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osemary Fernandes and Marc James of SVA International explain that the intention was to replace the building’s existing outdated façade with a modern, contemporary flavour.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 10 AFRICAN DESIGN MAGAZINE © | APRIL 2018