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Project completed at 17 Portland Place
Found Associates provided architectural and interior design services for the recently completed major refurbishment, alteration and upgrade of 17 Portland Place. This created high specification serviced offices in Marylebone, at the heart of the Harley Street conservation area.
Duchess Investment Holdings Ltd, a joint venture between Investec and Argo Real Estate clients, acquired the Grade II* listed building in 2016. Originally designed by the Adam Brothers, it now offers 13,000sqft of serviced office space with a wealth of communal areas including a café/bar, a lounge, meeting rooms, kitchens and an external courtyard garden.
The listed building’s historic character has been carefully restored through sympathetic refurbishment, with new materials, lighting and furniture being carefully chosen to elevate and enhance the existing architecture.
Found Associates worked closely with the client from concept to completion to ensure the delivery of their vision for the building. Cost management, project management and contract administration services for all stages of the project were provided by Equals Consulting.
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How to Open a Pop-Up Shop in the UK
Over the last few years, pop-up shops have been literally popping up all over the UK. This increasingly popular retail…
Work starts on Grade II* Listed Building
Work has started onsite with the refurbishment and alteration of a Grade II* listed building originally design by the Adams Brothers. The building is being fully restored with original features being reinstated along with the new services and high quality finishes for its continued use as an office.
Delighted to finally get planning approval for this extension in Harpenden. It’s been a long process involving two applications but we are so please that we are now able to move forward with the owners to reconfigure and extended this locally listed property that falls within a conservation area. Extensions that weren’t in keeping with the style of the property have been added over the years and these have made it difficult to read the original building. Our approach is to remove several of the existing extensions and remodel one to allow the introduction of a contemporary full width rear extension that enhances the existing building. The new extension creates a large open plan kitchen, dining and family space and, reuses an existing pool, all of which opens out onto a terrace and beautiful gardens
What is Pop-Up Retail?
Pop-up retail, otherwise known as temporary retail or flash retail, is an increasingly popular phenomenon in the UK and beyond.…
Works begins on Alderney
Work has begun on the island of Alderney to extensively refurbish the historic interior and exterior of an existing Georgian House while also adding a new contemporary extension that replaces the previous unsympathetic additions.
With many of us working from home for the foreseeable future, and the way we work in the future probably changing significantly, we’d though we’d delve into our archive and look at some of our residential projects and the home offices we’ve created for our clients. . . This home office from a project we completed in Belgravia is minimal perfection, you can’t have a piece of paper, pen, or anything else for that matter, out of place in this space. . . If you are thinking about how you can adapt or extend your property and are looking to explore its potential, or obtain some early advice, we offer a free consultation and would be delighted to talk to you
How Do Shared Experiences Enhance Trust in Working Relationships?
What’s the most important aspect of a successful working environment? While many elements contribute to a great team dynamic, trust…
Found. granted planning consent within Brecon Beacons National Park
Found are delighted to have been granted planning consent for the extension to an existing farmers cottage within the Brecon Beacons National Park allowing the property to meet the needs of the clients growing family.
With many of us working from home for the foreseeable future, and the way we work in the future probably changing significantly, we’d though we’d delve into our archive and look at some of our residential projects and the home offices we’ve created for our clients. . . Second in the series is this home office with a beautifully window view at a project we completed in Notting Hill. The office makes great use of the small landing/closet wing spaces you often find in London terraces. . . If you are thinking about how you can adapt or extend your property and are looking to explore its potential, or obtain some early advice, we offer a free consultation and would be delighted to talk to you
The Role of Women in Property
Fundamentally, the property industry is about designing and creating beautiful, comfortable and functional places for people to live and work.…
Ride to MIPIM
Company Directors Kieran Morgan and Rhona Waugh will be attending MIPIM this year, if you’d like to meet please contact [email protected]
Kieran will be undertaking the gruelling cycle to MIPIM this year with Club Peloton raising money for Coram Children’s Charity. If you’d like to sponsor Kieran click Here
With many of us working from home for the foreseeable future, and the way we work in the future probably changing significantly, we’d though we’d delve into our archive and look at some of our residential projects and the home offices we’ve created for our clients. . . First up is this absolute dream home office within a wonderful project we completed in Chiswick. Hard to imagine why you wouldn’t want to work from home all the time with a space like this. 📸 @huftonandcrow . . If you are thinking about how you can adapt or extend your property and are looking to explore its potential, or obtain some early advice, we offer a free consultation and would be delighted to talk to you
A Guide to Pop up Shops
What is a Pop Up Shop? Pop up shops, a trend started in LA in the 1990’s show no signs…
Found named Honoree in Interior Design 2017 Awards
Found Associates was named an Honoree in Interior Design’s 12th annual Best of Year Awards announced on the 2nd December 2017 for its Saks Fifth Avenue Brookfield Place store in downtown Manhattan, New York
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Richard Found talks at The FCD Unconference
On June 16th 2017 at The Fashion Culture Design Unconference in New York City, Richard Found joined Ian Schrager on a panel, as he opened his new hotel Public, to discuss whether exclusivity was dead.
The garage has gone! First site meeting today for our mews project in Earls Court where we are demolishing a garage (normally resisted by RBKC) in order to extend the ground floor to create an open plan living space
Found. at FT Luxury Summit
We are attending the FT Luxury Summit 2017 in Lisbon this week to discuss craftsmanship, manufacture and the markets of the future – the explosion of experiential luxury and where brands are investing.
Just in the process of reviewing photographs for award entries and love this one from 17 Portland Place, the combination of traditional detail and contemporary fittings epitomises our approach to the project. 📸 @gg_archard . Found Associates provided architectural and interior design services for the recently completed major refurbishment, alteration and upgrade of 17 Portland Place. This created high specification serviced offices in Marylebone, at the heart of the Harley Street conservation area. Duchess Investment Holdings Ltd, a joint venture between Investec and Argo Real Estate clients, acquired the Grade II* listed building in 2016. Originally designed by the Adam Brothers, it now offers 13,000sqft of serviced office space with a wealth of communal areas including a café/bar, a lounge, meeting rooms, kitchens and an external courtyard garden. The listed building’s historic character has been carefully restored through sympathetic refurbishment, with new materials, lighting and furniture being carefully chosen to elevate and enhance the existing architecture. Found Associates worked closely with the client from concept to completion to ensure the delivery of their vision for the building
Condé Nast International Luxury Conference
Found. attended the third Condé Nast International Luxury Conference in Muscat, Oman on 5-6th April 2017, where attendees explored how new wealth and untapped markets are the next great source of growth .
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Found. completes first wave for Grainger plc
Working closely with Grainger plc, Found Associates has completed the full design and renovation of four Grade II Listed residential properties in Chelsea, London. Planning consent has been granted for a further 4 properties.
Found Associates are looking for a Part III Architect to join our office to work on exciting high-end luxury residential and commercial projects. . The candidate must have at least 3 years post Part III Architect experience and have in-depth knowledge of projects from start to finish. . For more information see link in bio. . 📸 @huftonandcrow
Found. at MIPIM 2017
Kieran Morgan, Design Director at Found Associates, will be putting down his pen and making the short hop to Cannes for MIPIM from 14-17 March 2017. If you would like to arrange a meeting and catch up please do not hesitate to get in touch here.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas . . Photograph taken from the refurbishment and alteration of a Grade II* listed building to create contemporary office space . . 📸 @gg_archard
Architect’s Choice talks to Richard Found
Jade Tilley of Architect’s Choice talks to Richard Found about what the expansion of internet research for architecture means, the immersive design practices employed for Saks Fifth Avenue and what he might be doing if not working in architecture and interior design. Read article here.
Found Associates are looking for a Part III Architect to join our office to work on exciting high-end luxury residential and commercial projects. . The candidate must have at least 3 years post Part III Architect experience and have in-depth knowledge of projects from start to finish. . For more information see link in bio. . 📸 @gg_archard
Richard Found speaks at BoF VOICES
Richard speaking on a panel about “The Store of the Future” at The Business of Fashion presents VOICES 2016 event held 1-3 December in Oxfordshire. The event brought together senior figures from the fashion industry with entrepreneurs who are shaping the wider world to discuss the fashion and luxury business. Read more about Voices.
Such an exciting way to end the year having Prada renting kit from @found_pop
Alsterhaus department store Phase one opens
The opening of the new Luxury Hall last week, marked the end of the first conversion stage of the iconic Alsterhaus Department Store in Hamburg and completion of the first phase of Found’s retail design remit. Found’s design concept took inspiration from the climate, architecture and lake front setting of Hamburg.
Beautiful marble detailing at our recently completed residential project in Belgravia . . 📸 @gg_archard
Richard Found talks to The Resident
Mark Kebble talks to Richard Found for The Resident’s December 2016 issue (print copy out this week) about Found’s most recent retail project in lower Manhattan, New York for Saks Fifth Avenue and his approach to working on residential projects underway across the globe.
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Found undertakes programme for Grainger plc
The current programme sees the refurbishment and extension of seven Grade II listed freehold properties within the Chelsea Conservation Area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The Ovington Street properties were bought as part of the larger Chelsea Portfolio of 61 freehold houses acquired by Grainger plc in 2014.
Site progress on beautiful Alderney. Such a stunning island. @foundassociates
City A.M. – My Inspiration
Award-winning designer Richard Found talks to Steve Dinneen, the Editor of City A.M’s Life & Style section, about his unlikely love affair with the chaos and colour in the paintings of Barry Reigate. Richard talks about the overlap between his professional life, which involves a lot of retail design and art.
How to pimp up your pop-up with @found_pop
Saks Fifth Avenue opens Downtown store
Luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue has opened close to the World Trade Center site in New York, designed by London architecture and interior design studio Found. The 85,000-square-foot store invited customers through its doors for the first time during New York Fashion Week on the 9th September 2016. See images here.
@foundassociates scheme for @londonfashionweek @found_pop @blonsteinproductions 📸 credit @gg_archard
Richard Found on Design & Retail Projects
WWD sat down with Richard Found, Director and Founder of London-based architecture and interior design design practice, Found Associates, to talk about his latest projects designing Saks Fifth Avenue in Brookfield Place and the redesign of photographer Mario Testino’s London offices. For more information on Found’s retail clients see here.
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Saturday Times – Interiors: our secret house
Carolyn Asome of the Saturday Times talks to Richard Found about his contemporary extension to a period Cottage in the Cotswolds. When he was told he could not demolish the gamekeeper’s cottage on his Cotswolds land, he simply built a modernist extension to blend seamlessly with the surroundings (Photo by Romas Foord). Read article here.
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Private villa project in Corsica
Found has designed a new build concept for a private villa that maximises the potential for outdoor living. A cluster of small buildings are arranged around the pool, with the terraces incorporating the spectacular Mediterranean views and two large pavilions housing living spaces and a master suite, with the glazed elevations opening onto the landscape.
@foundassociates are thrilled to have designed the interiors for @londonfashionweek which commences today @found_pop provided the rental furniture. 🙌 Massive thank you to @97crush and her team for giving us the opportunity. Fabulous working with you all. Team effort
MarioTestino+ appoints Found
MarioTestino+ has appointed Found to oversee the redesign of its studio and offices, situated in a striking black warehouse building in West London. Found has been commissioned to reshape the workspaces, studios and courtyard: styling the interiors and creating bespoke furniture pieces alongside managing all architectural elements of the scheme.
Thank you @themodernhouse for featuring one of projects in your journal today
Found appointed by Alsterhaus store
Found has been appointed by the KaDeWe Group to redesign departments at their Alsterhaus Store in Hamburg. The store is being fully refurbished in phases over the next five years. Found’s new Access to Luxury department creates a serviced boutique environment and will open in Autumn 2016. The beauty department with bespoke fragrance library will open in 2017.
Rent this family in white or contact foundpop.com to see how we can customise it for your own brand. @found_pop @appearherehq @foundassociates
Saturday Telegraph – “Don’t Move, improve”
Richard Found talks to Isabelle Fraser of the Saturday Telegraph about how to add a creative extension to a period home, with Found Associates’ RIBA award-winning new build and extension to a cottage in the Cotswolds and a contemporary extension in Chiswick, West London. Read article here.
Concept sketch for the interior of the cinema room at our ongoing residential project on the island of Alderney
New build residential project in Derbyshire
Found have been appointed for a 6,000 sq.ft new build residential property in the picturesque setting of Derbyshire. The 1.6 acre site with lush gardens, banks onto the Trent and Mersey Canal and has far reaching views towards the River Trent. We are currently developing the design and exploring material solutions and the contextual setting within the surrounding landscape.
The combination of existing traditional and new contemporary detailing and materials is key to the success of this project. The existing secondary staircase, which would have originally been used by house servants, was in a very poor condition so we clad the steps in terrazzo leaving the original underneath. The new clean lines combine beautifully with the existing stair balustrade and door mouldings. The insitu poured floor and step cladding is in TE007 by @diespeker.co . 📸 @gg_archard . Found Associates provided architectural and interior design services for the recently completed major refurbishment, alteration and upgrade of 17 Portland Place. This created high specification serviced offices in Marylebone, at the heart of the Harley Street conservation area. Duchess Investment Holdings Ltd, a joint venture between Investec and Argo Real Estate clients, acquired the Grade II* listed building in 2016. Originally designed by the Adam Brothers, it now offers 13,000sqft of serviced office space with a wealth of communal areas including a café/bar, a lounge, meeting rooms, kitchens and an external courtyard garden. The listed building’s historic character has been carefully restored through sympathetic refurbishment, with new materials, lighting and furniture being carefully chosen to elevate and enhance the existing architecture. Found Associates worked closely with the client from concept to completion to ensure the delivery of their vision for the building
Such a beautiful ceiling, it takes people’s breath away when they walk into the room. The decorative ceiling to the grand first floor rooms have been fully restored with the original paint colours reinstated and frescos cleaned. . 📸 @gg_archard . Found Associates provided architectural and interior design services for the recently completed major refurbishment, alteration and upgrade of 17 Portland Place. This created high specification serviced offices in Marylebone, at the heart of the Harley Street conservation area. Duchess Investment Holdings Ltd, a joint venture between Investec and Argo Real Estate clients, acquired the Grade II* listed building in 2016. Originally designed by the Adam Brothers, it now offers 13,000sqft of serviced office space with a wealth of communal areas including a café/bar, a lounge, meeting rooms, kitchens and an external courtyard garden. The listed building’s historic character has been carefully restored through sympathetic refurbishment, with new materials, lighting and furniture being carefully chosen to elevate and enhance the existing architecture. Found Associates worked closely with the client from concept to completion to ensure the delivery of their vision for the building
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The original portland stone staircase has been fully restored with layers of paint, carpet and glue removed to reveal the beauty of the cantilevered sections of solid stone. . 📸 @gg_archard . Found Associates provided architectural and interior design services for the recently completed major refurbishment, alteration and upgrade of 17 Portland Place. This created high specification serviced offices in Marylebone, at the heart of the Harley Street conservation area. Duchess Investment Holdings Ltd, a joint venture between Investec and Argo Real Estate clients, acquired the Grade II* listed building in 2016. Originally designed by the Adam Brothers, it now offers 13,000sqft of serviced office space with a wealth of communal areas including a café/bar, a lounge, meeting rooms, kitchens and an external courtyard garden. The listed building’s historic character has been carefully restored through sympathetic refurbishment, with new materials, lighting and furniture being carefully chosen to elevate and enhance the existing architecture. Found Associates worked closely with the client from concept to completion to ensure the delivery of their vision for the building
Detail of the bronze bar at our recently completed office refurbishment. . 📸 @gg_archard . Found Associates provided architectural and interior design services for the recently completed major refurbishment, alteration and upgrade of 17 Portland Place. This created high specification serviced offices in Marylebone, at the heart of the Harley Street conservation area. Duchess Investment Holdings Ltd, a joint venture between Investec and Argo Real Estate clients, acquired the Grade II* listed building in 2016. Originally designed by the Adam Brothers, it now offers 13,000sqft of serviced office space with a wealth of communal areas including a café/bar, a lounge, meeting rooms, kitchens and an external courtyard garden. The listed building’s historic character has been carefully restored through sympathetic refurbishment, with new materials, lighting and furniture being carefully chosen to elevate and enhance the existing architecture. Found Associates worked closely with the client from concept to completion to ensure the delivery of their vision for the building
Found are delighted to announce the completion of the refurbishment and alteration of this Grade II* listed building into a contemporary office over five floors. The building has been fully restored with original features being reinstated along with the introduction of new high quality finishes. More to follow…. 📸 @gg_archard
FoundPop’s new London showroom from tomorrow – 20 South Molton St, W1. Design-led rental furniture for the temporary space. @found_pop @foundassociates
Excited to see some progress onsite with the piles for the new extension going in, beautiful view of the sea in the background too
Day 1 – LFW Designers Showrooms. Furniture rental FoundPop @errortique @londonfashionweek
Some of the crew (and Holly) setting up for London Fashion Week. @found_pop @londonfashionweek
Looking forward to handing over this project in a couple of months time, client and tenants are very excited about being in this fantastic building
Works progressing well in the existing georgian house of our project on Alderney
Fantastic progress is being made at our listed building refurbishment on Portland Place, we owe a huge dept to the patience, skill and craftmanship of the people working with us to bring the building back to its former glory
5000 followers! Big thank you to our followers from all of us here at Found Associates. . To celebrate this milestone we’re going to feature some golden oldies taking you back to almost where it all began. First up, partying like its 1999, when Bluewater opened and we designed the Jigsaw Womenswear store, the interior could still hold its own now
6/6 What makes one extension different from another? Our sixth and final post in this series is a project we have recently been appointed for in Hertfordshire. Found have been asked to reconfigure and extended a Tudor style property that is locally listed and falls within a conservation area. Extensions that are in keeping with the style of the property have been added over the years and these have made it difficult to read the original building. Our approach is to remove several of the existing extensions and remodel one to allow the introduction of a contemporary full width rear extension that enhances the existing building. The new extension creates a large open plan kitchen, dining and family space and, reuses an existing pool, all of which opens out onto a terrace. The original building is built in brick, black timber and white render and we are currently exploring which material would be appropriate to use for the extension. A submission for pre-application advice is due in the next couple of weeks. . There are many different approaches to adding an extension to a property and how that manifests itself is determined by numerous factors; size and typology of the host building, property location, budget and, most importantly, the client brief. We have carried out numerous projects to extend homes across London, the UK and Europe and while the outcome is often different we always look to respect the existing building and play upon the juxtaposition between old and new. . If you are about to embark on a project and are looking to explore its potential, or obtain some early advice, we offer a free consultation and would be delighted to talk to you
5/6 What makes one extension different from another? Fifth in this series is our ongoing project on the island of Alderney. Found were appointed to carefully restore and extended an existing Georgian House on the island. The property had been unoccupied for several years and its condition was deteriorating with many of its original features requiring repair and refurbishment. Unsympathetic extensions had also been made to the property over the years and these were to be removed. The approach Found have taken to the design is to ensure that both the internal and exterior character of the Georgian House is reinstated in a sensitive and sympathetic manner, while any new extensions are clean, contemporary and complementary to the host building and its surroundings. The choice of materials is a key element of the design which has been informed by the study of the site, surrounding island and weather conditions. The Georgian stucco facade has been repaired and kept as original. The ground floor extension is clad in Portland Stone, Grove Whitbed, the texture of which has been chosen to provide an intermediate texture between the stucco and local stone at basement level which links to the surrounding gardens existing stone walls. . There are many different approaches to adding an extension to a property and how that manifests itself is determined by numerous factors; size and typology of the host building, property location, budget and, most importantly, the client brief. We have carried out numerous projects to extend homes across London, the UK and Europe and while the outcome is often different we always look to respect the existing building and play upon the juxtaposition between old and new. . If you are about to embark on a project and are looking to explore its potential, or obtain some early advice, we offer a free consultation and would be delighted to talk to you
4/6 What makes one extension different from another? Fourth in this series is our Brecon Beacons project. Working closely with the client the extension has been planned to complement the existing cottage while also providing specific framed views of the surrounding countryside that enhances the client’s relationship with the landscape. So as not to completely cover the rear elevation of the cottage the extension has been broken into two blocks; the block to the west extends the existing living space and provides views of the sunset, the block to the east contains storage, utility and the master suite. The master suite has a view to hills and sun rise in the east and a view north over the Wye valley. The space between the two blocks contains a glass link, allowing you to read the rear elevation of the cottage, and a courtyard that is protected from the prevailing westerly wind to create a sheltered sun trap. The cladding to the extension is larch stained grey to match the welsh slate roof of the cottage. The choice of timber as the cladding is in response to cladding seen on agricultural barns in the area and provides a contemporary contrast to the existing white painted stone of the cottage. . There are many different approaches to adding an extension to a property and how that manifests itself is determined by numerous factors; size and typology of the host building, property location, budget and, most importantly, the client brief. We have carried out numerous projects to extend homes across London, the UK and Europe and while the outcome is often different we always look to respect the existing building and play upon the juxtaposition between old and new. . If you are about to embark on a project and are looking to explore its potential, or obtain some early advice, we offer a free consultation and would be delighted to talk to you
3/6 What makes one extension different from another? Third in this series is our Chiswick project. Unsympathetic additions to the back of this Edwardian property had been added over time and these were removed and replaced with a single storey extension that wraps around the villa. Cleary delineating the transition from the existing villa to the new extension was achieved by the introduction of a skylight that physically separates the two entities. The villa has been beautifully restored to provide reception, bedroom and bathrooms space while the contemporary, open plan extension hosts family living space, including the kitchen, and has become the new hub of the home. . There are many different approaches to adding an extension to a property and how that manifests itself is determined by numerous factors; size and typology of the host building, property location, budget and, most importantly, the client brief. We have carried out numerous projects to extend homes across London, the UK and Europe and while the outcome is often different we always look to respect the existing building and play upon the juxtaposition between old and new. . If you are about to embark on a project and are looking to explore its potential, or obtain some early advice, we offer a free consultation and would be delighted to talk to you