African Design Magazine ADM #39 April 2018 | Page 10
COVER FEATURE
CONTEMPORARY FACELIFT
FOR 33 BAKER STREET
R
osemary
Fernandes
and Marc
James of SVA
International explain
that the intention
was to replace the
building’s existing
outdated façade
with a modern,
contemporary
flavour. This entailed
demolition of the
entire façade and
pitched roofing,
enclosing in all but
one of the recesses
in the façade
cladding, with a
curtain wall concept
and introducing a
new roof concealed
behind the new
façade.
Although the
building has a
strong exposure
on the corner of
Oxford Road and
Baker Street, it
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