WOW!House 2026 - Henri Fitzwilliam Lay Bedroom Suite

WOW!House 2026 – Henri Fitzwilliam Lay Bedroom Suite

Working alongside Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay, MBMC STUDIOS designed and fabricated a suite of decorative architectural elements for her stunning bedroom suite at WOW!house 2026. Her room draws on the language of Art Deco, not as a reference alone but as a framework for proportion, line and surface. Nostalgic in spirit, resolved with a contemporary hand.

Our MBMC STUDIOS contribution centred on making. A tiled relief frieze, designed and fabricated in our London atelier, runs the full perimeter of the room at high level, finished in a dry faux pierre treatment that gives each tile the quality of something genuinely aged. The architraves and double doors are worked in verdigris, built through careful layering to achieve the depth of naturally oxidised metal rather than a surface effect.

Image Credits: Ingrid Rasmussen, Noah Russell

Project Highlights

Tiled Relief Frieze

Our MBMC STUDIOS decorative artists designed, fabricated and installed a tiled relief frieze running the full perimeter of the room at high level. Referencing both the primitive aesthetic that emerged in the early twentieth century and the formal language of printing blocks, the frieze brings a measured architectural rhythm to the space.

The tiles are finished in a dry faux pierre treatment, layered and modulated to achieve the depth and softly mineral quality of handmade ceramic. Subtle shifts in tone and texture evoke aged plaster, clay or weathered limestone, giving each tile a material presence that reads as genuinely made.

Verdigris Double Doors

The double doors were finished in a richly worked verdigris effect, executed with both depth and restraint to achieve the character of naturally aged architectural bronze or copper.

The finish integrates seamlessly with the surrounding decorative scheme while retaining an authentic material sensibility.