On the first and second floors there are 12 spacious guest bedrooms. The smallest of the rooms is 31 square metres (others are considerably larger) and the four corner rooms benefit from 6 large sash windows. Each of the rooms has a different design that has been inspired by legendary designers or design movements that the owners admire.
Click here to book a room online
| CHARLES & RAY EAMES |  |
| The prolific Charles and Ray Eames explored
design through architectural commissions, exhibitions and furniture
amongst other things. Their primary strategy was to "bring the most
of the best to the greatest number of people for the least". Boundary room details: 35sqm, corner room, bath and shower |
|
| |
|
Charles's Office, 1976.| EILEEN GRAY | |
| Largely underappreciated during her career,
Eileen Gray's work was a source of inspiration to Modernists and the
art deco movement. Her distinctive luxurious take on the geometric forms
used by her contemporaries Le Corbusier, Charlotte Periand and Mies
van der Rohe resulted in pieces like the Bibendum chair and classic
E.1027 table. Boundary room details: 33.5sqm, corner room, bath and shower 
The rue de Lota apartment designed by Eileen Gray with her Bibendum
Chair, Serpent Chair and Block Screen visible in the doorwaywww.designmuseum.org |
|
| |
|
| JOSEF HOFFMANN | |
| Co-founder of the Vienna Workshop, Hoffmann
was both an architect and designer, the workshops products were characterized
by simple shapes, minimal decoration and geometric patterning. Boundary room details: 31.5sqm, shower, smoking room 
Josef Hoffmann's 1913 dining room for Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler,
at the Neue Galerie. (Photo: John Gilliland/Courtesy of Neue Galerie)nymag.com |
|
| |
|
| YOUNG BRITISH DESIGNERS | |
| Taking inspiration from current designers
including Russell Pinch and Matthew Hilton. Russell Pinch was Terence
Conran's Design Assistant and subsequently won the 2004 Blueprint/100%
Design Best Newcomer award, his sideboard features in this bedroom.
Boundary room details: 31sqm, wet room |
|
| |
|
| BAUHAUS | |
| The Bauhaus school operated from 1919-1933,
their use of basic forms, primary colours, as well as tubular steel
furniture, white cubic architecture and functionalism gave rise to a
movement still influential today. Boundary room details: 31.5sqm, shower, smoking 
Bauhaus, Dessau, 1925-26 |
|
| |
|
| SCANDINAVIAN | |
| Inspiration has been drawn from the designs
of Arne Jacobsen and Eero Saarinen, both architects and designers who
produced classic pieces like the egg chair and tulip tables. Boundary room details: 32sqm, shower 
Arne Jacobsen Series 3300 sofa (1958) |
|
| |
|
| ANDREE PUTMAN | |
| Putman's work in interiors and furnishings
is elegant and simplified and often called minimalist. She has commented
"I love the beautiful and the useful, and even better, the beautiful
within the useful." Boundary room details: 31sqm, bath & shower |
|
| |
|
| SHAKER | |
| The Shaker's believe in the simple, prudent
and utilitarian which has resulted in elegantly proportioned, clean
profiles and simple joinery. The Shaker's Millenial Laws of 1845 stated
"Fancy articles of any kind, or articles which are superfluously finished,
trimmed and ornamented, are not suitable for believers, and may not
be used or purchased." Boundary room details: 35sqm, corner room, bath & shower |
|
| |
|
| LE CORBUSIER & CHARLOTTE PERRIAND | |
| Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand introduced
the "machine age" aesthetic to their work in architecture and furniture
respectively. Working from Le Corbusier's studio Perriand produced some
of the most iconic furniture of the age including a series of tubular
steel chairs. Boundary room details: 32sqm, bath & shower, smoking 
|
|
| |
|
| MIES VAN DER ROHE | |
| Mies van der Rohe's approach to architecture
sought simplicity and clarity, revealing the "skin and bones" of the
building. Mies also collaborated with Lilly Riech to produce furniture,
notably the Barcelona Chair designed for the German Pavillion at the
Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. Boundary room details: 36.5sqm, corner room, bath & shower, smoking 
|
|
| |
|
| HEATH ROBINSON | |
| Heath Robinson's charicatures of the age
of the machine, and the people involved in them, lead to the term "Heath
Robinson contraption" to describe an absurdly convoluted machine to
produce simple results. Boundary room details: 31.5sqm, shower, smoking room 
The William Heath Robinson Trust (WHRT) |
|
| |
|
| BRITISH | |
| The British room showcases some traditional
design styles with a modern twist for example a classic armchair decorated
in Squint's distinctive patchwork style. Boundary room details: 31sqm, shower |
|
| |
|
CHARLES & RAY EAMES
|
EILEEN GRAY |
JOSEF HOFFMANN  |
YOUNG BRITISH DESIGNERS
|
BAUHAUS
|
SCANDINAVIAN |
ANDREE PUTMAN
|
SHAKER
|
| LE CORBUSIER & CHARLOTTE PERRIAND 
|
MIES VAN DER ROHE
|
HEATH ROBINSON
|
BRITISH
|
