Not entirely modern nor entirely traditional: this is how the latest gallery of Stuart Shave Art appears, inaugurated in London in August 2020, characterized by wooden and glass doors and a reclaimed oak floor
The interior design of the art gallery signed by Stuart Shave takes place in a historic London building, which is being recovered by the studio giles reid architects. The Austrian painter Martha Junghwirth was the protagonist of the first exhibition of works in the gallery.
The main wooden facade is reclaimed and painted black. On the ground floor, the gallery consists of a single space, illuminated from the front, with a staircase inserted at the back leading to a smaller square gallery.
Here a new wooden facade overlooks a light well below the street. The restoration process has revealed enameled brick slabs, previously hidden behind decades of paint.
All rooms are unified by minimal floor details and track lighting. The intention is to create an interior that is neither entirely modern nor traditional, but an appropriate addition to the street.
The solid walnut furniture comes from the work of American woodworker George Nakashima (1905-1990). Other independent furniture pieces are by Le Corbusier, Jean Prouve, and Hilton Marlton.
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