Aesop Bath | JAMESPLUMB
Bath / United Kingdom / 2018
Aesop’s first store in Bath, designed in collaboration with JamesPlumb, is an homage to the city’s materiality, history, and sensibility. An olive-painted Georgian façade beckons; a floor of Pamment tiles, reclaimed from a nearby chapel, holds the memory congregational footfall. The building has been stripped back: a covered-over fireplace, a hidden staircase, and a dilapidated column have been retained and repaired.
Bath stone fragments, found in the basement of the five-storey terrace, have been tenderly archived in the space. Steel pegs support stone shelving, punctuating, ordering. The basins and counters are sculpted from the same stone, stacked on lime-rendered brick supports.
Upstairs, a hidden layer of domesticity emanates from a glowing library. A space of purposeful stillness. Clients can explore and select from a complete range of skin, hair and body care products, distinguished by botanical and laboratory-generated ingredients of the highest quality. The store’s trained consultants are able to offer advice about products best suited to individual needs.
Aesop’s first store in Bath, designed in collaboration with JamesPlumb, is an homage to the city’s materiality, history, and sensibility. An olive-painted Georgian façade beckons; a floor of Pamment tiles, reclaimed from a nearby chapel, holds the memory congregational footfall. The building has been stripped back: a covered-over fireplace, a hidden staircase, and a dilapidated column have been retained and repaired.Bath stone fragments, found in the...
- Year 2018
- Work finished in 2018
- Status Completed works
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