Elle Decoration
The British leather-goods brand has doubled the size of its flagship store to accommodate its complete home collection, which now includes luxe throws. Architect Thomas Bartlett, inspired by classic Georgian style, has incorporated marble floors and nickel accents into the space.
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The Telegraph Luxury
“It’s probably people who enjoy reading books and looking at art and thinking about that side of things.” They have to be sophisticated enough to appreciate Bartlett’s punchy use of colour – one of his projects features a bathroom decked out in Max Lamb’s vibrant Marmoreal terrazzo.
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Elle Decoration UK
Inspired by iconic women and iconic rooms, Tom Bartlett of Waldo Works, known for his high-end residential interiors, was commissioned to re-imagine the personal shopping suite of Selfridges London. “I wanted to give the space a hotel lobby feel, but with more privacy and a sense of immaculate service”.
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Casa Vogue Brasil
Designed by Waldo Works, architectural and design studio, The Laslett Hotel is the fruit of the inspiration of this vibrant cultural heritage and creative spirit, that is still alive in the Notting Hill neighbourhood. The hotel combines its British identity with discoveries and influences from around the world.
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Todays Living Hong Kong
Through the collective experience of founder Tom Bartlett, and partners Sasha von Meister and Andrew Treverton, the studio has grown to be an internationally renowned studio that has its hands in all sorts of projects around the globe.
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Jetset & Lifestyle
Architectural designer Tom Bartlett, founder of Waldo Works, says, “Selfridges asked us to completely remodel the Personal shopping area to create an inviting, yet functional environment, a rarefied experience; a space in which shoppers can relax and indulge themselves”.
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Flair UAE
“We enjoy working on projects that allow us to fully express an individual or brands personality. We have moved people from bachelor ats to family homes, from family homes to pied-à-terres and brands from heritage to a contemporary outlook or back again”.
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AD Russia
The architectural bureau Waldo Works has designed a luxury service area for foreign buyers for one of the most expensive stores in the British capital, in the spirit of the 1920s. The project became part of a large-scale restoration of the Neoclassical five-story building on Oxford Street.
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Alto
The dwellings of Knightsbridge and Mayfair may be awash in a sea of beige and taupe, but not if Waldo Works has had anything to do with it. Since launching in 2000, the London design practice has built a reputation for vibrant, conceptual interiors.
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LSN Global
Tom Bartlett, founder of Waldo Works, the architecture and interiors studio that undertook the project, tells LSN Global. “It needed an international appeal, but also needed to say something unique about London and Selfridges. International shoppers spend a huge amount of time in generic spaces, so we wanted to avoid that at all costs”.
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House & Garden South Africa
Having chosen the property for its outlook – a sensational view of Hyde Park – her only real request was that it wouldn’t be too grown up or serious. Thus Bartlett was presented with an opportunity to do what he does best: cutting-edge design combined with a modern take on traditional comfort.
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Drapers Online
Selfridges has tripled the size of the international service department at its Oxford Street store, adding new features to cater to the needs of tax-free shopping customers. The department store chain said it is looking to continue this growth through a multi-million pound investment in the space, designed by architects Waldo Work.
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Wallpaper
We enlisted Manchester-based creative agency The Neighbourhood, which is already producing 3D models for the resort’s lead architects, Waldo Works. Thanks to Neighbourhood’s mighty server farms and Waldo Works’ imagination, we can safely say that the future is also a foreign country. And we’ve been there.
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ArtInfo
Bartlett, founder of architectural and interior design studio Waldo Works, worked with the company’s board of directors, including Creative Consultant, Samantha Cameron, to give the store a new concept that encompassed all of the brand’s components, from diary and paper, to leather goods, and their bespoke department.
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Shanghai Daily
This stylish Hong Kong apartment in Mid-Levels, designed by architectural and interior design studio Waldo Works, proves it is possible to balance an eye for detail and simple beauty with the practicalities of raising a family. “It has everything we look for in a home”.
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The World of Interiors
A landscape-shaped glimpse of Kensal Rise from fashion producer Camilla Johnson-Hill’s kitchen, photographed by Amanda Elston, March 2010.
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Kensington & Chelsea
Tom Bartlett, interior designer and director of studio Waldo Works, designed Selfridges’ personal shopping area, where those spending a minimum of £2,000 can consult a stylist and try clothes on in luxury surroundings. Tom was inspired by the depth of knowledge the style consultants had and based the rooms around strong women.
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Stylesight
Designed by London architects Waldo Works, Selfridges' new personal shopping area, measuring at over 5000 sq ft. of elegant interiors and inviting dressing rooms, is every shopper's dream. Incorporating an exclusive drawing room, bar, library and multiple dressing rooms and suites, focus lies on privacy, exclusivity, and comfort.
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WWD
Storied London department store Fortnum & Mason unveiled its new beauty hall this week, a tranquil, 7,000-square-foot space designed by London firm Waldo Works as a modern take on a Georgian ladies’ salon.
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Interior Design
“When it was designed originally, it was seen as more of a functional service, and now it becomes much more important because the clients are expecting a type of service that you get in a Five Star hotel,” says Tom Bartlett, founder, Waldo Works.
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Independent Hotel Awards
Recognising the passion of independently spirited hoteliers who drive our sector forward with their creativity and wisdom, together with new businesses; bringing true innovation and coveted ideas around guest experience and business efficiency, the Independent Hotel Show Awards champion all that make independent hotels such amazing places to stay.
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Durrah Magazine
The name Smythson embodies the true essence British style and etiquette. After a complete redesign from Waldo Works the flagship store on New Bond Street in London now screams heritage perfectly mixed with modernity.
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Design Boom
London-based interior design and architecture studio Waldo Works has redesigned Selfridges’ personal shopping experience, wanting to offer a private feel, but still have the atmosphere of a cool club. The central area of the new interior is home to a bar, drawing room and library.
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The World of Interiors
What Jaggers calls the backbone of the architecture is designed by her great friend Tom Bartlett of Waldo Works, who also refurbished Garrads Albemarle Street flagship store. In a three-year collaboration, Bartlett and Jagger have remained true to the spartan, rustic character of the farmhouse whole introducing Maughamesque glamour and Sixties futuristic touches.
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House & Garden Top 100
Tom Bartlett studied architecture at Manchester University and the Bartlett School of Architecture, and set up Waldo Works in 2000. His W10-based design practice, comprising 10 architects and designers, specialises in modern interiors. Bartlett says, “we are known for bespoke interiors that are current, but we have an eye for history.”
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Interior Beauté
A stunning selection of art and design books is the focal point of the elegant Library room. Organized according to color, from canary yellow to luminous pink, the impressive book collection is displayed on a floor-to-ceiling minimalist steel bookshelf.
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Elle Decoration Directory
Tom Barlett, founder of Waldo Works says “my USP is decorative within crisp architectural lines. We are an architecture and interior design agency, so we cover everything from piping systems to the piping on your cushions! My dream project would be to redesign British Airways’ customers lounges and hospitality areas.”
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Alto
How does one put flesh on the bones of an empty, white-walled shell – a space that tops 24 storeys of soaring Richard Rogers architecture – to create a real, living, breathing home? That was the lofty challenge facing the design talent at Waldo Works, the London based architectural and design studio that landed the contract to transform the interior of this extraordinary space.
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Selfridges
London based architectural and design studio Waldo Works creates engaging design concepts and livable environments. Connected to the heritage of a place, be it architecture, former use, or materiality, the studio is very much tied into the present.
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Artravel
Re-opening his main store on New Bond Street, English Smythson has a change of face: a metamorphosis orchestrated by Waldo Works agency, diaries and accessories in coloured leather are discovered in a universe that evokes so many notebooks of contemporary travels.
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Elle Decoration
Interior designer Tom Bartlett's vast warehouse oozes urban cool. By day it's an inspiring place for work, but dim the lights at night and it's the perfect pad for swanky soirées with his rock chic mates...
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Evening Standard
Tom Bartlett founded his Clerkenwell-based architectural and interior design studio, Waldo Works, 11 years ago. Its major projects include Neo Bankside, the beauty floor at Fortnum & Mason, and Selfridges' international customer services lounge.
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Lifestyle Etc.
Tom Bartlett founded Waldo Works Studio (named after his first home, a converted spice warehouse in west London) with interior designer Sasha von Meister and architect Andrew Treverton in 2000, quickly forging a reputation for luxe, lush and deeply comforting functional interiors much loved by the likes of Jade Jagger and Cara Delevingne.
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Architectural Digest
It's all very cool and very Cara. Though without question, the pièce de résistance is the master bath, wrapped in a cloudscape by British muralist Sarah Hocombe. There couldn't be a more fitting metaphor for someone who literally spends much of her time in the lower stratosphere.
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Design Anthology
The project's key inspirations were Japanese joinery and Scandinavian craft. Central to the space is a raw steamed birch 'spine' with bronze detailing that acts as the warm heart of the residence, says Bartlett.
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Harpers Bazaar UK
Designed by Waldo Works, the emphasis of the environment is on celebrating the art of beauty and fragrance. It includes a hand-painted screen featuring an illustration by Edward Bawden.
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Yellowtrace
Selfridges opens up a new Customer Services space catering to the needs of tax-free shopping customers. Designed by London-based studio Waldo Works, the space houses the new Tax Refund Lounge, two Tax Free Halls, several VIP areas accommodating the requirements of high-net-wroth individuals, VIP’s and visiting shopping tour groups.
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Sleeper
“How would you define you signature style?” Strong on colour and texture. And most of our furniture and joinery is made in the studio, right down to the screw heads. If we buy any furniture, we usually reupholster it.
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Sunday Telegraph
On the surface Bartlett’s home, a converted factory in north-west London, is a classic modernist territory with careful architectural ‘insertions’ that make a distinction between the existing building and modern additions.
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The World of Interiors
“I put together a research file of inspirations and ideas,” she says, “but Tom taught me to consider the psychology of the space: the importance of good architecture in moving you round the space, and living in it rather than just looking at it”.
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World Interior News Awards
A multi-million pound investment designed by Waldo Works, the Customer Services Lounge offers a range of services including currency exchange, cash withdrawals, tax refunds, coat check, theatre booking and a central information desk, and a dedicated VIP area in an environment of ‘cool luxury’.
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Corriere Delle Sera Italy
An exceptional location for the new penthouse apartment designed by Waldo Works enclosed between the glass walls of the last building signed by Rogers Stirk Harbor + Partners in London. The NEO Bankside complex sits on the south bank of the Thames and consists of six apartment buildings near the Tate Modern.
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AD Mexico
On the ground floor, The Laslett is much more than a lobby, guests can enjoy a multifunctional space: coffee shop, bar-kitchen, gallery (where the work of local artists and photographers is presented). Designed by Waldo Works, the interior design fuses British aesthetics with influences from all over the world.
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The Telegraph Luxury
Bartlett dislikes the ‘blingy’ show home look that so many favour. “We’re not really interested in that wanting-to-look-rich thing. We like to work with developers who are looking for another place in the market, who need residential interiors that will have a huge point of difference.”
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House & Garden UK
Formed by turning four adjoining flats into a single living space, this North London conversion is filled with its owners’ impressive collection of art and contemporary ceramics, much of which was bought to suit the restrained, modern interior.
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Hospitality Interiors
In the design, architectural and interior design studio Waldo Works cleverly walks the line between hip and homely, celebrating the characters and eclectic heritage of Nothing Hill.
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Perspective
The brief given to Waldo Works was to instil a heightened sense of cool luxury within the new department. The refurbishment work has reinstated the architectural infrastructure and, within this, created a series of wide-open halls which amplify the grand scale of the space.
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The Hotel Culture
“I love the way Selfridges opens itself to a wider culture outside of retail. We find this approach to really defining an imagined individual strengthens our personal approach to designing hotels, which has always been fuelled under the premise that hospitality and residential design should have the same approach.”
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OnOffice
One of London’s most talked-about new lodgings swims against the current of mainstream hotel design, avoiding identikit rooms and ostentatious shared space. Instead its interior, by London-based firm Waldo Works, is more akin to a very stylish friend’s home, designed to give guests a more personal experience.
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Boutique Hotelier
If a redesign is on the agenda for your hotel in 2016, then you’ll need to make sure it’s planned down to the finest detail from the windows to the walls. Tom Bartlett, founder of Waldo Works explains how to guarantee your redesign is seamless from planning to completion.
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Country & Townhouse
“At Waldo Works Studio we are known for our contemporary approach to design and graphic clarity. However, we also often work on listed historic houses. The fact that we like to make our approach very sensitive to place allows us to bridge both worlds successfully.”
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New York Times
Tom Barlett’s Waldo Works. Inside, a calming charcoal palette in the 51 guest rooms (including 8 suites) is offset by colorful, shoppable works by local artists and curios sourced by the antiques veteran Jerome Dodd of Les Couilles du Chien on the nearby Golborne Road.
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AD Russia
The Waldo Works Architectural Office is witty to all projects and skillfully creates a home. The situation is also in the contemporary interior.
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Hong Kong Tatler Homes
Making use of the penthouse’s high ceilings and spacious 3,500-square-foot interiors, design firm Waldo Works has created “the ultimate country house in the sky” that features an expansive, galleried reception room and two winter gardens. The four-bedroom home boasts views of St Paul’s Cathedral.
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Sleeper
Designers Waldo Works have combined modern British furniture designs with quirky, vintage finds that look like they could have been purchased at nearby Portobello Road Market. For inspiration, the plundered the archive of influential style magazine The Face, which documented the multicultural identity of 1980s Notting Hill.
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House & Garden UK
While the house’s interior was now pleasingly clean-lined, Georgy and Maria, who have a baby daughter, Ava Sophia, felt it needed more character. Enter interior design firm Waldo Works, “The Architecture was impressive, but we wanted Georgy and Maria to move into a house that reflected their personality”.
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Vedomosti Russia
One of the most interesting British architectural design studios already marked by many significant projects in London. Numerous projects that Waldo is currently working on clearly show the interest that their style evokes – it consists of a careful selection of valuable materials, calligraphic use of light and colours and expressive interpretation of the history of each of the spaces.
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Conde Nast Traveler Hot List
Inside the repurposed Victorian townhouse, thoughtful local touches – antique curios from Notting Hill dealer Jerome Dodd, Neal's Yard bath products, beat-up old Penguin paper backs on the bedside table – give it an appropriately home-style feel, while, should you choose to come out from under the cloud-like duvets, both Hyde Park and the neighborhood's excellent pubs and boutiques are right outside the 19th-century doors.
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Interior Design USA
How would you define your signature? “Strong on colour and texture. And most of our furniture and joinery is made in the studio, right down to the screw heads. If we buy any furniture we usually reupholster it.” Tom Bartlett, founder of Waldo Works.
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1st Dibs
Waldo Works seamlessly integrate architecture and interiors. Working across private residential and commercial projects, the studio creates engaging design concepts and liveable environments. The studio look to create the physical embodiment of person or brand, they hope to fulfil both practical and emotional needs, and try to create places with a resonance and opinion.
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The World of Interiors
Waldo Works’ founder Tom Bartlett developed contrasting themes for his redesign of a West London villa. Formal clarity – evident in high-backed sofa, clean lines and a toned down palette – is counterposed with jazzier notes that play on the Memphis aesthetic.
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Premier Construction
“We worked on creating a design that celebrated some of the areas identity like market eclecticism, old buildings and new ideas, carnival and street culture in a very broad way. From there we had a strong idea of what we wanted”
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AD Russia
The London Architectural Bureau and design studio Waldo Works is known for its ability to connect design with wit in modern British projects. They intentionally use this word to describe their projects, because this quality, in their opinion, helps you seamlessly integrate the interiors of the house in the surrounding.
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Interior Beauté
This street full of top brand flagship stores all over the world, Smythson's new store chooses grey as the main tone, contrasting with rich brand features of colourful leather products, a large area of arc-shaped glass, abundant light, distributing the clear and bright atmosphere inviting customers to enter, and still adhering to traditional craftsmen dedicated to the details.
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Interior Design Magazine
Architect Tom Bartlett of Waldo Works was hired to design a London flagship that would reestablish the venerable Garrad as a luxury brand under the supervision of creative director Jade Jagger. The two-story 3,580-square-foot interior had to be suitable for Garrard's traditional aristocratic clientele and a flashier, 21st-century breed of royalty.
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New York Times
Jade Jagger, the 34-year-old daughter of Mick and Bianca and the creative director of the British jewellery house Garrard, has teamed up with the London-based interior designer Tom Bartlett and Yoo, a residential development company headed by John Hitchcox and the designer Philippe Starck, to adapt her bohemian-meets-rock-and-roll style to new apartments in Chelsea.
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