Bere Admin July 27th, 2003

In the Sunday Times on 27 July 2003, Victoria O’Brien said

‘The smoothly sculptural central staircase bears echoes of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and yet the outside is a traditional brick facade spanning the width of three London mews houses.

From the front door looking upwards, you have no concept of the glass roofing inside, the airy head heights and loft-style open-plan interior. What was an unpromising, wedge-shaped 1,500sqft site, has been transformed into 3,000sqft of modernist, museum-quality living space, including an outside terrace next to a glass-walled rotunda, providing a rooftop studio for Michael Ani, who does what every man-child wants to do - he designs cars for a living.

After completing a masters in vehicle design at the Royal College of Art, Ani worked for various car companies around the world, eventually becoming chief exterior designer for Volkswagen Audi in Barcelona. He met Alicia in her native Spain, they married and moved back to England, then he set up his own vehicle design consultancy. Continue Reading »

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