The word bespoke was invented in Savile Row, where suits were ‘to be spoken for’ by a specific client. We knew that the building had to be formed of a simple ‘cut’ using the finest materials to echo that tradition. This building is a piece of art; it is a tribute to Savile Row’s tailoring heritage, clad in 10,000 hand glazed ceramic tiles and positioned on a decorative sand-cast bronze plinth.
Art is integrated into the fabric of the building using a bespoke glazed ceramic tile on the main elevations, a collaboration with renowned ceramic artist Kate Malone. The crystalline glazes on the tile are three-dimensional and come in four varying textures: three white and one black with blue crystals. The tiles reflect and refract daylight, capturing differing moods and subtly changing the appearance and tone of the building, depending on the weather and time of day.
