Bombay Sapphire Distillery Architecture

Laverstoke mill by thomas heatherwick for bombay sapphire dezeen wire.

Bombay sapphire distillery architecture. Originally developed as the mill for the british empire s bank note paper over two centuries the site had become a sprawling and chaotic accumulation of more than forty. Architecture of the buildings at the bombay sapphire gin distillery at laverstoke mill laverstoke hampshire england uk curving greenhouses next to river test. The gin maker bombay sapphire commissioned the creation of the company s first in house production facility which will. This has transformed a former victorian paper mill into the new home of bombay sapphire gin which includes a visitors centre and bar.

Heatherwick has leaded the renovation of a cluster of existing red brick buildings and added two glasshouses where the 10 botanicals juniper lemon peel grains of paradise coriander cubeb berries orris root almonds cassia bark liquorice. Bombay sapphire has tapped british architect thomas heatherwick to champion a new distillery facility in laverstoke. Thomas heatherwick has designed a distillery and visitor centre for gin brand bombay sapphire at an abandoned mill in. The new bombay sapphire distillery is a massive work of restorative architecture a project that re imagines an historic paper mill into a distillery and office space for the company.

Completed in 2014 in laverstoke united kingdom. British designer thomas heatherwick has completed a new distillery for gin company bombay sapphire in laverstoke mill hampshire england. Images by iwan baan. Perhaps the most amazing thing about the greenhouses that you can see in the images is that they were designed in a very intuative way where they use the excess heat from inside the distillery to be able to create a.

Its name originates from the popularity of gin in india during the british raj and sapphire refers to the violet blue star of bombay which was mined from sri lanka and is now on display at the smithsonian institution. From scotland s speyside to utah dublin and the rolling hills of hampshire we travel and explore some of the best recent examples of distillery architecture the macallan distillery making spirits is one thing. Bombay sapphire is a brand of gin that was first launched in 1986 by english wine merchant idv in 1997 diageo sold the brand to bacardi. The bombay sapphire distillery and process buildings at laverstoke mill in hampshire are linked and closely related existing buildings that have been subject to major refurbishment.

You find your raw material turn it into alcohol age it if necessary then bottle it and release it to the world.