Detail of wall art by Shuhei Hasado, one of Japan’s leading sakan (plastering) artisans. ‘Forest in Autumn’ uses the needles of Hida pines
HOLISTIC DESIGN
CULTURE & IDENTITY
SUSTAINABILITY & WELLBEING
ARTISTIC COLLABORATION
SKILL & CRAFT
PRODUCT & FURNITURE
CASE STUDIES
At Eric Parry Architects we take pride in creating cohesive designs that elevate spaces, enrich lives, and draw from the surrounding cultural fabric and environment.
Reception opening up into a cafe / event space
Embarking on a creative journey with clients, our multi-cultural team devise robust designs that cater to the present and future needs of an individual, establishment, or building. This is applied in a variety of interior settings, from workplace and hospitality to residential developments.
Each project is tailored through our collaborative approach with specialist consultants and artisans, bringing longevity and unquestionable quality throughout the design.
Reception room featuring glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly
Feature clad ceramic column
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far greater surprise is the presence of an enormous illuminated soffit at the central space of the passage. Here, within a clearly defined volume that Parry likens to a banking hall, continuously changing images drench the space from above.”
Louisa Hutton Architecture Today
Public passage way and Banking Hall with LED screen for art
HOLISTIC DESIGN
Architectural elements find their fullest expression, when seamlessly woven into the fabric of the interior.
View of Apple Tree Yard featuring public artwork by Stephen Cox
View of reception area with coffered ceiling and bespoke privacy shutters
View of meeting spaces within reception
Our holistic design approach considers spatial, sensory, and cultural dimensions as well as the influences of materials and climatic conditions.
By reading architecture and interiors as extensions of one another, a subtle transfer of details or materials can ensure an immersive experience that resonates on multiple levels.
Recognising these moments, we create a continuous journey from the moment you arrive to when you depart.
View of central atrium
Visualisation of Townhall amenity space, to be completed 2028
CULTURE & IDENTITY
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Eric Parry Architects is a multicultural organisation with extensive cross-cultural experience, acquired through collaborations with staff, consultants, and clients from diverse backgrounds.
Central to our success is our profound understanding our client’s cultures and aspirations, enabling us to craft interior spaces that not only fulfill their practical needs but also resonate with their unique identities.
We recognize that interiors are fundamentally about enhancing the end-user experience and reflecting the culture of those who will inhabit them. Therefore, listening to our clients is always the essential starting point of our design journey.
Bespoke Wardrobe
SUSTAINABILITY & WELLBEING
Our designs are environmentally conscious and adaptable to evolving needs. We incorporate sustainable practices and flexible design solutions that minimize environmental impact and accommodate changing lifestyles.
Our design has achieved the UKs first NABERS DFP score of 5.5, WELL Platinum and BREEAM Outstanding. Among the materials we have used are Durat Recycled Plastic, Richlite Recycled Paper and Hempcrete Blockwork.
We enrich the spatial experience through thoughtful sensory design and the opportunity to bring the unexpected. Creating interior spaces goes beyond aesthetics. We strive to craft environments that nurture the physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing of those around.
Winter Garden, with planters crafted in collaboration with landscaper Alaster Anderson and metalworker Chris Brammall
“Eric Parry Architects applied the intellectual rigour, discipline and refinement that is typical of their architecture to the sixteen apartments at 20 and 15 Jermyn Street to produce a residential offering that set new standards for St James’s. The apartments designed by EPA provided stunning residential spaces which exceeded market expectations in terms of value whilst meeting challenging cost targets and design standards.”
Ron German Director, Stanhope (Development and Construction Management, London)
ARTISTIC COLLABORATION
Art installations often feature bridging our architectural and interior work. Our collaborations involve an array of artists and mediums, such as Dale Chihuly’s blown glass and Richard Deacon’s ceramics. An artist contribution can bring a whole new dimension and spectacle that only they can create.
Artist Claire Morgan designed a colourful and vast aerial sculpture for the grand entrance at 111 Buckingham Palace Road. The installation, entitled ‘Murmurations,’ hovers below the ceiling, translucent and shimmering against the light.
Turner Prize nominee Shirazeh Houshiary designed a striking stained glass window as part of our renewal of 18th century London church St Martin-in-the-Fields.
The Leathersellers’ Livery Hall
The tapestry frieze, by Victoria Crowe and Dovecot Tapestry Studio, was commissioned to create a bold colour narrative and a sense of a further horizon to the Livery Dining Hall.
SKILL, CRAFT & MATERIALS
Working with artisans and creatives, we infuse our designs with elements of surprise through a joyous combination of space, light, and highly crafted materials.
Fabrics, in their combination of tactile and visual sensations, add to the warmth and intimacy of domestic interiors, just as they can humanise corporate or public spaces. They can affect the sense of light and sound to transform rooms from one use to another.
A master weaver in her studio begins making a wall hanging for 5 Aldermanbury Square.
The wallhanging is made of enamelled copper, creating a highly delicate, almost translucent piece that evokes an ethereal feel.
Bespoke Inglenook in collaboration with leatherworker Bill Amberg
Our design for The Leathersellers’ Hall showcases some of the best contemporary crafting in leather, joinery, textiles and metalwork.
Leather artisan, Bill Amberg, used dyed vegetable-tanned whole hides to create this unique piece of furniture. Entirely stitched by hand, the Inglenook’s construction makes use of historic saddlery techniques.
We have a deep understanding of material performance and durability. By focusing on timeless aesthetics and functionality, our interiors retain relevance and appeal for generations.
PRODUCT & FURNITURE
Our product and furniture designs are a commitment to the enrichment of our culture and daily life – and future collaborations will continue to explore the relationship between designer and maker, context and material.
The ‘Z’ Handle was designed to overcome the usual accumulation of parts by creating a continuous
flow of surface from horizontal to vertical.
The Handle has been in production for ten years and is the first of a series of ironmongery products under development. The intention was simplify door ironmongery into a single element. It’s produced at different sizes and in different alloys including nickel and stainless steel.
Vigilia Bench in Light Oak
The Vigilia bench presented at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan 2012.
The crafted piece strikes the balance of a robust engineered design with the delicacy of the hand spun spindles. Designed for transitional spaces, the piece is inviting and comfortable for the briefest or more captivating social interactions.
CASE STUDIES
FOUR SEASONS HOTEL SPA
One of the capital’s top 5-star hotels, the Four Seasons is located on Hamilton Place, just off Park Lane in London’s exclusive Mayfair district. Dating from 1969, the hotel was in need of refurbishment to preserve its reputation as a luxurious haven.
View from the spa reception
Detail of the granite-lined steam rooms
Appointed in January 2005, Eric Parry Architects developed a proposal for the extension to the roof to include a new spa, early arrivals suite and gym. The attic storey also facilitates the rationalisation of existing and redundant plant and accommodate new chillers required to power air-conditioning to all bedrooms.
In addition to providing the vital 5-star services and facilities, the design offers visitors to the spa the opportunity to experience the magnificent rooftop views afforded by the hotel’s position.
In developing the design, Eric Parry Architects carried out thorough analysis of the existing services and how massing of a new roof would work with the form of the existing building.
Conservation and Design Officers were closely consulted to achieve a quality of design sympathetic to the hotel’s surroundings and existing building.
The vision behind the new extension is a delicate white attic with a dark ebony stove-enamelled metal roof, which overhangs and shades the new glass elevation and complements the existing Portland Stone façades.
The balconies to the north elevation are enclosed with frameless double-glazing to make them usable all year round and increase the area of the rooms in the process.
The form and high quality materials used in the additional storey adds a sophisticated gravitas to the existing building.
Twin bedded VIP treatment space at the prow of the building
MANDARIN ORIENTAL SPA
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel offers the highest standards of international 5-star hotel accommodation and service. The exterior of this truly grand hotel gives way to modern, 21st century design that has delivered a restrained reworking of all 200 bedrooms, corridors, receptions and restaurants, executed in a wonderful merger of the new and original.
Detail of horsehair panel
The ‘cave-like’ spa constructed beneath the hotel ballroom has provided a reception space, eight treatment rooms, steam rooms, saunas and relaxation rooms. It is a sophisticated synthesis of interior design, with sculptures by Stephen Cox and furniture by the Azumis.
The Spa is internationally acknowledged as one of the best facilities of its kind and attracts the most discerning international clientele.
Spa pool
LILIENBLUM RESTAURANT
Located in the thriving Old Street district, Lilienblum adds splash of sophisticated drama to the East London restaurant scene. The cuisine is taken seriously but delivered with a twist of fun; the interior designed by Eric Parry Architects adds a playful touch to the ensemble with a ceiling that explores the infinite possibilities of colour and form.
Lilienblum interiors
View from entrance lobby with feature ceiling
We worked within a limited budget to bring texture and warmth to an otherwise basic interior. To address and mask a large concrete column and a ceiling grid that was at odds with any sense of alignment and scale, our interventions create a continuous and colourful landscape, with a dramatic ceramic clad column as a focal point.
The restaurant kitchen is framed within horizons of colour. A counter and shelves are beautifully lined with fresh produce, creating a vibrant and welcoming dining experience.
The arrival
MAY MAY RESTAURANT
Located within the Tanjong Pagar conservation area in Singapore, Eric Parry Studio designed this shophouse conversion for a restaurant fit out, and renewal works to the front façade.
Marble and green feature wall
Timber feature panels
The May May Restaurant occupies a 5m wide 25m deep traditional shophouse ground floor. Its main feature is the light well in the centre of the space with a living green wall that climbs the wall to the roof.
May May offers food and drink inspired by the flavours of Asia that blends with modern day Singapore. The new interior targets an international crowd to create a backdrop for casual business meetings and lunches.
References to selected familiar elements of the traditional shophouse are modernized and accentuated. White marble, reminiscent of the traditional kopitiam table top, flanks the entry at the bar counter and continues at the existing feature wall at the courtyard onto a long dining table top. Warm filament lighting enhances bespoke timber feature panels along the main circulation space, akin to timber ubiquitous in former shophouse interiors. Fresh re-interpretations of the traditional Peranakan and ceramic tiles line the walls.
Reinterpretation of traditional wall tiles
THE LEATHERSELLERS’ HALL
The Leathersellers’ Company has occupied this site continuously since 1543. Whilst earlier halls were located within St Helen’s Place, the new 7th hall has now returned to the site of its earliest historical location. The design showcases some of the best contemporary crafting in leather, joinery, textiles and metalwork.
Feature staircase
THE LEATHERSELLERS’ HALL, LONDON
Reception room featuring glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly
The interior includes the following principal spaces:
The Court Room sits 29 around a new table. The walls finished in American black walnut panelling alternate with vertical slotted timber reeds. The deep red curtains, white leather chairs, the colours of the carpet and the glint of the crystal cut chandeliers add life and ceremony to the room.
The Reception Room, a light, airy space, speaks to the future more than the past and features a clear and indigo drawn glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly.
The Stair Hall incorporates scagliola pilasters from the sixth hall; these are placed between raised panels of polished plaster in two tones to add to the apparent depth of the surface.
The Dining Hall (see page 23) can host 120 guests seated in three rows and has a clerestory with views to the church wall above. The walls are panelled in American black walnut, alternating in plain and reeded horizontal sections in a similar arrangement to the Court Room. The tapestry frieze, some 60 sqm was commissioned to create bold colour narrative and a sense of a further horizon.
The Project recently won a RIBA London Award (2017).
The Courtroom
PRIVATE RESIDENCE, TOKYO
An interior refurbishment of an existing apartment block unit, common area and entrance.
View of landscaped courtyard
Our approach was to complement the existing architectural qualities of this 10 year old apartment block by adding warmth, tactility and colour. Completed in 2004 the building has 52 units, located in an elegant old residential district near Shibuya Station in Tokyo.
The existing exterior features a beautiful tile developed by the sculptor Ayako Ueda. These softly crafted tiles are featured throughout the development and have informed our design.
The discreet external entrance to the building has been transformed into an interior space through the introduction of metal and glass screens. Enhanced lighting & hard and soft landscaping add a sense of privacy and intimacy. Interior layouts of the apartment units have been reconfigured to create more spaciousness, higher ceilings and improved lighting. Comfort and elegance has been created by applying a simple spacial and material hierarchy executed with an honest touch of craftsmanship.
Apartment interior
EATON SQUARE RESIDENCE
A Grade II*listed building within the City of Westminster Belgravia Conservation Area, originally built as grand townhouses by Cubitt in the 1830s.
Staircase
Eric Parry Architects have set out to create a contemporary residence with an improved relationship to the rear garden, all the while respecting its architectural heritage. The two levels are connected via an elliptical stair and collaboration with the lighting designer Ingo Maurer looked to define the image and experience of the approach to the staircase.
The proposed alterations to the existing structure involved removing load bearing walls at lower ground to help create a large family room. The aim was to re-establish the elegance of the original house, whilst simultaneously maximising natural light with an extension that is sympathetic the existing building.
View looking towards rear extension and garden beyond
EATON PLACE RESIDENCE
This residential project is an interior refurbishment of the ground and lower ground floors and the partial demolition and reconstruction of the adjoining mews building. Both properties are in a conservation area and the building is listed Grade II.
The link staircase
The new mews building has a concrete structure and a very high quality finish has been achieved as the structure is exposed over large areas of the project, specifically soffits and columns.
A new, mostly glazed structure provides the link between the main house and the mews, and covers three flights of stairs which lead from the basement through to the first floor. The stair is a major bespoke feature constructed of granite treads post-tensioned by steel stringers with curved glass sections of balustrades.
The envelope of the mews building is a new structure except for the upper half of the existing brick façade, which had to be retained. Bespoke metal rooflights have been installed in new roof of the mews building, some of which includes curved glass.
The interior finishes, apart from the fair faced concrete, include large areas of hardwood timber wall panelling and built in furniture as well as bespoke acoustic panelling of felt and perforated metal. The joinery is of the highest quality and careful attention has been paid to detailing.
Staircase detail
ALBERMARLE STREET
A high end residential development located in the City of Westminster; the site is in the Mayfair Conservation Area however the building is not listed.
Bedroom with views to the interior of the court
The development comprises the change from office use to residential use whilst retaining the A3 use at ground floor and basement.
Eric Parry Architects have created five lateral apartments with outdoor space, each of the apartments is of a size of 350 sqm, the penthouse has an area of 550 sqm. The interior design concept and the furniture fit out was fully developed by Eric Parry Architects.
Terrace overlooking the Mayfair roofscape
LISTED REGENCY TOWNHOUSE
Refurbishment of Grade I Listed Regency Townhouse off the Mall in central London into Carmignac Gestion’s London headquarter Building, reworking of main stair to lower ground floor and introduction of a winter garden at ground floor level.
Winter garden
Feature Staircase
The proposal includes conference and meeting rooms with private and general office spaces, breakout spaces and a sunroom/terrace at roof level.
An apartment is proposed at level 2 and a staff / studio room at level 3. The scheme will also house artworks from the Carmignac Foundation.
Meeting Room
111 BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROAD
The reworking of the arrival experience to a vibrant building with nearly 3,000 office workers. The proposal seeks to improve the building and maintain its appeal and presence for the existing and future high quality occupiers. Originally 111 Buckingham Palace Road was part of the over site development in the 1980’s above the Victoria Railway Station.
Winter garden
The new enlarged reception is enclosed with a new roof and large roof light to the rear of the reception. The design of the glazed doors and windows has been developed to elegantly infill the openings in the stone façade. Externally the existing listed façade has been carefully restored and the external public realm expanded. This has provided an improved presence and quality arrival experience.
A grand entrance hall is provided which is home to Claire Morgans’ large-scale aerial sculpture Murmurations which was commissioned by the client Kennedy Wilson. The stonework internally has been individually selected and purposely place, and is complimented with bespoke joinery and metalwork furniture. The existing escalator which links the new building reception with the sky lobby provides a unique experience for the building occupiers.
ST JOHN’S WATERLOO CHURCH
Eric Parry Architects has completed the £5.5 million restoration and renovation of the Grade II* listed St John’s Church in Waterloo. The improvements to the church will safeguard it as a place for worship and spiritual enrichment, delivering upgrades to its facilities that help it meet its ambition to play a leading role in the social, cultural and spiritual life of Waterloo and the wider city of London.
Eric Parry Architects has restored and revealed key elements of the historic interior of the church to create a high-quality space for arts and events within the listed building. The newly refurbished church provides a place of worship and one of the best performance event and meeting spaces on the South Bank, with accommodation for St John’s own and other community projects, as well as the conservation of the unique church and its art.
Of the £5.5m of funds raised to complete the renovations, more than £1m came from the congregation – a strong indication of local support for the project. Other major grants came from the London Borough of Lambeth, the Big Lottery Reaching Communities Fund and The Mayor of London’s Good Growth Fund. The solar panel project was made possible by a grant of £30,000 from the Mayor’s London Community Energy Fund. The rest was made up by many other trusts, foundations and individual donors.
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Central to our success is our profound understanding of our client’s cultures and aspirations, enabling us to craft interior spaces that not only fulfil their practical needs but also resonate with their unique identities. If you have a project in mind and would like to talk about your aspirations, please get in touch.
