The Landseer

The Landseer is a luxury residential development overlooking Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood. KSR Architects & Interior Designers arranged 131 mixed-tenure homes across three distinctive glass-and-steel buildings, each oriented in response to its setting.

At the centre is a 10-storey tower on St John's Wood Road, holding 16 generously proportioned apartments. Two lower-rise blocks behind it step down to the scale of the existing buildings on Lodge Road and hold a mix of private and affordable apartments, their contemporary facades softened by slatted timber screens that bring warmth and movement to the individual terraces.

KSR's concept ran all the way through the development, taking in the interiors and the sales and marketing suite. A palette of natural stone, rich wood and autumnal tones is set against the crisp lines of the architecture across the residents' areas and apartments. At the base of the tower, a residents' lounge and the access point for a five-star concierge service frame views of the stadium's arched colonnade across St John's Wood Road, with a club room set to the rear. Above, apartments with floor-to-ceiling windows gain progressively better views of the ground as they rise. Two duplex penthouses crown the tower, each designed with match day in mind, with its own terrace, dining room and master bedroom looking directly over the pitch. A further penthouse tops the south-facing Lodge Road building, with a terrace and hot tub taking in wide views of the city, and shared roof gardens add a secluded counterpoint to the tree-lined avenues of nearby Regent's Park.

Out of season, residents have a private subterranean entertainment suite: a spa and gym, a bar and games rooms finished in dark wood and stone, and a cinema. A further lounge sits alongside a 103-capacity parking garage with an automated car stacker that maximises space.

The site posed a significant technical challenge. Arterial power cables run through tunnels beneath it, carrying mains electricity to north-west London, and these had to be protected and built around. Working with Arup and Revit modelling, the team negotiated the infrastructure and fitted a double basement that houses both the leisure facilities and the parking, securing planning permission. The Landseer occupies a rare undeveloped plot between KSR's Pavilion Apartments and a 1960s housing scheme, and its planning consent in 2013 marked a landmark moment in the site's conversion from semi-industrial to residential use.

Architecture and interiors by KSR Architects & Interior Designers.