House and Garden November 2021

MERLIN LABRON-JOHNSON / CHEF Never very academic, Merlin spent his school years in the kitchen helping the cooks to prepare lunches for his fellow students. From then on, he was obsessed with the idea of becoming a chef and gained experience in France, Belgium and Switzerland. He credits the time he spent cooking rustic food in rural France as being the most influential in his approach to food. Today, Merlin is known for his successful UK restaurants – he headed up the kitchen at Michelin-starred Portland, before moving from London to Somerset and opening Osip and, more recently, The Old Pharmacy in Bruton. In this issue, he shares some favourite seasonal recipes (from page 253) with a focus on West Country ingredients. What is the single ingredient always worth investing in? ‘Olive…

It’s another big issue, which the brilliant House & Garden team has been working fantastically hard on, and we are thrilled to present our annual list of the Top 100 Interior Designers and Architects (from page 35) and Top 50 Garden Designers (from page 83). Each year, the Top 100 takes a huge amount of research, deliberation and discussion. This year, you will notice that we have included architects. Although we have always featured a few architectural practices with a strong interiors focus, we feel that the new list is more reflective of the magazine and more helpful to readers. It has meant tough decisions, as we’ve had to make space for some new names. These lists are still lacking in the diversity we hope for, but it is something we…

IN ASSOCIATION WITH IN ASSOCIATION WITH A Adam Architecture Adam Bray Alidad Alison Brooks Architects ADAM ARCHITECTURE NEW ENTRY 2021 A large firm with offices in London and Winchester, Adam Architecture specialises in newbuild country houses in the classical idiom, and is also known for its expertise in the restoration and reconfiguration of period properties. Its directors are leading classical architects, each bringing their own take to the projects they work on, whether a grand country house or a cottage orné extension. adamarchitecture.com ADAM BRAY Many designers have more strings to their bows than just their interior design practices and Adam Bray is among their number. His antique shop in Camden is filled with ‘all sorts of things from all sorts of periods’, and Adam has recently launched the smartest of striped wallpapers with Hamilton Weston. His projects…

Adam Architecture Adam Bray Alidad Alison Brooks Architects Bath Conservation Architects Beata Heuman Ben Pentreath Bentheim Berdoulat Brandon Schubert Bryan O’Sullivan Studio BWT London Carden Cunietti Caroline Holdaway Charlotte Crosland Chester Jones Clare Gaskin Interiors Colin Orchard David Mlinaric De Rosee Sa Douglas Mackie Edward Bulmer Edward Hurst Eldridge Architects Featherstone Young Architects Fleming Architects & Partners Flora Soames Found Associates Francis Sultana Fran Hickman Design & Interiors Gavin Houghton Guy Goodfellow Hackett Holland Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay Hubert Zandberg Interiors Hugh Leslie James Gorst Architects Janine Stone & Co Joanna Plant Joanna Wood John McCall John Minshaw Designs John Pawson Jonathan Tuckey Design JR Design K&H Design Kate Guinness Design Kit Kemp Design Studio Maddux Creative Martin Brudnizki Design Studio Martin Hulbert Design Max Rollitt McLean Quinlan Melissa Wyndham Michaelis Boyd Mlinaric, Henry and Zervudachi Niall McLaughlin Architects Nicky Haslam Studio Nicola Harding & Co Nina Campbell Olivia Outred Paolo Moschino for Nicholas Haslam Penny Morrison Peter Mikic Ptolemy Dean Rabih Hage Rachel Chudley Retrouvius Design Richard Parr Associates Rita Konig Robert Kime Rose Uniacke Rui Ribeiro Studio Salvesen Graham Samantha Todhunter Sarah Delaney Design Sarah Stewart-Smith Seth Stein Architects Shalini Misra Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler Sims Hilditch Studio Ashby Studio Duggan Studio QD Studio Reed Susie Atkinson Suzy Hoodless Taylor Howes Thomas Croft Thurstan Design Todhunter Earle Turner Pocock Vanrenen GW…

Acres Wild Alasdair Cameron Alistair W Baldwin Andy Sturgeon Angela Collins Ann-Marie Powell Arabella Lennox-Boyd Arne Maynard Balston Agius Bunny Guinness Butter Wakefield Charlotte Rowe Chris Beardshaw Design Chris Moss Cleve West Dan Pearson Del Buono Gazerwitz Emily Erlam George Carter Harris Bugg Helen Elks-Smith Isabel & Julian Bannerman James Alexander-Sinclair Jane Brockbank Jane Brown Jinny Blom Joe Swift John Davies Jo Thompson Julie Toll Juliet Sargeant Kim Wilkie Luciano Giubbilei Marcus Barnett Studio Marian Boswall Matthew Wilson Gardens Matt Keightley Mazzullo + Russell McWilliam Studio Pip Morrison Robert Myers Rupert Golby Sarah Price Landscapes Tania Compton Thomas Hoblyn Tim Rees Todd Longstaffe-Gowan Tom Stuart-Smith Urquhart & Hunt Xa Tollemache…

IN ASSOCIATION WITH A to B Acres Wild Alasdair Cameron Alistair W Baldwin Andy Sturgeon Angela Collins Ann-Marie Powell Arabella Lennox-Boyd Arne Maynard Balston Agius Bunny Guinness Butter Wakefield ACRES WILD Debbie Roberts and Ian Smith, working together as Acres Wild, produce beautifully crafted gardens with a sense of place. ‘We specialise in the planning of larger country gardens, organising the spaces, routeways and destinations into a cohesive composition that works for the house and the wider landscape,’ explains Debbie. The majority of their clients are based in the South East and choose this creative duo for their trademark blend of modern elements and traditional values. acreswild.co.uk ALASDAIR CAMERON With more than 30 years of experience, Alasdair Cameron heads up a talented team that designs, builds and maintains stylish gardens all round the country: ‘We aim…