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fiona naylor This image: a computer generated image of how the Southbank Place development will look at dusk. Below right: warm wood dominates in this studio apartment in One York Square www.johnsonnaylor.co.uk for many people. ‘People do ask about wood, they are starting to ask about FSC certification, so you can see the public are wanting to know more about materials and their provenance. ‘For us at Johnson Naylor, we source European hardwoods from sustainable forests for flooring. We do use MDF for cupboard carcasses but it’s the formaldehyde-free MDF, we’ve switched to having doors sprayed with water-based paints and we generally choose materials that don’t off-gas.’ Talking generally about sourcing materials for their interior design work, Naylor says at the outset of a project the team considers materials from different angles, so to speak: so durability, is habitat being destroyed in the process of getting the material? what are the transport costs in emissions terms of getting it to the UK etc? etc. ‘It’s certainly not the case that if it’s a natural material it’s ok. Take stone. It’s good in that it’s hardwearing and will stand the test of time. But we won’t go to quarries in India because they aren’t subjected to the environmental management standards as quarries in the EU. We adhere to Breeam’s Mat 03 Responsible sourcing of materials (BREEAM is the leading sustainability assessment method for building projects), and we have to do our own due diligence to be sure materials meet our environmental standards.’ On the subject of marble specifically, Naylor says her practice tries to limit its use and uses it in a way that it’s set against other materials - porcelain in the case of the Southbank Place bathrooms. Naylor takes heart that people are demanding high environmental standards from developers. ‘When I was banging on about this stuff a good 10 years ago I’d get black stares in meetings. But gradually there’s been that shift and it’s the market that drives change. Things get into our consciousness and become the norm, so now many more us want to know about sustainability, energy use, water useage.’ Ask Naylor to sum up her approach to the Southbank Place apartments and the words she comes back to are durability and longevity. ‘We’re designing and using materials in a way that means our interiors will stay intact for decades, that people who live here will recognise the quality and won’t want to rip anything out. I would add the more attention designers pay to the details, the more they actually test that something won’t fall to pieces with repeated use, the better. And I am confident that the days when people felt they needed a new kitchen every five years are gone.’ Southbank Place is being developed by Braeburn Estates, a joint venture between Canary Wharf Group PLC and Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co. It will offer 877 flats, 770 to be privately owned. Completion ‘19. Deco mag 12
Lüks Linen: ethical, natural affordable luxury Deco Promotion Thick fluffy towels are delicious but there are disadvantages to them, the obvious ones being their weight and the time they take to dry. Which is part of the reason why Rachel Ward, founder of Lüks Linen, fell in love with Turkish peshtemal towels. She loved their long history and their practicality: they were woven for use in the hammams and so don’t weigh much and dry very quickly. For frequent travellers, they take up very little space in a suitcase and they can have many identities - they can be towels, throws, blankets, scarves, baby wraps and picnic blankets, while Ward is also offering cushion covers made from peshtemals. Peshtemals have been woven on hand-looms in communities throughout Turkey for generations, explains Ward, using locally-grown cotton. While this cotton hasn’t been certified organic, it is mountain-grown in parts of the country. Lüks Linen works with small family weavers to high ethical Above: Lüks Linen cotton peshtemals come in a wide range of colours, sizes and weaves and fair trade standards. Prices for peshtemal products start at £22 for a towel. Look out for the distinctive traditional diamond weave and choose from a variety of colours from subtle neutrals to stunning jewel brights. www.lukslinen.com Deco mag 13
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