London · Est. 2005
Helios House
An apartment inside the restored Television Centre, organised around concentric rings that follow the building's curve and the Helios statue at its centre.
Following the curve.
Television Centre — the former BBC headquarters at White City — was redeveloped as housing, and Helios House occupies a section of the original curved plan, looking onto the Helios statue at the centre of the ring.
We set the internal walls and brass flooring trim along concentric arcs that pick up the radii of the building, so the apartment reads as part of the larger geometry rather than fighting against it. The plan opens to the terrace and the central courtyard; perforated screens filter the south light and keep some privacy from the neighbours.
Inside, brass is the recurring detail — flooring trim, inlays, fittings — and the materials around it stay quiet so the brass takes the light. Awarded a RIBA National Award in 2019.
"Brass is the through line. Every other surface is set up to let it pick up the light."
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