Room 68 is a bar and restaurant in Hampstead, London, designed by Anarchitect.
The project involved converting a Victorian pub in a listed building into a bar and restaurant.
A roof light was removed and replaced with a glass floor, forming a roof terrace.
The renovation was completed early last year.
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Room 68
Hampstead London
Conversion of an old victorian pub into a bar and restaurant, in a conservation area and Grade 2 listed building, on two floors.
The building has been stripped back and old elements revealed, such as traditional pattered plastered ceiling, fireplaces and mahogany flooring.
Treating the existing with respect Anarchitect has installed new elements gingerly sitting in the spaces describing new function.
An existing Victorian roof light has been removed and a structural glass floor installed creating a useable and dynamic roof terrace.
Dutch metal ceilings, Italian Terrazzo bars sit alongside plywood and flexible poured floors. A main glass sound to light bar changes colour as the evening and mood changes. Their Seamless recycled chairs adorn the roof terrace.
A light-wall installation explains its context, describing each elements of neighboring sites and locations.
A dynamic, contextual environment has been created, referring to its history, but never allowing the past to dictate to its current usage and needs.
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Posted by Rose Etherington
August 31st, 2008 at 11:31 pm
This intrior sucks!!! It´s worst than 70´s. I´am sorry, bud this is my point of view.
September 1st, 2008 at 3:10 am
reminds me of a sauna…
September 1st, 2008 at 8:57 am
money can’t buy me love~
September 1st, 2008 at 10:41 am
If you don’t live in or know London its hard to make a valued comment- each area has its own vibe and a designer has to cater for the local taste. Yes this will do very well in Hampstead.. good design ditto the lamp choice
September 1st, 2008 at 11:03 am
Please stop posting this kind of crap work on Dezeen please… horrible!
Come one Dezeen, keep up the standard!
September 1st, 2008 at 2:20 pm
nasty
September 1st, 2008 at 4:10 pm
it all looks very dated, especially with with the colour scheme and the lighting only enhances the dated look more.
i think if u got rid of the dome lampshades and the colours were different u could save this place.
im never goping to hampstead either.
September 1st, 2008 at 4:12 pm
it all looks very dated, especially with with the colour scheme and the lighting only enhances the dated look more.
i think if u got rid of the dome lampshades and the colours were different u could save this place.
im never GOING* to hampstead either.
*SPELLING MISTAKE
my bad
September 1st, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Tyler durden: Porque no posteas vos tus trabajos a ver si son mejores que estos.Aparte no a todo el mundo le gusta lo mismo.
“Tyler Durden” respeto al trabajo”
September 1st, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Good work.
September 1st, 2008 at 8:24 pm
leopoldo: you don’t need to be a good architect to be a good critic. Which also read – you don’t need to post work here to critic here. Most architectural critics are not architects.
At the end of the day, crap is crap. Can’t see what’s good about this piece of work, ‘taste’ aside. Honestly!
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:47 am
Those pendants were a bad choice here
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Lamps- should have gone for Dixon Mirrorballs instead
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:46 pm
How can you make an Elton John interior if you call yourself Anarchitect?
September 6th, 2008 at 3:59 am
well, there are people who can appreciate genius, and there are those who cant. this restaurant is good. i rest my case
September 6th, 2008 at 4:01 am
i cant believe all the critics are talking about how “dated” the design looks, whereas, that was the whole point of the architect! site context, cultural context! are u guys really designers / architects ?
September 7th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Yes Iam an architect an I think this is not very good, Zaha would of done a better job a few years back.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
my god is this what happens when you dont go to design school. too cluttered and fussy. less is more……….
February 14th, 2009 at 2:11 am
Cute name, “Anarchitect.” Wishful thinking, though.