Design Buy Build Issue 21 2016 | Page 66

ARCHITECTURE MODERN HOMES PHOTO RHIANA JAMES DENHAM FILM STUDIOS Weston homes to transform Denham Film Studios into £120M art deco inspired residential address A ward winning residential developer Weston Homes has acquired the famous Denham Film Laboratories in Buckinghamshire, originally part of the Denham Film Studios - where the movies of numerous Oscar winning films were processed and first screened to their directors. It will be transformed into an outstanding £120 million Art Deco and movie inspired residential address. The Grade II listed Art Deco main laboratory and head office building, built in 1936 and designed by Walter Gropius for film producer Alexander Korda, and the surrounding 11.94 acre (4.83 hectare) site will be transformed to create an exclusive residential address. The new development will be known as the Denham Film Studios and will provide 224 converted and newly built homes; including 154 one, two and three bedroom apartments and