Ganter UK just realised the first Craig & Rose showroom in London. Craig & Rose is one of the UK’s oldest premium paint companies well known for authentic period colours, handpicked from historical archives and faithfully reproduced using the finest raw materials. End of April they opened their first store and workshop space at Chiswick High Rd in London. The store features a wall of colour, where budding decorators and interior designers can see how the colours would look in situ. For expert advice on design projects, the store offers a colour consultancy service and hands-on workshops.
As it was the first standalone store for the brand, the client appointed GANTER to assist from the initial technical concept development stage to the opening: Ganter was involved from the very beginning and helped to select the local architect. Together we carried out the Survey.
The project was a full “turnkey” project: As general contractor, Ganter UK was liable to transform the 2 levels of an old laundry into a proper showroom according to the conceptual design of E 2 architects. In only 6 weeks on site the 150 m² space had been completely stripped out and renovated in close coordination with the client and the architect, both based in Australia. For the duration of the project we had to deal with a large time difference.
Ganter installed all walls and ceilings, laid the new floor and ensured the waterproofing of the basement. Furthermore we carried out the new shopfront and all millwork engineering. We created all technical drawings for the mechanical and electrical systems, which we also supplied and installed. In the process of millwork, we engineered the designers’ drawings to create manufacturing drawings, and produced all fixtures, having found locally available materials to match the required finishes.
We consider it a success of our work that we have been engaged to complete the second Craig & Rose store in Edinburgh.
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© photos: Andy Tyler
