Resin tables, chip shop counters, a bathtub in the office … Meet the architect whose flat is a laboratory of bright ideas. By Serena Fokschaner
Frying tonight: the chippy-inspired kitchen and resin dining table.Resin tables, chip shop counters, a bathtub in the office… Meet the architect whose flat is a laboratory of bright ideashen Alex Holloway first watched the Verve’s music video for their 1997 Lucky Man single, he found his attention wandering from the guitar-strumming, Mod-mopped lead singer to the interior. The location was a quintessentially 90s industrial-style apartment designed by Richard Rogers.
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