location: Borough Market

type: Salon

services: Structural Engineering Design

credits: Architecture by Unknown Works, Photos by Henry Woide,

As featured in The Architect’s Journal, World of Interiors, Visual Atelier 8 and more.

SALT Salon’s new Borough premises comprised the transformation of a Victorian storehouse in London's historic Borough Market into a highly crafted multi functional environment. SALT Salon Borough is both a state-of-the-art salon and a vibrant cultural space. Taking over three levels of the listed brick building, each space has a distinct function and identity.

The second floor houses an open-plan 'Cutting Floor' with the inclusion of walk on structural glass, framed within the existing floor build up, creates visual connectivity between the entrance level and the Cutting Floor above. ​

The 'Colour Floor' on the top level features a suspended, half-tonne sculptural mirror workstation hung from the original timber rafters. Crafted from ultra-bright stainless steel, and hung via ultra thin high tensile steel cables, it acts as both a reflective surface and a diffuser.