The Great House

Most Great Houses were composed of many intimate common and reception rooms where guests would be entertained, and private rooms and suites where the family could retreat from the eyes of both visitors and staff. The challenge was to recreate this idea whilst remaining true to the heritage of the building where the new Beauty Hall now lives once stood one of the first examples of an open-plan retail space in the U.K. It was important that the history of the space informed the new design and so this openness has been retained through the use of fine, satin-nickel trim, cut-glass and marble, to create a semi-tranparent framework of the essence of a home; a delicate tracery of a house as if an after-image retained in the memory of the grand architecture.

Once inside, customers will find a a tale of two halves, with an emporium of make-up brands to one side and a less formal arrangement of lifestyle and sunglasses brands to the other.

Central to the make-up area the layout becomes more relaxed with different volumes being utilised to create a serene space where shoppers can browse products displayed on 'bookcases' alongside a mixture of frosted and transparent books with integrated lighting; a fun feature that helps reinforce the Great House theme.