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  • PROJECTS
    • Residential
      • The Brook
      • Gallions
      • Kennington Road
      • Longlands Mill
      • Longlands, Pattern House
      • Light House
      • O-Central
      • Qube House
      • Scotswood Housing Expo
      • Sun Room
      • Waterside Studios
      • Winstanley and York Road Estate
      • Barking Road
      • Lancaster Mews
      • New Inn
      • Cluny Mews
      • Manor Top
    • Education
      • Harrietsham School
      • Hinguar School
      • Oakfield School
      • Friars Nursery
    • Masterplanning & Urban Design
      • Stalybridge Masterplan
      • Rochester Riverside
      • Canterbury Southeast
      • Bromley-by-Bow
      • Park Prewett
      • Ebbsfleet Valley
      • Gilston Village 7
      • South Berkhamsted Concept Masterplan
    • Commercial / Cultural
      • Bridgemasters House
      • Restaurant Story
      • Acle Park Visitors Centre
      • Locomotion 2
  • STUDIO
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Restaurant Story

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This single storey pavilion, just south of Tower Bridge replaces a derelict public convenience.  The building was designed to sit modestly alongside a small public garden, forming the backdrop to a listed statue and, from within, framing views of The Shard beyond.

Slatted timber elevations provide protection and privacy from the adjacent roads.  Facing the garden, the roof extends to form a canopy over full width glass screens which offer enticing views into a highly composed dining environment that belies the Michelin-starred exuberance and culinary drama that the building sustains.

Facts....
Location:

Southwark, London

Client:

Tooley Street Developments Limited

Cost:

Confidential

Status:

Completed, 2013

  • …Story, the white-hot new restaurant housed in what looks like a garden centre on a traffic island…

    Tracey McCloud, The Independent
  • Story is a cross between wide-windowed, futuristic apartment and timeless Swiss chalet near Tower Bridge…

    Zoe Williams, The Telegraph
  • …a wooden construction on the site of a public lav, sauna-meets-Tellytubby house.

    Marina O’Loughlin, The Guardian

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