The Trading House Glasgow

Paul Danson November 4, 2015

The Trading House has opened its second in Glasgow.

Harley worked hard on the design, continuing the story of a gentleman traveller who collects antiquities from around the globe, the interior is a grand spectacle of trinkets and peculiar findings in which we find during all our propping visits around the UK and Europe.

The unique designed light fitting chandeliers are a grand statement throughout, The Trading House, making a very grand feature along with the high ceilings & large windows.

Another successful team effort & completed project with Living Ventures & the New World Trading Company.

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Photography by James Brown

Propping For The Trading House Glasgow

Paul Danson October 7, 2015

'Frontier importers and exporters of particular and peculiar eccentricities, curiosities and antiquities.' The Trading House Glasgow, the second to The Trading House Gresham street, is yet another theatrical interior design created by the PDI team.

Propping trips are a fortnightly venture for us, scoping out the weird and wonderful trinkets, taxidermy and vintage furniture. We travel all over the UK and Europe to find the best for our clients projects and set designs.

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Club House Liverpool One

Paul Danson October 5, 2015

PDI's brand new stand alone themed bar and restaurant at Liverpool One is approaching the fit out period now that the building is nearing conclusion with the shell and core stage.

The Club House at Liverpool One, a unique move into another direction in the stand alone bar concepts for client Living Ventures with the interiors, away from The Oast House in Spinningfields, Manchester which has inspired so many others with the use of reclaimed and reused material. PDI is always ahead of its game and looking to seperate themselves from the rest.

The Oast House, Spinningfields From Sketch To Creation

Paul Danson October 2, 2015

Quite a few years back, Mike Ingall of Allied London asked Paul to attend an exhibition at The Royal Academy in London. There was an installation replica of a Yorkshire barn, he said 'This is what I want in Spinningfields, how cool would it be to rent out to law firms?'

Back in Manchester, Paul was briefed to design a new bar/pub and with the exhibition in mind, he knew he just had to relate the design to that, the obvious idea was The Oast House.

Sketched out and designed, architectural model made, the rest was history, Allied London and Living Ventures absolutely loved it. PDI applied their unique set design skills and style to deliver The Oast House, a building people still to this day think Spinningfields has been built around.

In 2014, commissioned to design the new extension for The Oast House, Manchester Building Control asked PDI for an asbestos report on the building before any works could be completed. Pauls response 'I only built this 3 years ago, did you really think it was as old as its meant to!!!' The gentleman, slightly embarrassed (oops!) - The ultimate compliment in our eyes, as even the local authority thought it had been standing since day dot.

The Oast House, as it stands today the epicentre to Spinningfields, Manchester's business district. Proud to have created such a now iconic venue to the architecture of Manchester.

Bespoke Designed Chandeliers For The Trading House Glasgow

Paul Danson September 18, 2015

The magnificent chandeliers, designed by Paul Danson are being positioned into the Trading House in Glasgow, the second one for the New World Trading Company, due to open in 1 week.

The bronze palm chandeliers, created to hang in their organic form in a luxurious trading hall or palm court interior. Paul states 'I wanted to design something to fit a classic period, yet remain contemporary and I believe I have developed a fitting which is timeless.'

Below, the original sketch with the finished interior below at The Trading House, Gresham Street in the City of London.

The Club House Liverpool One Steel Frame Work In Place

Paul Danson September 9, 2015

PDI's latest project is gaining momentum.

The steel framework is nearly completed for the first 'Club House' at Liverpool One, celebrating the Hampton's of New England USA in its architectural design, cleverly conceited by Paul Danson.

Follow our on site journey via our Twitter page.

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On Site At Liverpool One, The Club House

Paul Danson July 31, 2015

PDI's latest £2.5million themed bar and restaurant is coming out of the ground, an inspirational piece of design and construction at Liverpool One.

Here we show the sub structure in place with over 50 tons of steel. This steel is required for transferring the main frame onto the existing column structures positioned.

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PDI Propping Trips In Europe

Paul Danson July 2, 2015

Today we were out propping for an exciting project we are working on in Manchester City centre. We are always on the hunt for new and exciting antiques, so keep a look out for more of our findings.

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The Trading House, London

Paul Danson June 15, 2015

Another one of PDI's propping phenomena's, inspired by a gentleman who travels the world and collects artefacts and who deals with antiquities and the unusual, is The Trading House, London.

One of PDI's latest creative designs for Living Ventures, the team have created a modern gentleman's bar and restaurant with a sophisticated intelligence right in the centre on London's City.

The statement lighting features, initially sketched by hand, then transformed and re created in metal structures.