Sitting above an ancient water course, Lower Mill is McLaren.Excell’s timeless and sympathetic conversion of a late eighteenth century water mill; an architectural exercise in both preservation, restoration and endurance. “There’s nothing that will date about the quality of a space – that is a timeless thing.”
WATCH FILMDesign is often associated with just form. A vehicle for something aesthetically pleasing or purely functional and the interaction with the human aspect is considered the final step. Award-winning British designer Ilse Crawford couldn’t disagree anymore and proves this idea incorrect: ‘Before design, there is empathy. Without it, there is no good design’.
WATCH FILMWe created six stories that look at VOLA and what makes
it what it is today. Often imitated but never matched.
VOLA is The Original.
