I’ve always been interested in designing a hotel but felt I wanted to wait for the right opportunity. My first hotel and private member’s club project, The Twenty Two is a collaboration with the unique and singular vision of Navid Mirtorabi. My love for colour and materiality has met with Navid’s vision for a hotel which is a hideaway for the creatives and curious at heart who pass through Mayfair.

The Grosvenor Square site is reminiscent of a Parisian building and this is what informed the design inspiration for the interiors; we chose to mix 18th century classical French with a modern twist. I visited Chateau de Malmaison , home of Joséphine Bonaparte and I also looked to Christian Dior’s opulent Parisian apartment. In particular, the black and white cabochon marble floor in the lobby was influenced by the classical elegance of the French Empire.