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The Audition House: London’s Premier Film Studio for Creatives.

Located in the bustling Fitzrovia district of London, The Audition House is an award-winning film studio Londonknown for its top-notch facilities and comprehensive services tailored to filmmakers, actors, and creative professionals. This blog explores the exceptional offerings and unique attributes of The Audition House, making it a go-to destination for film and media projects in London.

State-of-the-Art Facilities

The Audition House features three spacious, air-conditioned studios equipped with the latest technology to ensure seamless production processes. Each studio is versatile, accommodating a wide range of activities from film shoots and castings to workshops and rehearsals. The studios are designed to provide the perfect environment for high-quality production, offering features such as professional lighting, soundproofing, and advanced recording equipment.

In addition to the main studios, The Audition House provides two private waiting rooms and a one-to-one studio space. These areas offer comfort and privacy, making them ideal for individual sessions, interviews, or smaller group activities. Furthermore, the studio boasts private rooftop and courtyard spaces, providing unique and inspiring backdrops for outdoor shoots or relaxation between sessions.

Comprehensive Services

The Audition House offers an array of services that cater to the diverse needs of the film and media industry:

Full and Dry Hire: Clients can choose between fully equipped studios or opt for dry hire if they prefer to bring their own equipment.

Self-Tapes and Virtual Uploads: The studio provides high-quality self-taping services, ensuring professional-standard audition tapes. The virtual upload service facilitates the quick sharing of tapes with casting directors and agencies.

Showreels and Headshots: Professional showreel and headshot services help actors and models create polished portfolios that stand out in the competitive industry.

Voice Over Recording: The Audition House offers specialized spaces for voice-over recordings, ensuring excellent sound quality for various projects.

Workshop Spaces: Customizable workshop spaces are perfect for training sessions, rehearsals, and creative workshops, providing a supportive environment for skill development.

Green Room: A dedicated green room offers a comfortable space for relaxation and preparation between sessions, ensuring clients remain focused and energized at film studio London.

Prime Location in Fitzrovia

Situated at 129a Whitfield Street, Fitzrovia, The Audition House film studio London  is ideally located in central London, making it easily accessible for both local and visiting clients. The proximity to Warren Street station ensures convenient access via public transportation, while the vibrant Fitzrovia area offers a rich cultural and creative backdrop, enhancing the overall experience for clients.

Easy Booking and Contact Information

Booking a session at The Audition House is straightforward and user-friendly. The website provides clear instructions and contact details, making it easy for potential clients to inquire about availability and specific services. This transparency and ease of access ensure that clients can focus on their creative work without unnecessary hassle.

Conclusion

The Audition House stands out as a premier film studio London, offering state-of-the-art facilities, comprehensive services, and a prime location. Whether you are a filmmaker, actor, or creative professional, The Audition House provides an ideal environment to support your artistic endeavors. Their commitment to excellence, client satisfaction, and high-quality service makes them a standout choice in London's competitive creative industry.For more information and to explore their impressive portfolio of services, visit The Audition House.

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Holcroft Court, 10 Carburton St, Fitzrovia W1W 5AL, London

There’ll be a point in his life, Octavian promises, where his time won’t be measured in Julius Caesar’s calls. For now, that’s only a calcified threshold. A barometer of rust and grassroots, campaigns and fossilized ideals. Between him and it stands a world of interference.

He sets to scrubbing it like polishing your inheritance—which is to say, like earning it back.

It’s to do with semantics, after all: steel-capped pen, steel-wool sponge. The lunch comes and goes. Octavian is ready to rinse it off with hot water. A part of him wants to render Antony’s indifference sterile. As if antiseptic ever meant harmless; as if he hasn’t had his share of lessons of contagion, textbooks of public policy on containing and deterring. As if it didn’t plant something in his skin. Like all grand memorandums of disaster, Octavian turns his face away from it. Prepares his odds for better days.

Julius will have him cut the same cards for other people. He’ll get the in on this, won’t he? He was good. He can be. Cinna is far from stable—the balance is the rabble’s for the tipping. He’ll get other rooms. Which means... Jesus Christ, it means there is no need to recall the oil and gloom of that one. The Gallery, the table, the thick rumble of Antony’s speech.

People like Marcus Antony, much like tadpoles, he’s found, move in a dark and treacly lake. Everything is slower; everything is magnified. Its joys, if there’s fuck-all to it, are inscrutable to the likes of him. He leaves Westminster feeling not just dirty, but drowned under.

(How was it? Did he bite off your head? Forced-fed you those charts? Horace, from the kitchen. The quizzing pelted him like horseflies diving home. Octavian swerved by, shifting out of reach. Water. Cheap wood creaked where he moved. Good God, he thought. The man just begets these metaphors, does he not? Devotion and devouring. They should put him up at Toussaud.)

A few days after that lunch, his phone rings again. Octavian slathers a smile over the tone. Julius likes his congeniality to be just room temperature; obedient enough, but not febrile. Not saccharine. Nothing to tint the enamel on his teeth, when they sink into it.

A car is up front, Julius says. His voice is tired; scrubbed to a pallor of a different sort. If this was another moment, if the barometer tipped a tad closer, Octavian might ask him how he’s coping.

It’s a moot concern. No, worse; a weak one. It disgusts him, to feel it slop and spill. He asks how many days he needs him for.

He packs a clean shirt, double chargers, a blister foil of Advil.

Nothing stronger? Can you face up to Father Caesar in this wretched state? Horace; the common area, this time. Octavian wonders if it’s a skill you learn at public school, pissing all over people’s business. Murena left some Ritalin over. 

The hell of it is... he considers that. His tongue runs over his lips; chapped and cold. He’s betraying all the gaping scars of late deadlines. Except he’s never late. Except they’re not his deadlines. (He’d dare say he fares better, when it’s his skin on the bloody rack).

He wrote Antony’s draft over night. That left him two more days to brush up to snuff with Switzerland’s medical industry, then with the pitfalls of their own (snakes and fucking ladders). Then it was on with Cornelia’s past. Her ancestral squabbles, particularly aimed at her brother Lucius, and Lucius’ ex, and just about everyone in London who isn’t a Harrods attendant.

That left him one more day to send in the essays for Pompey’s youngest. A tiny illegality, as far as upstreet favours went. The twat was just an undergrad house plant, as fatalistic during mid-terms as he was trigger-happy to paypal him after each close shave.

How had Horace put it? Oxbridge boot, right primed for the dining.

It was a stupid use of his time. He knew it, back then. He knows it all the more now. It splatters with all the velocity of delayed realizations. Do I not give you enough? Julius would ask him.

That answer, of all, is the easiest in his mouth. Maybe even the truest.

No. Never.

The thing with money is—

The thing with money is that there’s people who say sentences like that and believe it, people who dig for the hidden crick, the doorstop, the pulley—and people who never do.

Octavian takes two pills. Cheating. Wasn’t this your scene? 

It no longer sounds like Horace’s voice.

He knows too well whose voice it is.

In the car, he allows himself the hope that Antony isn’t there. He walks in through the lobby, coat draped over. He tries to come up less tenderfoot, less led by the throat, but light doesn’t hold its own, in Fitzrovia. He can practically feel his head peering round like a terrier’s.

A pulse rings in his soft tissue, each inch and ply of it. It should be grounding, but instead it sets a gong. A sense of urgency is cooking from the ground up. The house knows it.

A flock of suits he can’t recognize tells him two things—soundlessly, as all real lessons carry. The first is that Cinna will have about a few days before he goes the way of the political dodo. If not in flesh, then in the party. The other thing matters slightly less, and slightly more.

They’re all surrounding Antony.

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101 on Cleveland, Fitzrovia, London Property

101 on Cleveland Fitzrovia, London Property Development, Building, English Architecture Photos

101 on Cleveland, Fitzrovia

6 April 2022

Assael Architecture’s boutique mixed-use development in the heart of Fitzrovia completes

Design: Assael Architecture

Location: Address: 87 – 125 Cleveland St, London W1T 6PJ, England, UK

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photos © Tom Sullam

101 on Cleveland, Fitzrovia Development

101 on Cleveland, a boutique residential-led development in the heart of Fitzrovia designed by Assael Architecture, has completed. Developed in partnership by Art-Invest Real Estate, Dukelease Properties and ECE, the £190 million scheme offers 103 new homes set within three new contextually-designed buildings in one of Central London’s most sought-after neighbourhoods.

101 on Cleveland gardens:

Located on Cleveland Street, the one-acre triangular island site – created by the intersection of Marylebone and Fitzrovia – is surrounded by streets on all three sides and was previously occupied by a two-storey building comprising a number of redundant uses, including a petrol station.

The three new buildings are linked together at first floor by landscaped gardens and at ground floor by 35,000 sq ft of commercial space, which has recently been secured by luxury British design brand, Ted Baker, for its new global headquarters.

The architectural design of 101 on Cleveland responds to local character through modern interpretations of details found in the nearby area; a dark brick to reference the weathered materials of buildings around Fitzroy Square, accents of bronze inspired by local red brick and the University of Westminster’s façade treatment, and textured concrete that reflects the stone detailing of surrounding buildings are key design elements.

Clipstone Street view:

Residents of the spacious and light-filled one, two and three-bed homes have access to a range of boutique hotel-style amenities at lower ground floor, including a private dining room and residents’ bar, screening room, business suite for home-workers, and a gym, sauna and wellness suite.

The internal spaces have been designed by the architects’ dedicated interiors team – Assael Interiors, who have created a refined, elegant look with touches of industrial, influenced by the site’s history, including dark bricks, crittall-style detailing and a variety of natural materials. Assael Exteriors, the practice’s landscape team, also designed and implemented the external areas.

At first floor, the two landscaped podium gardens offer unrivalled views of the London skyline, including the iconic BT Tower, and include areas for outdoor study, lawns with informal playspace, elevated decking platforms, lush planting for screening and beautification, and discreet habitat features such as bird boxes. An activated public realm on all three sides, enhanced by community-led artwork by Gordon Hayes and tree-lined streetscape, completes the development, and ties in with the existing fabric of Fitzrovia.

101 on Cleveland lounge design:

Tim Chapman-Cavanagh, director, Assael says: “At 101 on Cleveland, we wanted to present a building that sits comfortably within the existing surroundings while also providing a luxury experience for both residents and visitors. The former building lacked any architectural merit and the existing massing and façade treatment was an anomaly within the surrounding built context, and so it has been a privilege to be given the opportunity to design a new building more inspired by the local eclectic character, and to see the vision come to life.”

Ali Abbas, Managing Director of Art-Invest Real Estate UK comments: “101 on Cleveland is a scheme that we can all be very proud of. Drawing on Fitzrovia’s abundance of culture and character, we have successfully regenerated an underutilised pocket of central London to create best-in-class new homes that perfectly complement contemporary urban living.”

101 on Cleveland bar design:

James Lewerenz, Project Director at ECE for Cleveland 101 comments: “The completion of this joint residential project in London’s vibrant West End is something very special for us as it is a particularly exceptional, high-quality and individual project in a prime location and, at the same time, marked ECE’s entry into the British residential market. We are happy to build our further activities in this market on such an outstanding project”, says

Richard Leslie, CEO and Founder at Dukelease Properties comments: “The completion of 101 on Cleveland signifies an important milestone for Fitzrovia, a new chapter for this district fast emerging as the most sought-after destination to live in Prime Central London. Working closely with Assael, it was important that we developed an exceptional scheme sympathetic to the rich history of Fitzrovia and Cleveland Street’s Georgian origin.”

Prices for a one-bedroom apartment at 101 on Cleveland start at £1.3 million.

For further information please visit www.101oncleveland.com

Cleveland Street view:

Assael Architecture

Assael is an award-winning, London-based practice that offers a cohesive suite of architecture, interior design and landscape architecture services to a range of developers, investors and local authorities. Established in 1994, Assael has over 25 years of experience in the design and delivery of successful residentially-led mixed-use schemes. They have become one of the leaders in the design of Build to Rent communities and have recently been using this expertise in the design of many co-living developments across London.

Notable buildings designed by Assael include Queen’s Wharf and Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, 21 Young Street in Kensington and Chelsea, Union Wharf in Greenwich, and Garratt Mills in Wandsworth.

For more information please visit: assael.co.uk

Art-Invest Real Estate

Art-Invest Real Estate is an experienced investor, developer and asset manager operating across key gateway cities in Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom. Established in 2010 and headquartered in Cologne the business operates as a private partnership with the Zech Group and the managing partners as shareholders.

The group invests and manages on behalf of its proprietary capital, regulated institutional funds and select joint venture partners pursuing a “manage to core” investment strategy across the risk spectrum principally in the office, retail, hotel, residential and data centre sectors – Art-Invest Real Estate is one of the largest office developers in Germany.

Since 2012, the company has been licensed to operate as a regulated fund manager in accordance with German investment law (KAGB). During this period Art-Invest Real Estate Funds has successfully launched more than 15 regulated funds for a variety of institutional investors.

The group has currently more than EUR 6bn AuM with more than EUR 2bn invested equity for a range of institutional investors as long-term partners. www.art-invest.com

101 on Cleveland entrance:

ECE Work & Live

ECE Work & Live develops, realizes, and operates major real estate projects such as residential and office buildings, logistics centers, hotels, and urban districts; invests in their development and enhancement; and thus creates state-of-the-art working and living spaces that inspire people and offer them room to grow.

As part of the internationally active real estate and investment company ECE Group, ECE Work & Live has more than 55 years of expertise in developing and operating real estate and offers all its services from a single source – from plot scouting, planning, and project management to leasing, sales, and asset management of the real estate. With a total of around 7,000 apartments completed, planned, or under management, the company also has many years of experience in realizing residential properties and entire urban districts. www.ece.com

Dukelease Properties

Dukelease Properties is a Prime Central London property development company with more than twenty years’ experience delivering exceptional residential and mixed-use projects. At the centre of an unrivalled network of investors, agents and corporate occupiers, Dukelease has earned a reputation for delivering beautifully designed, highly finished and profitable schemes.

With a portfolio approaching £600m in value, Dukelease is committed to building distinctive residential and commercial developments of quality in London’s most sought-after locations including, The City, Mayfair, Soho, Covent Garden, St James’s, Midtown and Fitzrovia. The company’s past and current portfolio comprises more than 20 development projects.

A family owned and run business, Dukelease has a diverse team of in-house specialists across design, planning, development, property marketing, sales and management as well as finance. The company’s projects encompass premium apartments, flagship retail stores, elegant offices, quality restaurants and represent a total of 1.1million sq. ft of space, often in mixed use developments. www.dukelease.com

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Location: 87 – 125 Cleveland St, Fitzrovia, London W1T 6PJ, England, UK

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EXPERT CHOICE: 10 BEST 5-STAR HOTELS IN LONDON

London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. Tourism of London according to the London Government website the statistics are:

Visitor Count: 21 million

Spending Amount by Visitors: £2,104 million

The Number of Overnight Stays: 1.3 million

Visits Per Day: 19.7 million

In Britain, tourism is the fastest growing industry. Up until 2025, it is expected to grow by 3.8% a year, creating 10% of all jobs. In 2016, overseas travelers spent £22.5 billion in the UK. Here is a listing of the 10 Best 5-star Hotels in London.

List of 10 Best Most Visited 5-star Hotels in London

1. Vintry & Mercer

2. Intercontinental London — The O2, an IHG Hotel

3. Hilton London Bankside

4. Shangri-La The Shard, London

5. The Ampersand Hotel

6. ME London by Melia

7. Kimpton — Fitzroy London, an IHG Hotel

8. Andaz London Liverpool Street — a Concept by Hyatt

9. The Langham London

10. London Marriott Hotel Canary Wharf

1. Vintry & Mercer

The five-star Vintry & Mercer in London offers a fitness center and bar 700 m from St Paul’s Cathedral. Nearby points of interest include Sky Garden, Tower of London, and Borough Market. A business center and free WiFi are available at the property.

Every room and suite has a bespoke interior design and includes a wardrobe and a flat-screen TV. Some rooms at Vintry & Mercer feature a balcony as well as a private bathroom with free toiletries.

The property offers a continental breakfast. Restaurants on-site specialize in British and Asian cuisine. You can get advice on what to do in the area at the reception.

The accommodation is 1.7 km from London Bridge. The property is a short walk from Mansion House station. The London City Airport is 12 kilometers away.

Based on independent reviews, this is our guests’ favorite part of London. The location is especially popular with couples, who rated it 9.4 for a two-person trip.

2. Intercontinental London — The O2, an IHG Hotel

The InterContinental London — The O2, an IHG hotel, is located on the Greenwich Peninsula. Free WiFi and a spa are available onsite. It takes 5 minutes to walk to the O2 Arena from the hotel via a covered walkway.

All rooms have a flat-screen TV, air conditioning, and complimentary luxury toiletries. Three restaurants and two bars are available to guests. Both Clipper Bar and Eighteen Sky Bar offer views of Canary Wharf and the River Thames.

IHG’s InterContinental London — The O2 has a 24-hour reception and a large conference center. In the UK, the Arora Ballroom is the largest pillar-free event space. 19 additional meeting rooms are available.

The InterContinental London — The O2, an IHG hotel, is 8.2 km from London City Airport. The Excel Arena is 6.4 km from the hotel. Five minutes walk from North Greenwich Tube station and ten minutes walk from Emirates Airline Greenwich is the North Greenwich Tube station. For a two-person trip, couples rated the location 9.6.

3. Hilton London Bankside

Hilton London Bankside has an indoor pool, a restaurant, a fitness center, and a cocktail bar, as well as free WiFi. The hotel is located on London’s popular South Bank, 11 minutes from Borough Market and Waterloo Station.

There is a 42-inch flat-screen TV with pay-per-view channels, a radio, air-conditioning, and a Hilton Serenity Bed in each room. The room has a seating area, a work desk, and a refrigerator. There is a shower or a bath in the en suite bathroom, as well as bathrobes, a hairdryer, and free toiletries. A few of the rooms offer a view of the city. Restaurant service is available all day long as well as 24-hour room service.

Shakespeare’s Globe is a 7-minute walk from the Hilton London Bankside, and the Shard is a 14-minute walk away as well. The London Eye, Southbank Centre, and SEA LIFE London Aquarium are all nearby.

According to independent reviews, this is the favorite part of London for our guests. Couples rated the location 9.0 for a two-person trip.

4. Shangri-La The Shard, London

The Shangri-La Hotel at The Shard, London occupies levels 34 to 52, offering breathtaking views of the capital and beyond. The highest bar in London serves cocktails until late and has an exquisite restaurant.

In addition to floor-to-ceiling windows providing views of the city, all of the hotel’s rooms maintain the theme of Oriental elegance. In addition to the body-contouring Shangri-La Bed, rooms include a TV, coffee maker, complimentary WiFi, and binoculars.

Marble-clad en suite bathrooms come with underfloor heating, separate bathtubs, and a glass-enclosed shower. There are plush bathrobes, Acqua di Parma toiletries, and mirrors with TV screens. As part of the building’s integrated sun-shielding, all rooms are equipped with climate control.

TING, a signature restaurant and lounge on level 35, and Bar 31 are two of the hotel’s dining and drinking options. GŎNG, located on level 52, is London’s highest champagne and cocktail bar.

London Bridge Station is less than one minute walk from the Shangri-La Hotel at The Shard. You can walk to the Tower of London and Tower Bridge in 20 minutes. Enjoy a stroll along with the South Bank of the River Thames to The London Eye, Big Ben, and Westminster, located approximately 2.4 km away.

According to independent reviews, this is the favorite part of London for our guests. Guests rated the location 9.5 for a two-person trip.

5. The Ampersand Hotel

In a large Victorian building, The Ampersand is a cosmopolitan hotel with a Mediterranean restaurant and is a short walk from South Kensington Underground Station. There is also a gym and a games room at the hotel.

An elegant chandelier cascades down a grand staircase in the pillared foyer. A patisserie menu is available in the hotel’s drawing rooms, while the downstairs bar area has an urban feel with exposed brick arches.

All of the rooms at The Ampersand have original Victorian features and bold contemporary wallpaper designs. There is a minibar, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, and an en suite bathroom in each room.

Additionally to the hotel’s well-equipped gym, guests will have access to information about horseback riding, private trainers, and running routes.

A short walk away from the Natural History Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Harrods and Hyde Park is just 15 minutes away.

According to independent reviews, this is the favorite part of London for our guests. Couples rated the location at 9.7 for a two-person trip.

6. ME London by Melia

ME London by Melia overlooks Somerset House from its location on the Strand. This elegant hotel offers international fine dining at the STK London restaurant. The River Thames, Covent Garden, Somerset House, and Soho are all just 2 minutes away. The Radio Rooftop Bar offers panoramic views of London.

This innovative hotel features cosmopolitan interiors and contemporary music. Rooms feature floor-to-ceiling windows with spectacular views, a media hub, an LCD TV, and a Bali shower in the en suite bathroom. Guests can also enjoy free WiFi, 24-hour gym access, and 24-hour room service.

The radio rooftop offers a variety of breakfast options and in smoothies, pastries, and coffees in the Marconi Lounge Bar, or guests can enjoy a cocktail on the radio rooftop bar. A Suite and breakfast rate also includes breakfast at the rooftop Radio restaurant, with views of the city.

Guests at ME London by Melia can request tailored tourist information and reserve tickets for events and attractions. Only 5 minutes walk from the bright lights of the West End is the hotel. Ten minutes by foot will take you to Trafalgar Square, and five minutes will take you to Temple Tube Station.

According to independent reviews, this is the favorite part of London for our guests. For a two-person trip, couples rated the location 9.6.

7. Kimpton — Fitzroy London, an IHG Hotel

The Kimpton Fitzroy London is a landmark building on the eastern flank of Russell Square in Bloomsbury. A short walk from Covent Garden, Fitzrovia, and The British Museum, this lavish property features a striking terracotta exterior and luxurious contemporary designer interiors.

The rooms and suites have been completely redesigned throughout the hotel to create a sense of modern luxury throughout the hotel. All rooms come with free WiFi, Smart TVs, minibars, and en-suite bathrooms with high-end toiletries.

On-site dining options include Burr & Co., a casual coffeehouse by day, and a wine bar by night. At Fitz’s bar, guests can relax with a drink. The Neptune Restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and the Palm Court serves afternoon tea.

Hotel guests have access to eight meeting and event spaces, including a ballroom that can hold up to 300 guests.

The Kimpton Fitzroy is just steps from Russel Square Tube Station and less than 1.6 km from Oxford Street and the West End’s theatres. In less than 10 minutes, you can reach King’s Cross, St. Pancras, and Euston stations by car.

According to independent reviews, this is the favorite part of London for our guests. Couples rated the location 9.4 for a two-person trip.

8. Andaz London Liverpool Street — a Concept by Hyatt

This five-star hotel is adjacent to Liverpool Street Station and has 267 stylish rooms and suites, 7 restaurants and bars, free WiFi, a 24-hour health club, and complimentary wine and canapes in the hotel’s lobby every evening.

All rooms feature a flat-screen TV, Yukata bathrobes, REN toiletries, and a free non-alcoholic minibar with juices and snacks.

At Eastway Brasserie, you can enjoy casual dining, traditional English pub food at Lady Abercorn’s Pub & Kitchen, or authentic Japanese cuisine at Miyako. Guests can also enjoy all-day dining, beverages, and live music at Rake’s Café Bar.

The Andaz London Liverpool Street has located just 1.6 km from the Tower of London and St Paul’s Cathedral, as well as a short distance from vibrant and creative Shoreditch, with its array of boutiques, markets, and nightlife. Located in central London, Oxford Street is only a 7-minute Tube ride away.

Independent reviews indicate that this is the favorite part of London for our guests. For a two-person trip, couples rated the location 9.4.

9. The Langham London

An award-winning glamorous bar, Artesian, and a stylish restaurant, Roux at the Landau, are located at the top of Regent Street. Oxford Circus tube station is a 5-minute walk away, and there is free WiFi. In the local area, there are numerous shops, theatres, and restaurants.

Among Langham’s bars and restaurants are the award-winning Palm Court, Artesian Bar, and The Wigmore, all overseen by Michel Roux Jr. Currently, the Landau restaurant Roux is closed.

A 16-meter swimming pool, sauna, steam rooms, a fully equipped gym, and treatment rooms can be found at Chuan Body + Soul Spa and Health Club. Each room at Langham London features an en suite bathroom, air conditioning, and a flat-screen TV.

It was Europe’s first grand hotel when it opened in 1865, and it has hosted royalty, foreign dignitaries, and celebrities in luxury for 150 years.

Our guests’ favorite part of London, according to independent reviews. The location is particularly liked by couples — they rate it 9.7 for a two-person trip.

10. London Marriott Hotel Canary Wharf

Luxury rooms and a gym are available at this 5-star landmark hotel in Canary Wharf. The O2 Arena and London City Airport are easily accessible.

The spacious rooms at London Marriott Hotel Canary Wharf feature LED TVs with Google Chromecast, luxurious beds, and comfortable seating areas. Room service is available 24 hours a day, and there are USB outlets in the rooms.

In addition, many of the rooms overlook Canary Wharf and the skyline of London’s business district.

Manhattan Grill Steakhouse offers prime USDA steaks in a stylish environment. You can also relax at the G&Tea Lounge, which offers a variety of gins, cocktails, snacks, and full meals as well as afternoon tea.

The Marriott Health Club offers a wide range of fitness facilities, including a fully equipped gym and a relaxing sauna.

West India Quay Station, 200 m from the hotel, is served by the DLR. In the public areas, executive rooms, and suites, Wi-Fi is free. Couples like the location the most — they rate it 9.2 for a two-person trip.

These are our expert choices for the 10 Best 5-star Hotels in London. We hope you enjoyed this article. Please share your views through comments. We are wishing you all the best in spending your holidays in Mauritius. Thanks for being with moutoshi.com.

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Property Renovation London to Make Your Dream House

I always wont to think that moving was the one among the foremost disruptive events to bring voluntarily into your life. I even have since found a more painful and time-consuming pastime - RENOVATING. The word itself masks the results it truly holds. One has visions of a touch painting, possibly changing a light-weight fitting or two and perhaps fixing a stunning modern bathroom.

What you really get is weeks of endless dust, an invasion of individuals into your home, an exponential increase in tea and occasional consumption, an up-close-and-personal encounter with belongings you neither had awareness nor need of and an enormous increase in expenditure, which provides rise to income crises. I even have often thought over the past weeks - why can't we just sleep in a shack on the beach, sit on the ground and only use one plate each?

While happy to enjoys slightly hippy fantasies, I fear that during this life i will be able to probably not manage to shed my already numerous material possessions in favour of a carefree breezy existence. The fulfilment gleaned from house renovations is amazing and that i am sure that when completed i will be able to be proud to possess put such industrious plans into action and seen them through to completion. But the top seems fairly distant at this point! Get more info about Flat renovation London.

I have learnt some priceless lessons during this process and may only hope to pass them on to others in order that you'll benefit vicariously from them. This tiny list could prevent countless problems and far disappointment:

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2. Do some research on the products you plan to use: i.e. wall coatings, exterior products and best practice methods for applying and installing your chosen finishes. This really helps, as a minimum of you recognize a touch about what you're talking about and have a thought of what to expect quotes from contractors to be.

3. Get knowledgeable, objective opinion on difficult issues. So often a fresh pair of eyes can see the wood from the trees in half the time that you simply have spent wrangling with the matter .

4. There's quite a method to skin a cat - Use a touch of savvy and check out to figure with people that are prepared to be proactive in solving challenges, as they arise. I even have found that resourceful individuals are worth their weight in gold. Use them and their experience to your advantage. Contractors who care about what you would like can usually find how to offer it to you or a minimum of get on the brink of the right vision you had.

5. Understand that things will fail and check out to not take the repercussions out on yourself, your partner or other loved ones. Few things are completely terminal and most broken items are often fixed. Determine about the way to clean or repair fittings should damage occur - especially taps and baths. Buffing a shower may be a vital piece of data - for acrylic baths you'll roll in the hay yourself with water paper to urge scratches out and acetone for stubborn marks, or get a specialist in to try to to it for you. Ask your supplier before you plow ahead with this just just in case. Sealer also can be faraway from chrome taps with water not turpentine or thinners, as they damage chrome. Just water, a fine green cleaning pad and a few effort works a treat. For more info about House renovation London, Visit here: https://ratedbuilderslondon.co.uk/

My advice overall is to be wary of the estate agents' plug, follow your logical thought pattern and conclude that if renovating the house wasn't worthwhile for the people selling the place it most likely won't just fall under place for you. But with persistence, planning and tons of patience you'll see your dreams materialize. Sometimes things begin even better than you expected and sometimes you've got to compromise a touch or maybe tons , but this is often all worthwhile , if you enjoy the journey and accept that the destination may be a add progress.

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Easy Ways To Sell Your Properties in Hampstead

Hampstead, located in North London, is famous for its cultural richness, literature, and music, etc. This unique feature has made this city popular among many investors from various parts of the world. If you are having any property in this location, and looking for options of Property for sale in Hampstead, then it’s possible to get a handsome price for the same. It will be easy and simple if you can follow the tips mentioned below.

• If you are willing to sell your property, it is necessary to take a look at your house from the buyer’s point of view. Every room in the house is for some specific purposes, and hence before you opt for selling your property you need to check the relevant areas like

1. Light

2. Cleanliness

3. Free from clutter, etc

• In London, many residential houses are there, which are termed as blue plaque properties. These properties have excellent historical value. So, if your property is also denoted as blue plaque, then you need to think about the price of your residential building twice. Normally, a house with a historical background will get more advantage in the real estate market. If you are still not sure about the price of your property, then seeking the advice of real estate experts will be the right decision for you.

• Your property will always get an excellent sale price if it has a garden adjacent to it. Buyers will always prefer a residential property along with a garden. It has also been noticed, that many customers wish to pay an additional amount for a well maintained outside or outdoor space. So, if you also have a garden in front of your house, then keep some pictures of the garden with you. You can show the same to buyers or for uploading at the property listing sites.

• If your property lies within the listed properties in Hampstead, follow the restrictions mentioned here. It is not uncommon that your property will need grooming before the sale. But to do that you need to make sure, that this process will not disturb the original appeal of your house. So, while you are revamping the property, never eliminate those parts which can make the property attractive and unique to look at.

• Parking rules in certain areas are strict, and the officials are vigilant too. But the buyers of a property may not always be aware of these rules and regulations. Hence it is your responsibility to research more on these rules and educates the customers about them. You should also let your prospective buyers know about the easy and legal ways to acquire a parking permit.

There are countless real estate agents in the city to help you in listing your property and get the deal finalized at a price beneficial for you. But in case you want the services of the best services providers of the industry for your Property for sale in Hampstead, then avail of the services from Luxury Homes London.  We are sure quality services and professional dealing of the experts of this company will surely impress you.

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Photographer Renovates Rustic London Retreat

Photographer Mike Penn purchased this London property with the idea of transforming it from a commercial office space to a modern family home with a home studio.

TG-Studio worked with him to redesign the three-story property, originally an old barn before being converted into an office space. The goal of Mews House was to create a comfortable home that embraced the original character of the building, including exposing brick walls and adding industrial accents such as lighting and furnishings.

The first floor consists of a home office and studio. The simple rustic-meets-industrial aesthetic includes many of the owner’s famous horse prints, a style that is carried throughout the home.

The main living quarters are on the second floor. A minimalist kitchen features white cabinetry contrasted against a solid black island; a white marble backsplash adds luxurious texture.

In the living room, the oak floorboards continue halfway up the wall and are met by a custom lighting feature for a look that’s both warm and modern. Steel-frame French doors replaced old windows to allow access to a small terrace overlooking the quiet street. [Information provided by TG-Studio; photography by Philip Vile]

On the third floor, the master bedroom features a neutral color palette that balances the rich tones of the exposed brick wall. A large walk-in closet, a request of the homeowners, makes excellent use of space along the angled roofline with custom oak open shelving.

The architects describe the master bathroom as “New York retro meets luxurious Fitzrovia.” Classic beveled white tiles are a base for luxurious accents such as arabascato marble, matte black lacquer and grey basalt stone.

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Living with Buildings, Walking with Ghosts: A Diarist's Response to Iain Sinclair, 2nd October 2018.'

Tuesday 2 October 2018.

Another excellent day after a night of which I remember little. I had been up until about eleven thirty after listening to another stimulating episode of the new 'Book at Bedtime' series on Radio 4. 

A few days previously I had asked my friends and followers on social media if any of them thought that 2027 would be a rerun of 1177 BC all over again. And, if so, who would be the Peoples of the Sea?

The relevance of these questions to the latest offering from the pen of Booker Prize-winning author of 'Regeneration', Pat Barker, is that the principal subject matter with which her novel 'The Silence of the Girls' is itself primarily concerned is the fate of the Women of Troy . A theme of major literary interest since the time of the Greek playwright Euripides. 

The Siege of Troy appears to have been among the last great historical events that took place prior to the great societal collapse of the twelfth century BC, after which the civilization of Ancient Egypt appears to have been the only real survivor. A chain of events that would form part of the narrative of Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'History of the Kings of Britain', of which the supposed foundation of Ancient London, or 'New Troy', is itself a key element within the overall historical chronology. 

So, are we headed for a major societal collapse? Some think we are. The common denominator, between events in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1177 BC and now, is that great controversy of all controversies, Climate Change. Interesting then that the day's events would draw me back to the location of Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'New Troy' and many of the related social and environmental issues dredged up by some of the historical theories associated with the events of 1177 BC.

After getting up slightly later than planned, due to the fact that I had woken during the middle of the night and had been unable to get back to sleep again, thanks largely to a rather generous helping of cheese, spinach and basil omelette; made with the final remnant of this year's third crop of spinach from the garden, I set about the day’s tasks as usual. After performing all of my customary ablutions, and getting most of my obligatory chores out of the way,  I had been greeted, around lunchtime, with a link to the latest offering from John Rogers, which arrived via direct message on social media. 

It was his 'Living with Buildings, Walking with Ghosts'; another of his video profiles of the writer and perambulator Iain Sinclair. As is so often the case with Sinclair, the perambulation started within a veritable maze of contradictions. After the subject had put in a plug for the new 'Living with Buildings' exhibition, which is being hosted at the Wellcome Collection Museum and Library in Euston, it moved into a hasty quickstep in the general direction of Andrew Kötting's old flat on the nearby Pepys Estate; with interjected references to ancestral waterfalls, illustrative of the disconnection between contemporary urban societies and the subconscious pull so many of their members feel towards their own ancient tribal Mesolithic roots. 

An appropriate stopping off point at Harmsworth Quays, for a man more at home in the authoritarian world of industrially printed books and newspapers than the democratized electronic media of the post industrial Internet Age, soon followed. Next, a conversational move to Scotland and a misleading diatribe on the subject of abandoned homes on the Outer Hebrides, which, since a 2016 photographic exhibition by former 'Buzzcocks' drummer John Maher, stand a very good chance, in at least once instance at any rate, of becoming family homes once again. 

Although by no means personally affronted by this, I was at least able to view Sinclair's statements as the nephew of one who has recently passed away near Portree on the Isle of Skye. The death of a Maiden Aunt whose house, far from suffering the same fate as those referred to in Sinclair's mercurial exposition, was lived in almost until her passing; and was itself perhaps illustrative of the fact, in a bricks and mortar sort of a way as it were, that the complexities of land ownership, land use and Crofters' Rights in Scotland are considerably more complex than what is usually referred to by Urban Planners, and others in the contemporary fleshpots of London, as 'Sick Building Syndrome'. 

The next location, a pub called 'The Moby Dick', was perhaps more representative of the problems of many of the Macleods of Skye in the first instance, and the plight of Indigenous Peoples generally in the second. At least of those who lived contemporaneously with Herman Melville, whose novel provided the original inspiration for the naming of this less than traditional ale house. 

In Melville's time, the era which was to become known to social historians as 'The Highland Clearances', which had begun with the so called 'Pacification of the Highlands' after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, was at its height. Melville's novel, appropriately enough, concerns itself in part with the fate of Indigenous Peoples, not least the tattooed Polynesian Queequeg , who is himself a key player in the high seas drama that unfolds aboard 'The Pequod', the ship at the centre of this nautical tale. 

Interestingly enough, this albeit fictional boat was likewise named after the first tribe of American Indians to be exterminated by the seventeenth century New England colonists. Thus, aquatic mammal and indigenous North American tribe are compared one with the other as the victims of nineteenth century industrial development. Again there is a personal angle too, in that like many Highland Scots caught up in the great social upheavals of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, my own Grandfather's Grandfather's Grandfather, Captain Robert Ferguson (1719-1797), the older brother of the great Scottish Philosopher Adam Ferguson (1723-1816), took ship to New England, like so many others. 

In his case it was to Newport, Rhode Island, a location just a few short miles West of New Bedford, Massachusetts, where the opening chapters of this novel are set. Interestingly enough, in view of the venue for Sinclair's Wellcome Collection exhibition, the Captain's Grandson, Robert Ferguson MD (1799-1865), himself a physician of note who contributed to the scientific publications of John Murray of Albany Street, would eventually return to London via India; where his Father had been Keeper of the French Salt at Ishera on behalf of the British East India Company. 

The latter Ferguson, also a Robert, referred to in various biographical records of his illustrious son and heir as 'of the Indian Civil Service', was later to reside at what was formerly Judd Place. This long vanished street, which once stood just a stone's throw from where the Wellcome Collection and Library are presently housed, was just a little bit further along the Euston Road from where October's exhibition is due to take place; and stood on the site of what is now the British Library, but which at that time was mostly open fields on the very edge of Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia. 

Although Robert Ferguson was no diarist on a level with either myself or John Evelyn, the primary subject of Sinclair's at times convoluted perambulatory testimonial, some of his writings still survive in the published Records of the Clan Fergusson Society alongside a forgotten picture of his Father. 

Meanwhile, as I am momentarily distracted by news from the BBC that no fewer than seventy five deep-water whales were washed up on Scottish and Irish coasts during August and September. Sinclair lights out for the territory with a reference to Elhanan Bicknell, the great nineteenth century Whale Oil magnate. A fitting point in the narrative for an artistic perambulation through some of the more obscure works of J.M.W. Turner.

Upon his arrival on the Pepys Estate the author makes another of his characteristic references to London Gangland, reminiscent of his fascination with David Litvinoff. Once again, the filmmaker Andrew Kötting is in the frame. Next on the itinerary is a visit to John Evelyn's monument, and an attempt to invoke the drawing forth of a modern literary 'Excalibur'. In view of the encounter with an alleged member of the gang that masterminded the Brinks Mat Bullion Robbery earlier on, are we talking just King Arthur here, or is it Arthur Daley we should be looking for?

As we traverse the fine line between fact and fiction that Sinclair so often treads, is it really possible to tell? At the very centre of the narrative is John Evelyn's Mulberry Tree, which, if the anecdotes relating to the traditional song 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush' are in any way to be believed, may have a subliminal link to the very prison environment which the real life Arthur Daleys of this world so often find themselves incarcerated in. 

In many ways the ambience of social housing projects like the Pepys Estate is akin to that of the very prison system with which so many past and present residents appear to have had a more than passing familiarity with. Was this intentional? And if so, what has society to gain? As the film drew to a close I took advantage of the Autumn sunshine for a quick perambulation of my own. A walk along the old Roman Road from Vinovium to Pons Aelius. A lost forgotten byway which, quite unlike Watling Street, still preserves sections of its original Roman paving within easy striking distance of my own present domestic abode.......The trackway beckoned........  

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Slatted-steel facade allows partial views into jewellery workshop by DSDHA

Local firm DSDHA has completed a workshop building for jeweller Alex Monroe near London's Tower Bridge, featuring a facade covered by horizontal metal slats that allows passers by a glimpse of the jewellers at work.

DSDHA previously designed a studio and boutique for Monroe that was completed in 2012 in the same area of Bermondsey on the south bank of the River Thames.

The new workshop is located within a ten-minute walk of the earlier project, in a part of town that was historically home to many trades, including leather and tanning workshops and breweries.

"When I realised we needed a new manufacturing centre I was keen to work with DSDHA again," said the designer and jewellery maker. "We have designed a space that enhances and improves our design and craft practices, communication and staff well-being."

The project's site on Tower Bridge Road places it within a typical London streetscape comprising housing, shops and hostelries. Adjacent streets retain the area's industrial character, which the architects sought to reference in the new building.

"Analysis of context has been fundamental in the development of a design which is of its time, yet maintains a strong sense of local identity, capturing the creativity and craftsmanship associated with this address," said DSDHA.

An existing three-storey building was demolished to make way for the four-storey structure, which houses the workshop on its ground floor, with offices accommodated on the three upper levels.

The building rises above its neighbours to emphasise its verticality and narrowness – a response to the compact composition of the medieval urban fabric.

The street-facing elevation is clad in pre-weathered steel that complements the tones found in the surrounding neighbourhood, and the brick used for the other walls.

The steel surface comprises horizontal slats separated by gaps that widen in front of the windows, allowing glimpses into the workshop from street level and creating a moiré-like visual effect.

The materiality and detailing of the storefront evoke the craft work being conducted inside the building, and mark it out as a space dedicated to industry rather than retail or residential use.

A staircase positioned at the front of the building alongside the entrance is also visible from outside through a vertical band of windows.

This circulation space connects the different floors, both visually and acoustically, adding a social element to the interior environment that ensures the various levels don't feel isolated.

In addition to the street-facing windows, openings to the sides and rear of the building enhance the connection between the interior and nature, including a planted roof terrace on the first floor.

DSDHA has previous delivered a light-filled studio and gallery space for ceramicist Edmund de Waal in south London, and completed a mixed-use development in Fitzrovia with two faceted-glass rooms perched on its roof.

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23 Expert Hair Care Tips For Men

#http://blog.hair-terminator.com Given that hair is technically dead (in as much as it has no blood, nerves or muscles), it’s surprising how much TLC it requires to look its best. And it’s not just the actual strands that need care and attention – the scalp does too. So how can you deal with

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Given that hair is technically dead (in as much as it has no blood, nerves or muscles), it’s surprising how much TLC it requires to look its best. And it’s not just the actual strands that need care and attention – the scalp does too.

So how can you deal with hair-raising problems like greasiness, breakage and product build-up? What’s the best way to tackle a thinning thatch? And how on earth do you find a decent barber that doesn’t cost it?

We’ve gathered 23 experts in the field – from award-winning hairdressers to grooming savants – to provide the answers to all these questions and more.

Switch To Matte Products If Thinning

“For many men, hair thins out as they hit their thirties and forties,” says Belfast-based grooming expert and barber Jason Shankey. “To make it look thicker and more manageable, use a matte styling paste or clay. Matte products absorb light and instantly make hair appear a little thicker.”

(Related: How To Make Thinning Hair Look Thicker)

Give Yourself An Egg Wash

“The best tip I ever received for looking after hair came from an old aunt of mine,” says international model, actor and TV presenter Paul Sculfor. “You may laugh, but it’s to wash your hair in eggs once a month for the protein.”

Pick The Right Moment For A Haircut

To get the undivided attention of a barber or stylist, timing is everything. “Most salons are quieter at the beginning and end of the day, so it’s worth asking for the very first or last appointment,” says British Hairdressing Award winner Anita Cox. Go for the former and your stylist is likely to be at their freshest and most enthusiastic too.

(Related: Tips From Barbers On Getting The Most Out Of Your Hair Appointment)

Use A Pre-Styling Product

As true a saying in the bathroom as it is in the bedroom: it’s not all about the big finish. In the case of hair, TJ Hunt, a barber at Ruffians’ Shoreditch outpost in London, suggests laying a base layer before adding paste, pomade or wax.

“Guys often know exactly what products to use to ‘finish’ a style,” he says. “However, they commonly miss the vital element of adding a pre-styler when the hair is damp. Mousses, sea salt sprays and even serums can have a real impact on the finished style when used correctly.”

Less Is Often More

“One of the biggest mistakes men make when it comes to hair styling is using too much product,” says barber Lachlan Watson, from the Covent Garden branch of Murdock in London.

“A little can go a long way and if you use products sparingly you’ll find yourself sporting a more natural look while avoiding a heavy and greasy appearance.”

(Related: 7 Common Men’s Hair Mistakes)

Apply Shampoo To Dry Hair To Remove Wax

Fan of hair wax but struggle to get it out of your hair? Here’s a great tip from Head & Shoulders style director Michael Douglas.

“The best way to deal with wax is to apply shampoo to dry hair and rinse, then follow this with another application of shampoo. You’ll find that this method helps to breakdown the product and leave hair clean.”

Pat Dry, Don’t Rub

We men tend to think that the harder we rub our hair after washing the quicker it’ll dry. In reality, an over-zealous towel drying technique will just cause breakage – especially bad news if your hair already isn’t quite as thick as it used to be.

“Hair tends to be weaker when wet (and hence more prone to damage) so don’t rub too hard,” warns Ben Skervin, who has worked on campaigns for the likes of River Island, H&M and Bally. “Instead, pat dry to avoid putting any extra stress on it.”

(Related: How To Make Your Hair Last Longer)

Chill Out

In the same way that your teeth are only as good as your gums, your hair is only as good as your scalp, so Linda Frawley, senior master at Charles Worthington, suggests looking after it.

“Regular stress can tighten the scalp and cause hair thinning. To de-stress and boost circulation to the scalp, ensuring healthy hair growth, think about getting regular, stimulating head massages.”

Avoid Over-Washing

According to barber and men’s grooming expert Carmelo Guastella, a common mistake men make with dry and coarse hair is over-washing it.

“If that’s your hair type, limit washing to once or twice a week and always apply a conditioner,” he advises. “Washing it every day will just make it even drier. If you reduce washing and use a conditioner, the result will be smoother, healthier looking hair.”

Don’t Fiddle With Greasy Hair

If you have greasy growth on top of your head, it’s always a good idea to avoid using hot water. However, according to Nicholas Clayton, author of A Butler’s Guide to Gentlemen’s Grooming, how you handle your hair is just as important.

“Don’t scrub and rub like mad; this only serves to further activate oil producing sebaceous glands that are already overactive,” he says.

(Related: 8 Tips For Dealing With Oily Skin)

Protect Hair When In The Pool

As any regular swimmer knows, chlorine can play havoc with hair. “Chlorine chemically bonds with the proteins in the hair and causes the cuticle (the hair’s protective outer layer) to lift, which makes hair dry, brittle and dull,” says legendary hairdresser Trevor Sorbie.

To minimise chlorine’s effects, Sorbie recommends wetting hair thoroughly with clean water before swimming, as this dilutes the chemical. Or try applying a small amount of conditioner before diving in.

Forget The Comb-Over

“If you’re losing your hair a short, cropped style is the best option,” advises celebrity stylist Oliver Woods, who’s tended the tresses of everyone from Robbie Williams to Jude Law. “Keeping it shorter at the sides and longer on top is a good idea too, as it draws attention away from the thinning areas.”

(Related: 5 Steps To Take If You’re Losing Your Hair)

Keep It Cool

It may be tempting to put the wind up your hair with a dryer set on maximum heat, but according to Asgar Saboo, style director at the Daniel Galvin salon in London’s Mayfair, wherever possible you should allow hair to dry naturally. Or, at the very least, change the setting to low.

“If using a dryer, don’t overdo it, as this will leave the hair frizzy and damaged,” he warns. “Instead, set the dryer on the ‘cool’ mode. It might be a bit more time-consuming, but it’ll help keep the hair in good condition.”

Look To The Kitchen Cupboard For Shiny Hair

“Many store-bought and professional shampoos, conditioners and styling products not only build up on the hair but the scalp too,” says top hairdresser Denis Robinson, who has a novel suggestion for dealing with product build up.

“Once a month wash hair with a small amount of washing up liquid,” he says. “Do this twice and let the second one sit for a minute or two. Then, after rinsing thoroughly, douse the hair with household vinegar, to restore the Ph balance, and rinse again. This will make the hair shiny and freshens up the scalp, leaving it clean and healthy.”

Manage Yo ‘Fro

Like all types of hair, afro locks come with their own unique set of requirements – so it pays to build an arsenal of the right tools.

“Without a doubt, you must always invest in an afro comb or else grooming will be very painful,” says the master barber at Ted’s Grooming Room. “An afro comb’s teeth are specifically designed to detangle large clumps of curly hair that no other brush or comb can. We also suggest using a conditioner at least once a week to lock in moisture, especially at the ends.”

(Related: 50 Of The Coolest Men’s Black & Afro Hairstyles)

Skip The Cold Showers

“Cold rinses actually constrict the blood capillaries in the scalp,” says renowned trichologist Philip Kingsley, author of The Hair Bible. “These tiny blood vessels carry nutrients and pick up waste products from the skin’s surface and need to be active for optimum effect; suddenly constricting them with cold water does the hair no good at all.”

Check Your Barber’s Windows

“If you can’t see the guys inside a barbershop getting their hair cut, keep walking – they may have something to hide behind those nets and grime,” says Robert Johnston, director of The Gentleman’s Shop in Hungerford, Wiltshire, who’s been in the business for nearly 30 years.

“Good places advertise what’s going on inside.”

(Related: 12 Ways To Spot A Bad Barber)

Spray To Play

“If you want to ramp up the styling product you normally use, pop a squirt or two of a traditional dry hairspray into the palm of your hands, rub together and tease into the finished texture,” says Gavin Cornwell of The King’s Canary hair salon in London’s Fitzrovia.

“This adds a little more hold and texture to your usual style.”

Loosen Up

“If thinning, always pat hair dry rather than rub it. Rubbing hair can cause friction, which leads to breakage,” says celebrity hair stylist Diane C Bailey. “For extra care, use a soft cotton T-shirt as opposed to a towel to help further reduce friction.”

“If possible, try to avoid tight hats for the same reason. Hair rubs against the thread of the hats which pulls to breaking point and damages the cuticle, [hindering regrowth].”

Carry A Comb

Unless using industrial strength cement, all hair products benefit from a slight touch up throughout the day, especially before swapping the boardroom for the bar. But carry around a miniature pot of gel and expect to be ridiculed.

“Here is a cheeky hair tip for fellas on the go: always carry a comb with you,” says Paul Burfoot, founder of Fish barbers in Soho, London. “In the event of a hair crisis, most styling products can be reactivated by wetting a comb and running it through your barnet to re-style.”

Talk It Over With A Barber

There are plenty of tell-tale signs for spotting a bad barber. But Joe Mills of London barbers Joe and Co believes one more than any is a dead giveaway. “If they don’t make time to properly talk to you about what you want, then get out of the chair.”

To make the process easy, especially when changing up your style or visiting a new barber, Mills advises going armed with all the necessary information. “Take a couple of pictures on your phone of what you like, and what you don’t like. That way you have a starting point to work from. You want a barber to recommend products and also styling tips, so you know how to do what he/she does. This is all part of the service.”

(Related: Men’s Hairstyle Inspiration Gallery)

Go With The Flow

As any man with a cowlick or widows peak will attest, it’s far better to work with the hair than against it. The same rule applies even without a noticeable hair quirk.

“If you wear your hair in a side parting, it’s always best to do so on the side your crown lies on, as this is where it will naturally want to part and will make styling a lot easier,” says Brent Pankhurst, owner of London barbershop Pankhurst.

(Related: 4 Men’s Hair Quirks – And How To Fix Them)

Watch Your Mouth

What goes in your mouth affects your sideburns just as much as it does your six pack. While stocking up on individual supplements can quickly become an expensive habit, a multivitamin is an easy route to top notch locks.

“Thinning hair is an ever-increasing problem, especially with the nation now experiencing more stress, longer working hours and perhaps less focus on a healthy balanced diet,” says Nioxin ambassador Kay McIntyre. “I would always start any consultation with a recommendation for better vitamin intake, particularly zinc and vitamins C and D.”

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Reimagining Butler’s Wharf Winner

Reimagining Butler’s Wharf London Festival of Architecture 2020 News, LFA Design

Reimagining Butler’s Wharf London Winner

3 Dec 2020

The Tide Line – winning concept for Reimagining Butler’s Wharf competition revealed

3rd of December 2020 – The Tide Line – an evocative landscape designed by Ludwig Willis Architects with Structure Workshop and Howard Miller Landscape and Design – has been revealed as the winning concept in the London Festival of Architecture (LFA) and Butler’s Wharf Riverside Trust’s ‘Reimagining Butler’s Wharf’ competition.

The competition is a key stage towards the long-term transformation of Butler’s Wharf, Shad Thames – one of London’s most popular riverside spaces. The LFA and Butler’s Wharf Riverside Trust invited architects, landscape architects, designers and artists to consider how to unlock the site’s waterfront potential as an imaginative and engaging space for all, bringing visitors, Londoners and the local community back together on this historic jetty.

The Tide Line is inspired by the edge of the River Thames at Butler’s Wharf, where layers of ecology, history and access are revealed and concealed by the daily rhythms of the tide. The team have reimagined the jetty as a riparian landscape tracing along the mean low tide mark: watermen’s stairs become places of vantage and orientation, while masts placed along the length of the jetty recall its heritage and act as armatures for wayfinding and lighting. Along the deck, planters are filled with flora specific to the Thames and irrigated by the river using integrated low-energy solutions.

The Tide Line has been conceived to augment the island character of the Butler’s Wharf jetty, providing a breathing space from the bustling city silhouetted to the west and affording sanctuary for health, well-being and resilience as the river winds east.

The concept will now be developed through an inclusive design process that reviews feedback from stakeholders and the local community, exploring themes of environment and ecology, and responding to questions about maintenance and deliverables.

As a local practice based in Southwark, Ludwig Willis overcame competition from over 50 teams, and impressed the expert jury panel which included Paul Zara (director, Paul Zara Architects), Sarah Gaventa (director of the Illuminated River Foundation), Johanna Gibbons (partner, J & L Gibbons), David Ogunmuyiwa (principal, ArchitectureDoingPlace and Mayor’s Design Advocate), Dr Emma Sanderson-Nash (chair, Butler’s Wharf Riverside Trust), Ruth Slavid (journalist and editor) and Tamsie Thomson (managing director, New London Architecture).

Tamsie Thomson, managing director of New London Architecture, said:

“The Butler’s Wharf jetty is one of my favourite places in London and is somewhere that enchants residents and visitors alike. I’m really looking forward to working with the design team and Butler’s Wharf Residents Trust to engage with everyone who uses the jetty as we work to realise its full potential as one of London’s most unique public spaces. As a local design practice Ludwig Willis have clearly understood what makes the jetty unique, and have brought together a talented team around a very imaginative concept. I’m looking forward to seeing how that concept develops further and working towards its realisation.”

Emma Sanderson-Nash, Chair, Butler’s Wharf Riverside Trust, said:

“We were delighted by the response to our competition which inspired such creative and thoughtful designs. The Tide Line by Ludwig Willis best reflects our aim for better seating, planting and lighting with the needs of businesses and residents uppermost in our minds. We like its minimalist and linear design, which feels like natural evolution rather than radical change and which sits peacefully beside nearby giants of Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf. Materials are drawn from recycled materials and it also has the potential to involve local craftspeople and trades at the delivery phase. We look forward to working closely with Ludwig Willis in the coming months to bring forward the final proposal and costings.”

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Ludwig Willis Architects are based in Southwark and were founded by Anna Ludwig and Rufus Willis in 2016. Together with Howard Miller Landscape and Design, Structure Workshop and River Walks the design team shares a passion for imaginative urban landscapes and creating habitable public places that inspire and delight.

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Butler’s Wharf Riverside Trust (BWRT) began as a sub-committee within STAMP (Shad Thames Area Management Partnership), leading on issues facing the community regarding the site known as ‘the jetty’ at Butler’s Wharf, which was becoming increasingly neglected. In 2017, the sub-committee evolved into a resident-led campaigning group, the Friends of Butlers Wharf Riverside, and the ‘Friends’ became a registered charity in February 2020 (Charity no. 1187952)

The Trustees meet on a regular basis, and report to both STAMP and STRA (Shad Thames Residents Association). The Trust were successful in being awarded £30k from Southwark Council under their ‘Cleaner Greener Safer’ programme to fund this competition.

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25 June 2020

Reimagining Butler’s Wharf London Festival of Architecture 2020

Reimagining Butler’s Wharf

The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) and Butler’s Wharf Riverside Trust (BWRT) have launched a new design competition inviting architects, landscape architects, designers and artists to enhance the riverside promenade at Butler’s Wharf.

Reimagining Butler’s Wharf London

The competition seeks design solutions that will encourage visitors and residents to use and cherish one of London’s most popular riverside spaces. The winning design will be an imaginative response to the site, connecting users to the space, its surrounding river and buildings, and to the site’s rich maritime and industrial heritage.

Butler’s Wharf photos © Steven Ehrlich

Information for entrants is available on the London Festival of Architecture website here.

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The Gaslight on Rathbone Street in Fitzrovia, London

The Gaslight in Fitzrovia, London Office Building, Flexible Workspace, English Architecture Images

The Gaslight in Fitzrovia, London

Updated 22 Sep 2020 + 26 Mar 2020

The Gaslight

Design: dMFK architects and Bureau De Change architect

Location: Rathbone Street, Fitzrovia, London, England, UK

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Photography: Gilbert McCarragher

26 Mar 2020

The Gaslight by dMFK and Bureau De Change – photo © Ed Reeve

On behalf of I.S.A. (Holdings), dMFK architects and Bureau De Change architects have completed the transformation of an Art Deco building on Rathbone Street, creating a contemporary and flexible workspace in this vibrant corner of Fitzrovia. The Gaslight embraces innovative modern design, whilst celebrating the distinct design heritage of the building and paying homage to the area, famed for its history of artisanal workshops and craftsmanship.

The Gaslight by dMFK and Bureau De Change – photos © Gilbert McGarragher

The Gaslight, 29-35 Rathbone Street, was originally the Gas Light and Coke Company, a robust, utilitarian facility, with a wide, defining frontage onto Rathbone Street. Its current owners, I.S.A. (Holdings) have set out to reinvent this industrial building, amplify its volumes to create a dynamic new workspace that responds to its unique character. In response to this brief, dMFK architects has refurbished, reconfigured and extended the original building with an innovative extension, new core and roofline. Working in these new volumes, Bureau de Change has created the distinctive interiors; their bespoke materials, patterns and geometries add an artisanal character into the fabric of the building, which is quite unexpected in a commercial development.

The Gaslight by dMFK and Bureau De Change – photo © Ed Reeve

dMFK’s elegant rear extension arches back towards the upper roof, inspired by the inclined glazed roofs found in artists’ studios and ateliers. Its faceted, pre-patinated zinc roof floods the new spaces with light and creates a series of distinctive internal volumes that unite the robust utilitarian aesthetic of the original building with the dynamic architectural intervention. The extension, which doubles the depth of the building, is stepped back along the width of the building, providing each floor with its own ample terrace, each overlooking a terrazzo-lined planted garden at ground floor level.

The Gaslight by dMFK and Bureau De Change – photos © Gilbert McGarragher

At the top of the building, dMFK has added two new pavilions to bookend the main façade. The studio spaces combine high-domed ceilings and large atelier style windows, to offer expansive views across the rooftops of Fitzrovia. A dormer window inserted into the volume of the new roof allows for the insertion of a new mezzanine floor, which is flooded with natural light.

The Gaslight by dMFK and Bureau De Change – photo © Gilbert McGarragher

dMFK has fundamentally rearranged the building for multiple uses, reflected in three new entrances: a dramatic courtyard entrance into a restaurant unit on the ground floor; a refurbished entrance in the original core for a lower ground floor gym, and a new entrance, in a new core, for the workspaces, designed to accommodate flexible working for multiple tenants. Throughout the main building windows have been enlarged and replaced to rebalance the façade; brickwork has been restored and the original decorative metalwork reinstated.

‘‘We’ve had the rare chance to work with the family who’ve owned this unique building for decades, who were attuned to its art deco history, but also not afraid of change. This attitude has given us the freedom to radically alter the building to meet the needs of the market, whilst restoring and reinventing it’ says Julian de Metz, founder of dMFK.

The Gaslight by dMFK and Bureau De Change – photo © Gilbert McGarragher

Drawing on the building’s art deco character and the area’s rich heritage of craftsmanship Bureau de Change architects have created a cohesive visual narrative that runs throughout the building.

At the centre of their scheme is an innovative sculptural intervention in the new circulation core, that connects the four floors of offices. The two layers of bespoke, bronze-coloured filigree mesh generates a moiré effect that obscures the building’s concrete core. Underneath the suspended stairs that wrap around the core at ground floor, the top layer of pleated mesh peels away to reveal the intricate pattern beneath. This intervention conveys a sense of hand craftsmanship, whilst using industrial materials and fabrication. The cladding’s distinct character continues into the lift interiors, with details etched on the mirror and a bespoke pentagonal blue leather handrail.

The Gaslight by dMFK and Bureau De Change – photo © Gilbert McGarragher

‘We wanted to test the idea of using typically industrial materials and fabrication techniques in a way that is more craftsman-like. The lift core and stairwell uses 85 burnished bronze panels, each laser cut and folded to create an intricate framework. We worked with 1:1 mock ups – testing every corner detail to ensure the filigree pattern is consistent throughout the building’ says Bureau de Change architects.

This attention to detail continues throughout the interiors. In the bathrooms, Bureau de Change use a bespoke terrazzo panelling – a contemporary reimagining of the original interior’s traditional timber panelling. Wayfinding in the building uses extruded bronze signs in a distinctive ribbon font, whilst the numbers for the building’s main entrance are shaped into the metal railings on the restored wooden gates. The hand-turned timber handles on the external entrance doors have a tactile quality that imbues a sense of craftsmanship in the visitor’s experience.

The Gaslight by dMFK and Bureau De Change – photo © Ed Reeve

In the workspaces, Bureau de Change has organised the exposed services to complement the ceilings’ existing structural grid; bespoke joinery and discreet linear lighting accentuate these open and airy offices. The offices lead up to a new mezzanine floor, which they have inserted into the volume of the new roof. On one side the access to the floor is masked by a dark grey volume, whilst the contours of its other profile are encapsulated in a bronze ribbon, echoed in a subtly fanned bronze balustrade.

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