Latest LASSCO News
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24 June 2019
Runners Report: Lost Everyman House Cladding Recovered
Wavy, pink, white brass A LASSCO architectural salvage runner has revealed to us that he has in his possession a shining example of London’s Modernist past that was believed to be lost over a decade ago. The complete facade, excluding Swedish Black granite, made up Gainsborough and Everyman House. The reclaimed material in question...
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12 June 2019
A Glorious Revolution: The Wheelergate Ceiling
In 1998 “Salvo News”, the trade newspaper for the Architectural Salvage trade, ran a small piece detailing the plight of a very old chopped-up plaster ceiling – stacked in the stables of a house in Derbyshire. Peter Hone, these days LASSCO’s consultant Plaster Caster, who has never been able to resist any such opportunity, leapt...
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11 June 2019
SALON WEDNESDAY’S, 12th JUNE: Decorative Plasterwork, Yesterday and Today
Join Simon Willcox of Locker & Riley as they analyse the detailed work that goes into this historic architectural practise. Decorative Plasterwork – Yesterday and Today.
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23 May 2019
The Brutalist Extension
All images courtesy of David Barbour and Dwell Magazine. Shock of the New Adapting period buildings to meet the demands of modern life is always going to require a delicate touch. The vexed question of the most sympathetic way in which to manage the development of historic buildings divides the architectural world in...
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22 May 2019
Spring Bank Holiday Monday
Monday the 27th of May is Spring Bank Holiday in the UK. Our opening hours are as follows: LASSCO Three Pigeons – Oxfordshire Saturday 25th May: Open as usual 9am to 5pm Sunday 26th May: Closed as usual Bank Holiday Monday 27th May: Closed LASSCO Brunswick House – Vauxhall Saturday 25th...
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13 May 2019
The Vauxhall Grand Regatta
As so often here at Brunswick House, an upcoming event of ineffable modernity reminds us of things past – usually more decorous.
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10 May 2019
SALON WEDNESDAYS, 15TH MAY: Illuminate the past
Credit: Richard Cave Harry Triggs andAndrew Molyneux of TM Lighting: Modern Lighting Techniques in Heritage Settings
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5 April 2019
Revolutionary Re-Used Tiles
First seen at Venice Biennale 2018 Barely four years ago architectural collective Assemble scooped the Turner prize by blurring the boundaries between Art and Architecture. In that time they have developed a cohesive style and output defined by reuse, experimentation and a fresh take on conventional manufacturing practices that has resulted in radical new...
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22 March 2019
Marbled Opulence at Every Price Point
Marble has long been synonymous with opulent interiors however incorporating antique marble into your home needn’t break the bank.
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12 March 2019
Salon Wednesdays, 13th March: How to use Colour the old-fashioned way
Join the paint expert and interior designer, Edward Bulmer at Brunswick House this Wednesday 13th March, where he will give an enlightening talk on what constitutes traditional colour, its uses and the benefits of getting it right.
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19 February 2019
Golden Globes: Oscar winners
At LASSCO Three Pigeons we’ve had all kinds of fun this month salvaging “sectional bookcases” from the library of a Surrey-based Architectural Historian. Over the years, his library had got so out of control that the light-switch could only be reached by threading a broomstick through one of the many teetering mountains of architectural tomes....
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13 February 2019
Salon Wednesday, 20th Feb: Paint in a Nutshell
Final tickets are available for our second Salon Wednesday of the Year taking place on the 20th of February 2019. Author and historic paint consultant Patrick Baty provides a colourful look at how to go bold with paint in period homes while respecting the past.