London, 2022

The Bryanston

A vibrant home, thoughtfully curated with bespoke furniture, artworks, and accessories, each piece reflecting a deep connection to the city and its neighbourhood.

Collaborating with the very talented David Collins Studio on the flagship show apartment at The Bryanston, Hyde Park was an absolute pleasure. The studio successfully created a highly memorable, one of a kind space, that embodies everything that The Bryanston represents. The apartment feels tantalisingly inviting, otherworldly and tactile whilst still effortlessly elegant. We have relished the opportunity to work with an interior design team with such scrupulous attention to detail, where every aspect has been considered.

Since un-veiling this show apartment, marking the launch of the ‘tower’ apartments, we have seen a marked increase in interest and have completed on successful sales, at record prices, in this section of the development. The carefully curated design helps prospective purchasers envisage living, entertaining and relaxing in the space, whilst emphasising key features to such as the views and generous proportions.

Lottie Geaves, Almacantar

The legacy of British designer David Collins is as dynamic as it is timeless; rich with objects that commemorate the styles of decades past, but which continue to stay relevant in the modern day.

Architectural Digest India

We were delighted to be invited to design interiors for an apartment within the visionary architecture by Rafael Viñoly for Almacantar. The apartment benefits from panoramic views sweeping from the City to Hyde Park. The Studio was looking to celebrate a selection of its designs – and this project presented an exciting opportunity to revisit our archive with a new lens, provided by Nick Vinson’s curation. We have added to the design a series of commissioned pieces from British talent made exclusively for the apartment, each reflecting the best of artisans and makers today.

Iain Watson, Chief Executive Officer, David Collins Studio

For the show apartment at The Bryanston, the starting point was selecting the most emblematic furniture pieces from some of David Collins Studio’s most important interiors projects, including The Connaught, The Wolseley and private residential commissions for clients such as Tom Ford. These have been custom made in new fabrications and finishes by The Studio’s long-standing manufacturers. And to give this project a unique point of view, we also commissioned a roster of London-based makers to design and produce bespoke pieces for the project, including artist Lucy Smith, embroidery designer Geraldine Larkin, and designers Simon Hasan, Bethan Laura Wood and Philippe Malouin.

To me it was very important to give this apartment a sense of place and to bring the park inside. Lucy Smith’s installation in the entrance and hallway has flora and fauna cast in plaster in a colour taken from Wedgwood’s 18th century Jasperware. The dining table is crafted by cabinet maker Sebastian Cox from a felled London plane tree and the arch mirrors reference John Nash’s Marble Arch outside.

The Bryanston is on the border of Marylebone and Mayfair, from where I commissioned brands such as Connolly, who provided the Bentley Green leather for Simon Hasan’s study furniture, Perfumer H, who created a garden of scents for us with

Ivy, Dandelion, Moss, Pine, Bluebell and Cedar, and Mount Street Printers, for the bespoke stationery customised by Betty Soldi. The apartment also showcases the best of 20th century British design, including tableware from David Mellor,

Robert Welch and David Marshall, a lithograph from Henry Moore and tapestry by John Allen.

The Principal Suite with its bed, sofa, curtains and softly wrapped walls completely upholstered in Loro Piana cashmere, features abstract hand-embroidered panels by Geraldine Larkin, enveloping and cocooning the future owners in this noble fibre.

Written by Nick Vinson

Photography by Kensington Leverne