Aardman Animations HQ, Bristol - Feature Staircases

Aardman Animations new HQ, based in Bristol, has a feature article within Hot Dip Galvanizing Magazine.

MLDE designed and engineered a pair of new bowstring double flight feature staircases to provide a central focus to the atrium space. The building was designed by Alec French Architects for Aardman Animations.

Please refer to our website for more details of these elegant staircases.

'Tree' – Oak Table displayed at Design Junction

Benchmark Furniture and MLDE have collaborated in the unveiling of ‘Tree’ at designjunction as part of the London Design Festival last evening. This stunning 11.4m oak table is a unique piece of furniture. The picture below shows the elegant, light and concise design of the finished table in position at the exhibition.

The structural philosophy for this table being that it functions as a tree with a central base “trunk and roots” which supports the main table top “canopy”, with “branches” supporting the spreading canopy.

Visitors can see this in person at the event which is open from Thursday 22 September - Sunday 26 September from 11am to 6pm

designjunction

Victoria House Basement, 37-63 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4DA

MLDE working with Benchmark Furniture for DesignJunction

MLDE have recently been working in collaboration with Benchmark Furniture to create an exciting new table for designjunction, an event to be held as part of London Design Festival and intended to showcase the very best in global design.

Bringing together a stellar line-up of leading UK and international lighting and furniture brands, the event is set to excite, inspire and challenge anyone with a passion for design.

designjunction will be open from Thursday 22 September - Sunday 26 September from 11am to 6pm.

Designjunction
Victoria House Basement
37-63 Southampton Row
LONDON
WC1B 4DA


“ The table will be made from a log that took 6 months to locate. It is the longest planked oak log that any of Benchmark’s sources in the timber trade has ever known. To machine the log, Benchmark has had to cut holes through the walls on either side of the workshop. It might be expected that a table of these proportions would need a substantial under frame but this table will deliver long, clean lines with minimal interference from the under structure as a result of an inventive design and intelligent use of materials.”

The relationship between the two parties goes back several years with MLDE acting as Structural Engineer for Benchmarks Offices in Kintbury in 2003. The project involved utilising the exiting roof space and Structure and inserting a very lightweight structure to allow the conversion of the loft space with minimal disruption.