Latest LASSCO News
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18 March 2014
Architectural origami
The Saw Swee Hock Student Centre (SAW), the London School of Economics’ ( LSE) latest landmark building, is the first new building it has commissioned in over 40 years. SAW’s dramatic sculptural form and unusual perforated brick façade, designed by Irish architect O’Donnell + Tuomey has been garnering praise from students, staff and architecture critics alike since opening earlier...
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17 March 2014
London’s Evening Standard magazine profiles Adrian Amos,
Adrian Amos, owns architectural salvage company LASSCO. The company’s headquarters, an 18th-century villa overlooking Vauxhall roundabout, was once the seat of the Duke of Brunswick but today it houses everything from salvaged crystal chandeliers and radiators to Victorian hooks and handles. It’s also next door to chef Jackson Boxer’s first venture, the Brunswick...
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14 March 2014
Dr Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, 1944-2014
We are shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Dr Edward Haughey, Lord Ballyedmond in a helicopter crash yesterday near his home in Norfolk. Dr Haughey was a regular LASSCO customer – a rubicund and congenial latter-day Hearst he would fall upon our most grandiloquent stock in the manner that might be expected...
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7 March 2014
Taxidermy at LASSCO
If you listened to You & Yours on Radio 4 yesterday ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01tds04) your interest in taxidermy may have been stimulated. Here’s a selection of some of the taxidermy for sale this w/e at LASSCO shops.
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3 March 2014
Homes & Antiques profiles Georgia Dorey,
From April’s H & A magazine, featuring LASSCO Ropewalk and Georgia Dorey who’s set up our new textile department. Words: Alice Hancock Photograph: Lydia Evans
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28 February 2014
A very special concert with Emmanuel Vass, 3rd April 2014.
The South London Concert Series presents a very special concert at a unique London venue. Emmanuel Vass, BBC Music Magazine’s March “rising star”, will give a piano recital with supporting performances from talented amateur pianists from the London Piano Meetup Group on Thursday 3rd April 2014 at LASSCO Brunswick House. The programme includes music...
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25 February 2014
The LASSCO Weekend
LASSCO, renowned for providing the world’s top designers, architects and private clients with an unparalleled range of architectural salvage and curiosity also offers a wide range of food and refreshments at each of our three shops, 7 days a week. Every week-end in Bermondsey, next to LASSCO Ropewalk, Maltby Street Market springs into life. The railway arches bristle...
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18 February 2014
FT puts Bar Tozino as one of the 5 best Spanish hang-outs in London
Congratulations to Noelia and her team. LASSCO Ropewalk fitted out the interior which includes Iroko work tops, reclaimed pine cladding and oak panelling. To get this look please talk to Nick, George or Alec at the Bermondsey shop. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c40f9e88-8ec3-11e3-b6f1-00144feab7de.html#axzz2tcJfvNKr
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7 February 2014
Textiles at Ropewalk
Oilcloth, dogbeds, costume, quilts, haberdashery, rope, damask, moquette, flags & bunting, hessian, lace, linen, hides, prints, rugs, cushions – remnants & reclaimed – all now sold at LASSCO Ropewalk. Aprons (as worn in image below), smocks, cushions and dogbeds made on site by Georgia Dorey (pictured). Most popular items currently are the sailor smocks ( made...
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28 January 2014
Out of Africa – in Bermondsey,
Emily Griffin’s African print cushions are featured in this week’s Hello! magazine. They are currently half price in the LASSCO Ropewalk sale! Grab a bargain before a Hello! reader does. But only until 5pm on Sunday! https://www.lassco.co.uk/african-print-cushions-by-emily-griffin Visit LASSCO Ropewalk and see other cushions made by Emily Griffin for LASSCO.
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24 January 2014
Zagat discovers the best places…
Zagat’s editorial team curates 17 cities worldwide and serves them up in a fun and accessible way so we can enjoy the best the city has to offer. In this instance it has fallen for LASSCO’s Maltby Street Market: ”A Borough Market–like” experience “sans the crush”, this “quirky” and “interesting” “collection” of artisan food, fresh...
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20 January 2014
Mosey on down to Ropewalk
If you mosey on down to Bermondsey you could come away with some Delightful Equine Objects; sourced and lovingly restored by Marc Kitchen-Smith. New stock includes this vintage pressed steel horse. Also, this large painted cowboy panel, or a large horse skull Ye Hah! Or even a piece of vintage gym equipment,