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McLaren.Excell

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About

McLaren.Excell are an award winning design-led architecture and interiors practice based in Central London.

The practice is co-directed by Luke McLaren and Robert Excell, working primarily on private residential and commercial projects. We love what we do and invest great energy in delivering projects which are beautifully conceived and finely crafted. We respond to our clients’ needs by designing projects in a very intimate and hands-on way, collaborating with people that we know and trust.

Established in 2010, the practice has taken on a diverse range of work in a short time, steadily building a reputation for producing buildings which have a calm authority and finely nuanced sense of place. Our studio has become a place of continual investigation into how we can develop our original ideas into a built reality and this process is driven by our genuine passion for good design.

Successful buildings are not solely the result of good architects; a good client relationship is central to both the philosophy and success of our practice. We believe that an enjoyable working relationship is critical for any project to achieve its potential. We approach every project on its own terms and treat every commission as an on-going conversation with our client – to which we bring our experience, not our preconceptions. We are realistic from the outset and make sure that the brief and project budget are continually managed in tandem.

We realise that for most people, the development of a building is one of the biggest investments they will make in their lifetime; we are mindful of this, and for us it is important that our clients feel fully involved throughout the process.

Recent Awards

British Home Awards 2022 – Architect of the Year

British Home Awards 2022 – Home Transformation of the Year

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Contact

T: 02035980673
E: [email protected]

Directors

Luke McLaren & Rob Excell

Locations

London Studio
Chelsea Reach
Unit R1, 4th Floor
79-89 Lots Road
SW100RN
London, UK

Featured Projects

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McLarenExcell portrait 3

Petersfield House

Previously extended in the 20th Century, Petersfield House has been hampered by a tight plan that failed to capitalise on its tall ceilings and views out on to its intimate garden. The proposal therefore centred around opening this central core of the house to the grand living room to the rear and new kitchen to the side. Full height apertures between rooms break down the traditional Victorian partitions, allowing a more connected plan suitable for modern living.

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Photos: Simone Bossi

samsung office space in light oak and black contrast by mclaren excell

samsung office space in light oak with curtain partition by mclaren excell

Samsung

This human-inspired, minimalistic space sits at the crossroads of the vibrant City and the dynamism of Shoreditch. McLaren Excell were taken on board to develop a scheme which sought to re-define the working environment and design a space more attuned with the way Samsung Design Europe work and think. The project was developed with a clear brief to place forward thinking and unexpectedly personal design at the forefront of their approach.

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Photos: Lorenzo Zandri

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McLarenExcell portrait 3

The Splash Lab Clerkenwell

After the success of The Splash Lab flagship showroom in LA, McLaren Excell was once again appointed to design their London showroom. The space needed to showcase The Splash Lab’s products, but it was equally important to create a space that echoed with the brands principals – emphasis on high quality and inventive design, the importance of materiality, and how these can positively contribute to the consumer experience.

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Photos: Lorenzo Zandri

underwood light oak staircase by mclaren excell

underwood light oak flooring and wardrobe custom storage system by mclaren excell

Underwood

Set in an area of outstanding beauty, Underwood required a gentle hand to manage the sprawling series of volumes that had been built around the original home over the years. Unusually for one of our projects, the clients had no need for additional space, but required an audacious and innovative approach to the existing arrangement of tight corridors, pokey rooms and incongruous programme.

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Photos: Simone Bossi

brick barns black metal and concrete kitchen with black tap by mclaren excell

brick barns black metal fireplace with concrete flooring by mclaren excell

Brick Barns

Simple, resilient and robust materials were chosen to compliment the agricultural origins of the building, with a muted palette befitting the whitewashed floor structure. Black steel has been used for the kitchen, staircase and fireplaces – a raw and burnished finish to sit alongside the cast iron windows and glazed brickwork.

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Photos: Simone Bossi

islington house dining room with concrete floor and skylight by mclaren excell

islington house dining room with custom table and concrete bench by mclaren excell

Islington House

Islington House is a grade II listed Georgian town house which features a monumental split level insitu concrete rear extension. The double skinned fair-faced concrete extension has been extruded internally to form the major structural support for the existing first floor outrigger above. The concrete seamlessly transitions from the structure into furniture and then into the floor finish, creating an effortless cohesive architectural language.

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Photos: Rory Gardiner

lower mill concrete flooring and staircase with custom metal black hand rail by mclaren excell

lower mill metal black kitchen in renovate barn light oak floor

Lower Mill

The light industrial origins of the building became our single most important preoccupation and our decision process drew on these humble origins – like the mill itself, our work had to be simple, functional and honest. Raw plate steel was chosen as the primary material presence throughout the original mill, having a clear sensibility with the cast iron axles and cogs of the machinery and the workmanlike nature of the building’s structure.

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Photos: Thomas Seear Budd

kew house kitchen view of window onto garden with geometric ceiling and concrete flooring by mclaren excell

kew house exterior rear view of extension and black and light brick facade by mclaren excell

Kew House

The project principally involved the building of a rear extension, comprising of two chamfered forms nestling together. Externally, the extension sits in sharp contrast to the background of the painted-out rear façade of the original house – standing proud and distinct, with walls of pale and pitted masonry bedded down on lime mortar applied roughly and heavily brushed across the brick face.

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Photos: Simone Bossi

downshire hill concrete hallway fully grey by mclaren excell

downshire hill garden view of copper outer facade with windows and flowers

Downshire Hill

Our approach to the building had to be mindful to the sensitivity surrounding its Listing, whilst achieving an increase in floor area and the wholesale re-furbishment of the property for a family. The historic development to one side of the house during the twentieth century created a clear opportunity to develop a scheme of two halves: one side requiring the careful restoration of a well-preserved Regency house, with the other side allowing us to design free from the restrictions of the Listed Building status.

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Photos: Simone Bossi

the splash lab la white brick and black metal table showroom by mclaren excell

the splash lab la white brick and black metal able showroom by mclaren excell

The Splash Lab LA

The outline scope of the brief was to create The Splash Labs US flagship showroom within a 1930’s factory unit. The Splash Lab wanted to create something unique that resonated with their passion for design, experience and exploration. They were, however, open minded as to how this intent might be communicated as a work of architecture.

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Photos: Jason Rueger

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