River Court London

This is our second commission to work within an apartment designed by Richard Seifert and Partners. River Court was built in the mid 1970s and sits on the south bank of the Thames at Blackfriars Bridge. Its facades are heavily modelled by the projection and recession of the voids of balconies and solids of rooms. This results in almost rhythmic, dynamic facades and maximises views of the magnificent river below.

For all the building’s external richness, its apartment interiors are banal in the opposite extreme. These studies consider the design of the entrance and central core, leading to the main living spaces. They explore introducing a wall panel system. This continues the module width of the external cladding, still expressed in the balconies: long and slim it helps the ceiling height to appear higher especially as the panels conceal full-height doors and storage. Sheets of mirror further articulate the spaces and bounce around light and views.