home styling no one does it quite like the Scandinavians. Blending simple lines, rich textures and functional style. Photography Rachel Whiting – Styling Cat & Co

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Right: Trio of amber vases, £36.85 by Design House Stockholm at Selfridges & Co, 400 Oxford Street, W1. www.selfridges.com. Grey water glasses, £8 each and Pitcher, £45 both by Iittala, at Selfridges. BELOW: Salad bowl, £199.00 and salad servers, £39.95 both by Skelton, from Skandium. WOODEN CHOPPING BOARD, by Alexander Ortieb, £25 at Skandium. Bamboo tongs, £18.50 by Design House Stockholm at Selfridges. Glass bottles from a selection at The White Company. www.thewhitecompany.com. RIGHT HAND PAGE: Grey ceramic vase, £46 from Brissi. Heritage chair by Carl Hansen, £3,314 at Skandium. Grey faux fur cushions AND THROW from a selection at Brissi. Cotton printed cushion, £37.50 by Marimekko at Skandium.

Where to find the best Scandinavian furniture and homeware

01 The Scandinavian Design Center www.scandinaviandesigncenter.com 02 Hus & Hem www.husandhem.co.uk 03 Cloudberry Living www.cloudberryliving.co.uk 04 Mit Hus www.mithus.co.uk 05 Living Space London www.livingspaceuk.com 06 The Scandinavian Shop www.thescandinavianshop.co.uk 07 Design House Stockholm www.madeindesign.co.uk 08 The Old Cinema Antiques www.theoldcinema.co.uk

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Like many great cities, London’s glittering beauty is best regarded on foot and at a speed permitting observation and discovery. Homes & London have put together four walks that skirt the tourist hubbub of central London and offer the urban walker a genuine breath of fresh air. In keeping with the theme of heat, each walk includes a good pub with a real fire – to warm those winter fingers and toes. Writer Rebecca Hattersley Photography Jon Stevens

Richmond Park

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Bookish Bloomsbury Start: Chancery Lane underground station End: Russell Square underground station

Walk along Gray’s Inn Road, with Gray’s Inn Gardens to your left. Bea’s of Bloomsbury on Theobalds Road is an ideal spot for afternoon tea. Turn right onto Lamb’s Conduit Street, a partially pedestrianised street with a wealth of fine shops. Persephone Books champions Download forgotten female authors, J Crew and Folk stock walk by luxurious fashions and Ben Pentreath on Rugby scanning Street sells beautiful things for the home. Rugby QR code. Street is where Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes spent their wedding night in 1956. At the bottom of Lamb’s Conduit Street is The Lamb, a traditional public house serving excellent British meals and where Charles Dickens is reputed to have frequented. The etched glass snob screens are still in place above the bar. Richmond Hill However, if it is heat you are after, The Duke Start: Richmond underground station on Roger Street (two streets over) is an Art Deco End: Queen’s Road corner pub with wooden booths and a roaring fire in winter. After refreshment, exit onto Guilford Street and walk left past Coram’s Fields. Exit Richmond Station and walk left along The

Quadrant and George Street. Cross the road and Detour: The School of Life on Marchmont Street head down Brewers Lane to Richmond Green. (just above Russell Square station) offers classes Lap the perimeter along The Green, Portland and therapies devoted to emotional intelligence. Terrace and Pembroke Villas. Take a right along An extensive calendar of events is hosted Old Palace Lane, past a row of quaint Regency throughout the year including workshops on cottages and The White Swan pub. Exit onto ‘How to Balance Work with Life’ and ‘Resilience’ Riverside and turn left. Enjoy a short walk along and Sunday Sermons from speakers such as Alain the towpath, flanked by bars and restaurants. de Botton on how to better understand the news. The shop is full of clever tools for thinking. Walk under the bridge and continue until Download you reach the entrance to Terrace Gardens walk by Bloomsbury has much to offer the urban walker on your left. Enter the gardens and admire scanning and would not be complete without a visit to the the herbaceous borders, roses, and wild green QR code. British Museum on Great Russell Street. A leafy parrots in the treetops. Wind up through the literary mile awaits you. gardens and exit onto Richmond Hill. Continue right and towards Richmond Park.

Detour: A crisp and chilly morning is the perfect time to see red and fallow deer in Richmond Park. The park boasts spectacular views across London, with the pastoral landscape a welcome respite RUSSELL from the crowds.. SQUARE

Oliver spencer Take a left onto Queen’s Road and complete THE DUKE your walk with a visit to Lass O’ Richmond LAMBS CONDUIT ST Hill, a relaxed pub with a cosy fire and serving a fantastic Sunday roast. GRAY’S INN GARDENS

CHANCERY lane RICHMOND THE BRITISH MUSEUM START START RICHMOND BRIDGE

LASS ORICHMOND

lass o’ richmond hill

terrace RICHMOND gardens PARK

VIEW POINT

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Parliament Hill to Primrose Hill Start: Gospel Oak station KENWOOD HOUSE End: Regent’s Park underground station

From Gospel Oak station approach the Heath

HOLLY and climb to take in the iconic view from BUSH HAMPSTEAD HEATH Parliament Hill. Explore the rambling heath with its many ponds, ancient woodlands, rich wildlife and bounding dogs. Fly a kite on Kite THE HOLLY BUSH Hill. Visit Kenwood House, a former stately VIEW POINT home with an impressive art collection. Exit HAMPSTEAD via Pryors Field and Highgate Pond (No.1), admiring the swans and the backs of expensive

houses on South Hill Park. Cross South End KEATS HOUSE GOSPEL OAK Road and walk up Downshire Hill. About LA CRÊPERIE halfway up you will come to St John’s Church START and the top of Keats Grove.

Detour: Visit Keats House, home of romantic poet John Keats. Keats Grove in itself is a VIEW POINT charming street of Georgian Regency terraces. PRIMROSE HILL Arrive on Rosslyn Hill. Turn right and follow Hampstead High Street, the main shopping strip. Visit La Crêperie de Hampstead, a Hampstead institution, and partake in a little post-hill sustenance. Take a right onto Flask Walk, an alleyway of quirky shops. Turn left onto Back Lane and exit onto Heath Street. Cross the road and climb Holly Mount Steps. On Holly Mount you will find The Holly Bush, a delightful pub serving great food with an open fire in the front bar. A hearty pub lunch will inevitably call for a further stretch of the legs. Retrace your steps back down Hampstead High Street and Rosslyn Hill. Take a right onto Belsize Avenue, then left onto Belsize Park Download Gardens, eventually leading to Primrose Hill. walk by Stand on the fringe of Regent’s Park and central scanning London beyond. QR code.

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Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Start: London Bridge station End: Rotherhithe station

Exit London Bridge station and walk down Tooley Street. Take a right onto Bermondsey Street, the most bustling road in the area and home to the Fashion and Textile Museum, founded by Zandra Rhodes. Continue walking, passing Tanner Street on the left (a reminder of the leather industry’s significance to the area) and White Cube gallery on the right. Cross over Long Lane to continue down Bermondsey Street where on the left is Bermondsey Square, a mix of shops, offices and apartments. Exit at the rear of Bermondsey Square, crossing Tower Bridge Road to enter Grange Walk with its cluster of late 17th century houses. Turn left up The Grange to reach Abbey Street and then right for a few minutes, passing under a railway bridge. This bridge carried the first railway line to open in London. Cross Jamaica Road and walk down George Row. Head down Jacob Street and bear right at the end along Mill Street to follow the signs for St Saviour’s Dock.

Detour: On the left, just before Mill Street bends round to the right, head up a small walkway that leads you to a footbridge running across the entrance to St Saviour’s Dock – a marked improvement from the filthy, crumbling area immortalised in Dickens’ Oliver Twist.

Retrace your steps back to Mill Street and continue along Bermondsey Wall West, which runs parallel to the Thames. Head briefly inland before rejoining the Thames path. Walk through King Stairs Gardens and Rotherhithe Street, the longest street in London at two miles in length. On the right, is the Brunel Museum where Isambard Kingdom Brunel began his extraordinary career aged 19 years. On the left is The Mayflower, the oldest pub HEAT on the Thames and a convivial place to rest and take in the panoramic views over the river.

Download WAVE walk by scanning QR code. London’s finest chefs are LONDON BRIDGE experimenting with heat START and spice like never before,

BRUNELBRUNELUNEL MUMUSEUM transforming traditional THETHEEM MAMAYFAYYFFLLOOWWEERR cuisines into some of the FASHION & TEXTILE ST SAVIOUR’S THE MAYFLOWER ROTHERHITHE MUSEUM DOCK WHITE CUBE city’s most elegant new WHITE CUBE GALLERY taste sensations. Cláudio Cardoso, executive chef Writer Hayley Ard

64 – Homes & London Homes & London – 65 The hot issue Heat wave A bold spirit of adventure Benares Indian is prompting London’s www.benaresrestaurant.com leading chefs to use spices in entirely new contexts and combinations. The cosmopolitan capital is welcoming an influx of

experimentalists who value Atul Kochhar’s Benares brings a refined heat and striking contrasts. sensibility to Indian cuisine. The restaurant fuses regional dishes with British ingredients: English Now more than ever, the lamb chops, for example, come with a side of kachumber salad. “The different blends of spices reward is in the risk. we create are very personal to us,” says Kochhar, the first Indian chef to receive a Michelin star. láudio Cardoso, executive chef of He creates several versions of garam masala to Sushisamba, is at the forefront flavour different dishes. “For rogan josh, I lean on C of this culinary movement. He black cardamom, cinnamon and a little bit of black agrees wholeheartedly that London’s chefs pepper to get the kind of smokiness that elevates and restaurant-goers are becoming more the dish to a new level,” he explains. Look out for adventurous in their use of spices – a change the nine-course chef’s table menu, due to launch he attributes to the city’s international profile. in the first quarter of 2014. “London is a multicultural city,” Cardoso explains. “Its residents come from all around the world.” Many of the UK’s diverse communities Nopi are well-versed in spices, but there is strong Middle East/Asia market demand too. “A lot of people bring new www.nopi-restaurant.com ingredients to London and chefs obviously want to try them,” Cardoso adds. Cardoso is naturally drawn to chilli peppers in all their forms. One of his favourite ingredients Sushisamba is the piri piri chilli native to Portugal. “It’s Japanese/Brazilian/Peruvian really spicy if you know how to work it well,” he www.sushisamba.com explains. “Leave it in alcohol – whisky or brandy – for a week and it will become more and more flavourful.” But over the past few years Cardoso Yotam Ottolenghi has made a name for himself has been tempted by milder Peruvian varieties for using a dazzling array of Middle Eastern such as aji amarillo and aji panca. “They add a spices, from ground Iranian lime and Lebanese little bit of spicyness, but in the end what they za'atar to mahleb, which is made from the add the most is flavour,” he says. ground stone of the St Lucie cherry. At Nopi Chilli and chocolate is one of the signature he brings together these bold flavours with pairings at Sushisamba – and the dessert Mediterranean influences, highlighting colour that sells the most. “It really works,” Cardoso Spread across the 38th and 39th floors of the and contrast against a strikingly clean backdrop: enthuses. “Nowadays the combination is pretty Heron Tower, Sushisamba is a fusion restaurant the gleaming white dining room is punctuated normal, but we do a couple of variations – with a difference. Dishes splice together only by brass fittings. Most exciting are the oysters, white chocolate and chilli, for example, Japanese, Brazilian and Peruvian cuisines, vegetables: try the courgette and manouri or foie gras with chilli and wagyu. We use mixing diverse cooking styles and ingredients fritters alongside the pan-fried duck breast jalapeños and Padrón peppers, and we try to with aplomb. The dressings add instant with hazelnut beer batter. combine them well with the sushi, desserts and warmth: note the spicy mayonnaise, used in the Japanese sauces.” In winter, Cardoso uses one of rock shrimp tempura, or the aji panca (a smoky, the world’s spiciest chillies in a dressing, blended sweet chilli pepper) that accompanies the with rosemary, garlic and olive oil. “As a chef you samba rolls. On the menu, sea-bass anticuchos always try to develop and learn; I never close the (skewers) sit alongside truffled tempura and door to new ingredients,” he concludes. tuna ceviche with pickled watermelon. The Cardoso’s enthusiasm for spice is shared by 30-page drinks list includes agave and cane a growing number of chefs across the capital. spirits, robust sakes and a tart yuzu gimlet. Here, Homes & London highlights six of the And with its bamboo-latticed ceiling and best dining concepts they have developed to lipstick-red accents, the dining room is just emphasise and evolve fiery flavours. as stunning as the views.

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Gymkhana Indian www.gymkhanalondon.com People come to London from all over the world to experience things they have not tried before

Karam Sethi, the chef behind Marylebone’s Trishna, breathes new life into the colonial Gymkhana club with this glossy Mayfair restaurant, which serves up tandoor-seared game, fenugreek-flavoured goat and moreish nashta (breakfast) snacks. The oak-panelled bar offers a fresh take on the 17th-century punch house. Cocktails layer spiced foams and syrups over exotic spirits such as Ceylon Arrack, which is distilled from the sap of the coconut Bo London flower. The Flutterby – an absinthe lassi X-treme Chinese spiked with dill and cucumber – is a refreshing www.bolondonrestaurant.com accompaniment to the menu.

“X-treme Chinese” is Alvin Leung’s signature cooking style and that mantra is repeated often at his London restaurant. Leung delights in subverting aspects of Chinese food: traditional dishes such as dim sum might appear as petit four, suspended in an abstract cage. “I like to challenge people’s expectations, to surprise and Hutong excite them,” he explains. The 12-course menu, Northern Chinese described as an ode to Great Britain, features www.aquahutong.co.uk steak-and-kidney dumplings, lotus-infused toad in the hole and ‘beans on toast’ – that is, edamame, red bean foam and soy bean ice cream. The chilli crab fun gor – a pouch of shredded crab meat, rounded off with a surge of heat – packs the biggest punch.

The first European outpost of David Yeo’s Hong Kong-based restaurant celebrates the fiery food of northern China – in particular, the Lu style of cooking, which was served in the imperial palaces in Beijing. Fried prawns with jasmine tea leaves, chilled razor clams and finely shredded beef are just some of the warming, spicy dishes on offer here. The Red Lantern – a signature dish of crispy soft-shell crab, served with a bowl of Sichuan dried chillies – is especially impressive. Panoramic views over the city are a bonus.

68 – Homes & London Homes & London – 69 The hot issue 20/20 vision

01 Exterior of the Grade I listed Roehampton House 02 Roehampton House apartment sitting room 03 Merano Residences 04 Lobby at Merano Residences 05 The Corniche 06 Lobby at The Corniche

20/20 vision Writer Rebecca Hattersley 01 COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE* GENERATED COMPUTER 04 We meet Berkeley Group Head H&L You mention Vision2020, an integrated business framework, as opposed to a standalone H&L Is there a St James scheme that you feel best of Sustainability, Lorraine sustainability strategy. What is the thinking behind stands as a beautiful, successful and sustainable Fursland, to learn more about this approach, and what will Berkeley Group residency – a home for future generations? be focusing on over the coming years? LF Our Group aim is to create fantastic homes the company’s commitment to LF Yes, Vision2020 is our business framework, in amazing places, with sustainability a constant, setting the very highest standards which we launched in 2010 to provide a 10-year so it’s difficult to pick just one location. Unlike in sustainability, and why the vision for Berkeley Group. Initially launched as some other companies, we aim to ensure all a sustainability strategy, we have now integrated developments meet minimum Berkeley standards, future of our urban lifestyle and sustainability into the core framework for rather than having one particular site which has landscape is safe in their hands. the business. been built to higher standards. We have highlighted five areas of focus, Having said that, all of our schemes will have with Our People being the first. It is only with different merits depending on their location and H&L With the London skyline continuously the support of our staff, contractors and project design. For example, at Merano and The Corniche changing, and more and more new-build teams that we can achieve our Vision2020 aim on Albert Embankment we are building to high properties being developed, there is an increasing of running a successful and sustainable business. environmental standards to meet Code for focus on quality, design and environmental The other areas are Operations, Homes, Places Sustainable Homes Level 4. At Brewery Wharf in performance. How important is it to Berkeley and Customers. Twickenham there will be a community building Group to operate sustainably in order to protect Every two years we set new and stretching with a performance hall, which will give residents our much-loved capital? targets to improve. We will continue to focus and the local community a place to meet and enjoy LF Sustainability is key to us as a business and is on the area of social sustainability as the their leisure time. Riverlight in Nine Elms was the something we consider in all of our developments. environmental aspects are now largely understood first scheme in the area to put its local employment We are aiming to be one of the most successful and increasingly regulated. We will also be able 02 commitment into practice and to date we have and sustainable businesses in Britain by the year to incorporate the latest research in sustainability 03 already provided more than 15 apprenticeships COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE* GENERATED COMPUTER 2020, and to achieve this have set commitments into our new commitments to ensure our approach 05 and 10 work placements for unemployed people. under our business framework, Vision2020. remains innovative and relevant. We were delighted last year to win the This includes various targets relating to the three Prestigious Evening Standard Grand Prix Award areas of sustainability: environmental, social H&L Berkeley Group have secured first place in and Best Family Home award for Lime Grove Mews and economic. the NextGeneration benchmark each year since in west London. The development was highlighted Our environmental targets relate to both the 2007 – a commendable achievement. Ultimately, for its ‘thoughtful design and spacious, flexible homes we build, such as harvesting rainwater, and what do you think gives Berkeley Group the edge interiors’. Roehampton House has received many to our day-to-day operations, such as reducing as a champion of sustainable house building? awards for the sensitive restoration of this historic energy and waste on our construction sites. On LF We were really pleased to once again come building and the landscaped garden. the social side, it’s about considering our staff and first in the NextGeneration benchmark of the wider workforce, local people and our customers. top 25 housebuilders in the UK. The benchmark H&L The social aspect is a pillar of sustainability On the economic side, we work with a large ranks housebuilders each year on both their often overlooked in favour of economic and number of suppliers who create and sustain jobs performance and approach to sustainability. environmental considerations. How does across the capital and further afield. For every It’s nice to receive external recognition for our Berkeley Group endeavour to harness the home we build, around 4.5 jobs are sustained. commitment to sustainability. Our score this year relationship between people in both the local London has some magnificent architecture. – over 90% – was the highest ever recorded and and wider community? We use acclaimed architects who design buildings follows a lot of work behind the scenes over the LF This is something we’ve been focusing on since to keep London as a world city. But it’s also past 12 months. 2011 when we worked with Professor Tim Dixon on important to give older buildings a new lease of I believe our success relates to having social sustainability. We define social sustainability life. At Roehampton House we have refurbished integrated sustainability within our business as quality of life and strength of community, now a Grade 1 listed property into 24 luxury apartments. through Vision2020, and to our growing focus and in the future. We see our role as not just At 75 Lehman Street in the city, an old Edwardian on the social aspects of our schemes, rather putting in place the buildings and infrastructure,

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When Rapha launched its first roadwear products in 2004, few Since 2012 we have been working with Social could have predicted the impact Life to develop and test a framework for social sustainability. Our framework includes 13 indicators the British cycle brand would within three areas – amenities and infrastructure, social and cultural life, and voice and influence. have on sport and even fashion. We have tested these criteria on more than 10 of our developments already at different stages Founder Simon Mottram tells of their development. We are the only developer in Europe – and perhaps globally – to have an Homes & London what’s next established methodology for doing this. for the company as it celebrates We have had some really positive results. Research tells us that residents on many its 10th anniversary.

Berkeley developments feel safer, happier and IMAGE* GENERATED COMPUTER 01 more neighbourly than people living in other Writer Hayley Ard comparable places. They feel like they belong, they regularly talk to their neighbours and, perhaps most encouragingly, they plan to stay in the community.

H&L As a developer of new-build residencies, how does Berkeley Group ensure the harmonious coupling of ‘old’ and ‘new’ London – both people 01 Riverlight landscaping and buildings? 02 Lord Richard Rogers and LF Initially this is about selecting the right sites in Graham Stirk, Rogers Stirk the right location. We have a continued emphasis Harbour + Partners on development on previously used brownfield 03 Riverlight land, with around 90% of our homes built on 02 brownfield land each year. Once we own the site, it’s about engaging with the local community and authority to understand what already exists in the area and what is needed. Sometimes it’s best to blend a new development with what already exists in the area, whereas in other locations there is an opportunity to design a distinctive development that gives a new dimension. At Berkeley and St James each of our schemes is different – we use different architects to develop individual designs for each development. At Riverlight we have used world-renowned architects Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners to design what we hope will become an architectural classic of the future – six modern and elegant pavilions designed to welcome the sunlight in and widen the river views out. Good design can bring many benefits: great commercial space, community spaces, attractive open spaces, an effective transport network and

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imon Mottram’s love affair with cycling always been true to what road cycling is about.” began long before he set up Rapha. “I’ve “In the future, more and more people will always been a road cyclist,” he says. “I need products that function well on the bike, but Sused to go to my local bike shop every that doesn't make them look as if they are about week to get my fix.” It was the challenge of to race,” predicts Mottram. finding products he wanted to buy that prompted feel the earth move Mottram to launch the company. “Back then, you were forced to choose between something that was either high-performance but made you look terrible, or something that looked okay but What we’re trying to didn’t work on the bike,” Mottram explains. His do is bring the cycling the sea fly aim was simply to create products that made him 01 feel better about the sport that he loved. aesthetic into everyday When Mottram started Rapha, he had a market of one. “I knew that at least one customer style. The best cycling would like the brand because I knew I liked it,” products will look as and your mind he says. “What I didn’t know was whether other people would share my view of the change that good in bars, restaurants was needed.” A few years passed before Mottram and meetings as they became confident that his idea would work. “There were a lot of sleepless nights,” he adds. do on the road being blown away. “There still are.” Mottram’s decision to run the company What’s next for Rapha? “We are launching a as a web-based, direct-to-consumer brand big range of women’s products next year,” says enabled it to grow in ways that would have been Mottram. “Women’s cycling is going to be huge inconceivable 20 years ago. “The global reach and we’d like to be one of the brands that really of the internet allows even the nichest of niche resonates with women.” The challenge will be to products to prosper, since it enables you to create clothes that are not aggressively sporty, reach the few people around the world who are but Mottram is confident Rapha will be able as passionate as you are about your product,” to overcome this hurdle. After all, the company is Mottram explains. Rapha’s second customer not merely a “technical sports brand that talks in was a New Yorker who discovered the company acronyms and trademarks”. “We are comfortable through a friend of a friend. Today, the company having an emotional conversation as well,” has amassed a virtual community of more than he notes. 70,000 members. In years to come, Mottram plans to boost the “We’ve been lucky that the market has done global footprint of the company’s Cycle Clubs so well,” says Mottram. He cites events such as – bricks-and-mortar stores, where customers 02 the London Olympics and changing attitudes can “hang out, watch cycling and not feel like towards health as some of the factors that have social lepers”. “We’re opening three or four Cycle contributed to the growth of cycle culture. Clubs a year over the next few years, in cities Alongside these drivers of change, Rapha has such as Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles, Seoul and worked hard to make cycling not only relevant, Amsterdam,” he says. Look out for Rapha as it but also aspirational. In the process, the pedals into view on these new horizons. company has brought elegance to roadwear. “In a small way, we’ve helped make everything look 03 a bit better,” says Mottram. “You don’t see as many garish kits or terrible colour combinations as you used to.” However, Mottram is not content to rest on his laurels: “You could look at what we’re doing and say, ‘Wow, that’s great. We’ve got a company that is profitable and growing well. We’ve got lots of happy customers and some great products. Job done.’ But my vision for Rapha is to help make cycling the most popular sport in the world.” Mottram acknowledges there is still a long way to go – his goal could take several lifetimes 01 Cycle jersey to achieve. But a singular focus is what keeps with the the company honest. “Within our very narrow signature Rapha The new Princess S Class, including the S72. Low profile, high performance. niche, we are quite broad: we offer a ridiculously white band 38 knots in the most exciting new Sportbridge yacht. wide range of products to our customers, from 02 Simon Mottram holidays and magazines to the food served in our 03 The Rapha The speed, the style, the thrill of it all. To find out more please contact: physical stores,” says Mottram. “However, we’ve Cycle Club + 44 (0)1489 557755 · [email protected] · www.princess.co.uk www.PrinCeSSyaChTS.Com 74 – Homes & London The hot issue The St James collection 03 The St James 02

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01 Front elevation From an exclusive address on the south side of the River Thames, The 02 Residents' lounge Corniche offers a rare window into one of the most cosmopolitan capitals in the world. Panoramic views over the most important stretch of the river take in every silhouette of the London skyline, from the magnificent Houses of Parliament to the round pods of the London Eye. The Corniche celebrates ease and recreation with a wealth of luxury amenities, including an infinity pool, spa, private screening room and club lounge with terrace. In so doing, it offers the chance to experience luxury at its best, giving a welcome preview of life ahead of the curve.

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01 The Quadrant The Quadrant at Queen Mary's Place is a superb collection of just 02 Kitchen and dining area eight luxury 5-bedroom, semi-detached houses that offer the ultimate 03 Living room in modern family living. 04 Bedroom Each house combines timeless classical architecture with contemporary layouts demonstrating St James’ award-winning attention to detail. An expansive kitchen, sun terrace and spacious bedrooms with several en-suite bathrooms offer ample space for a growing family. Secluded rear gardens and convenient off-street parking create a tranquil atmosphere, rare in most urban developments. Only two luxury houses remaining, available for immediate occupation.

Queen Mary’s Place Email: [email protected] 177 Roehampton Lane Website: www.queenmarysplace.co.uk London SW15 5BF Telephone: +44 (0)20 8246 6748

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01 Townhouses Set in the desirable neighbourhood of Fulham, adjacent to the magnificent 02 Kitchen Hurlingham Club, Hurlingham Gate combines the sophistication of city 03 Bedroom living with the charm of village life. 04 Bathroom Arranged around a private gated courtyard, this superb collection of just 13, 4-bedroom classic townhouses all benefit from private terraces and gardens, a secluded courtyard and off-street gated parking.

Hurlingham Gate Email: [email protected] Sulivan Road, Fulham Website: www.hurlinghamgate.co.uk London SW6 3DX Telephone: +44 (0)20 8246 4199

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01 Wye Dene development entrance Set against the stunning backdrop of the Chiltern Hills in 01 Cygnet House Located just a short distance from Reading town centre, junction 11 02 Wye Dene show apartment Buckinghamshire and located less than a mile from High Wycombe’s 02 Show apartment living space of the M4 and adjacent to the Foudry Brook ecological corridor, the new 03 The Marlow vibrant town centre, Wye Dene offers a collection of superbly-appointed 03 Show apartment kitchen phase of Waterside Apartments at Kennet Island will offer contemporary apartments and houses in a peaceful environment and rural setting living in a great location, with a variety of layouts and elevations, all positioned alongside the River Wye. With 4.5 acres of lush landscaped Cygnet House is the latest release at Kennet Island, hosting a mixture sharing superb attention to detail and exceptional St James specifications. space, wide tree-lined street scenes, riverside walks and cycle paths, of superbly appointed 1 and 2-bedroom apartments. Kennet Island offers Kennet Island is more than a place to live, it has proven to be a thriving tranquil water ponds and children’s play areas, Wye Dene offers the chance to become part of a thriving new community, with residents community and a unique, vibrant destination. exceptional homes in a truly unique location. sharing the many benefits of a residents’ gym, the Island lounge licensed café, a convenience store, a dedicated bus service to Reading taking just In essence, it’s the natural place to live. 10 minutes, and located adjacent to the Hilton hotel which has a swimming pool, steam room and sauna.

Wye Dene Email: [email protected] Kennet Island Email: [email protected] London Road, High Wycombe Website: www.wyedene.co.uk Lindisfarne Way, Reading Website: www.kennetisland.co.uk Buckinghamshire HP11 1LH Telephone: +44 (0)1494 259191 Berkshire RG2 0GS Telephone: +44 (0)118 931 3550

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01 View of the houses Set within the Royal Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Brewery Wharf 01 Bedroom (photograph taken from a previous Set in the heart of SW1 and just 10-15 minutes' walk from Sloane Square 02 View of apartments and public piazza is a new contemporary development of 82 luxury apartments, 28 classic development, indicative only) and Victoria, Moore House marks the entrance to this prestigious and 03 View of community building with townhouses, two restaurants, a public piazza and a community building. 02 Moore House well-established development by St James known as Grosvenor Waterside. performance hall Best known for the world famous Twickenham Stadium, this area is 03 Spa at Grosvenor Waterside It presents an exclusive opportunity to acquire a brand new apartment much sought after due to its excellent schools, beautiful riverside walks, with a luxurious specification on an award-winning development in one historical landmarks, museums and green open spaces. Situated directly of London's most desirable locations within Zone 1. opposite Twickenham Station, London Waterloo is accessible in just There are just four brand new apartments available, each with its own, 25 minutes whilst Richmond, with its wealth of shopping facilities, is just individual entrance and each one benefiting from the full range of facilities four minutes away. Subject to planning, construction is due to commence offered at Grosvenor Waterside, including 24-hour concierge, CCTV early in 2014. security, and the luxurious Grosvenor Waterside Health & Fitness Spa.

Brewery Wharf Website: www.brewery-wharf.co.uk Moore House Email: [email protected] London Road Telephone: +44 (0)20 3002 9457 Grosvenor Waterside Website: www.moorehouselondon.co.uk Twickenham TW1 1AA Ebury Bridge Road Telephone: +44 (0)20 8246 4166 London SW1W 8BE

102 – Homes & London Homes & London – 103 Coming Coming soon soon HURLINGHAM WALK BUTLERS COURT Fulham SW6 QUEENS ACRE, BEACONSFIELD HP9 01 01 02

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01 Exterior view of apartments Launching in spring 2014, Hurlingham Walk is an elegant collection of 1, 2 01 Butlers Court The final phase of Queens Acre is under way with the refurbishment and 3-bedroom apartments located in the desirable neighbourhood of Fulham. 02 Walled garden of historical Butlers Court, into four luxury apartments, one house 03 Butlers Court kitchen/dining/living area and a penthouse. With their spacious rooms and high ceilings, these The 53 luxuriously appointed and spacious apartments, all with outside space, 04 Butlers Court ensuite bathroom properties will be an exciting addition to the development. Butlers Court are situated over six floors. The Premium Collection fourth floor apartments is set next to the beautifully restored Victorian walled garden, shared and the fifth floor Penthouse Collection, including two impressive 3-bedroom exclusively by the residents of Queens Acre. apartments with expansive terraces, define sophisticated apartment living. A concierge service, private landscaped courtyard and underground gated parking complement this new landmark building for Fulham.

Hurlingham Walk Email: [email protected] Butlers Court Email: [email protected] Carnwath Road Website: www.hurlinghamwalk.co.uk at Queens Acre Website: www.queensacre.co.uk Fulham, London Telephone: +44 (0)20 8246 4199 Redwood Place, Beaconsfield Telephone: +44 (0)1494 410 520 SW6 3HW Bucks HP9 1RT

104 – Homes & London Homes & London – 105 The hot issue The St James collection Coming soon COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE OF HORNSEY DEPOT* IMAGE GENERATED COMPUTER COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE* GENERATED COMPUTER COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE* GENERATED COMPUTER Hornsey Depot ISLEWORTH House Kew Bridge West Phase II HORNSEY N8 old ISLEWORTH TW7 KEW BRIDGE ROAD TW8 St James Group Limited and Sainsbury’s Located on the site of a former convent, the Phase II at Kew Bridge West will sit adjacent to Supermarkets Limited submitted a joint planning Isleworth House site comprises 3.15ha located the Grade 1 Listed building that was Kew Bridge application to London Borough of Haringey to the south of Old Isleworth adjacent to the Pumping Station and which is now home to the for land to the north of Hornsey High Street at River Thames. The site predominately consists Kew Bridge Steam Museum. The development the former Hornsey Depot site. The proposals of open parkland with a number of Grade II will comprise 1, 2 and 3-bedroom residential are for an exciting mixed-use scheme including Listed buildings located centrally within the apartments with 500 sq m of private amenity a 3,250 sq m superstore and 438 residential site including the White House, Chapel, Stable space, 44 off-street parking spaces for residents units set across multiple buildings, of which 270 Block and Gate House. and a mix of commercial facilities set within apartments will be for private sale. There will be a communal courtyard. St James will be working in partnership a mixture of 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments all with Beechcroft Developments who will be The development has been designed to reflect with the high quality and finish associated with undertaking the conversion of the Listed the views of the Standpipe Tower and will St James award-winning developments. Set in buildings to provide a number of 2 and include landscaped grounds and linear park, landscaped grounds, residents will benefit from 3-bedroom apartments. St James will be providing a link between Phase I and Phase an on-site gym and concierge facilities, as well responsible for both the delivery of the assisted II that also includes a series of artworks as underground parking. living affordable housing and a number of especially commissioned by St James for Kew Pending approval of the planning application, substantial, luxuriously appointed 3 and Bridge West. start on site is scheduled for Spring 2014. 4-bedroom family homes on this exceptional Sales of apartments are expected to commence riverside site. Overall, circa 100 units will be before the end of 2014. delivered at the development. A full planning application is due to be submitted to the *ALL COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGES ARE INDICATIVE ONLY London Borough of Hounslow in Spring 2014.

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