/ 01CommercialCompleted
Celestine & Co.
A law firm reimagined
Plate I — Celestine & Co.Photograph · Marin Ellis
Location
Mumbai, India
Year
2024
Area
980 sqm
Client
Celestine & Co. Solicitors
/ 02The brief
We worked with a 140-year-old firm to design a workspace that signals both gravitas and warmth — paneled libraries, deep-set leather sofas, and a private dining room for client entertaining.
/ 03The response
A 19th-century Mayfair townhouse transformed into a quietly authoritative workplace.
The design centres on a quiet procession of rooms, each with its own material vocabulary — patinated brass and lime plaster in the entrance; deep emerald and oak in the library; calacatta viola marble and hand-loomed linen in the dining room. We worked closely with the client over eighteen months, and with a team of craftspeople drawn from our long-standing network of workshops.
/ 04Materials
The palette
Ink
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Emerald
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Bone
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Selected materials
- / 01Walnut paneling
- / 02Hand-stitched leather
- / 03Herdwick wool
/ 05Credits
Lead Designer
Iris Halverson
Joinery
Benson & Hale