Julian Bicknell Associates - Architecture of Fine Quality

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TOKYO NEWS ANNEXE , YOKAHAMA

This modest garden pavilion for Mr Okuyama of Tokyo News was completed in 2001. It is attached to an existing traditional Japanese house and provides an additional suite of reception rooms in Western style: a reception hall and stair, a dining room and kitchen, a sitting room with study and media room, and a generous garage in the cellar.

The building is constructed in concrete to the rigourous Japanese earthquake code and finished in painted render with a slated roof. A number of features were made in the UK - the ironwork of the stairs inside and out, the plasterwork and much of the furniture. The architectural design was undertaken in collaboration with Yasuo Fujiwara of ArFam Tokyo. The interior design and furnishing was by Mary Fox Linton.

Julian Bicknell & Associates is a London based architectural practice of thirty years standing, specialising in quality buildings, interiors and landscapes - mainly in classical or traditional style. The practice has worked for private clients and developers all over the UK and in Japan, Russia, the USA, Morocco, Germany and Kazakhstan. The work includes spacious country houses, luxury homes on the prestige estates at Wentworth and St. Georges Hill, museums, restaurants, theatres, schools, a golf club and modifications to important historic buildings. The design philosophy combines a deep sympathy for traditional design and building methods, with a full understanding of energy strategies and construction management. The practice works closely with other professionals and experienced craftsmen to achieve low-energy buildings of real quality within predetermined budgets.