Taner’s Sons – Mark’s Skybar, London

M’Arks Sky Bar is a lounge, bar, roof-terrace and co-workplace in southeast suburban London, cantilevered over the high street. It is designed as a place to share, have coffee and catch-up and work from during the day. Yet as dusk sets in, it becomes ‘rich & dark’ giving way to intimate settings for partying. A melting pot for locals looking to escape the monotony of the high street. 

 Taner’s Sons’ design concept was based around intimacy, fluidity, and memorability. This influenced the organic form of the bar, the rose-gold sculptures behind the bar (which conceal the rainwater pipes) as well as custom halo lighting, attracting people on street level. Their homage to the adjacent Eltham Palace comes in the form of walnut veneer wall panelling which envelope the bar and conceal services. The overall palette evokes a sense of comfort, nostalgy and brightness allowing guests to easily touchdown and work but at the same time allows for the transition into air of opulence through mood lighting when its dark.