{"id":4989,"date":"2026-02-15T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=4989"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:40:46","slug":"felix-lewis-architects-transforms-egyptian-style-boiler-house-in-kent-into-workspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/15\/felix-lewis-architects-transforms-egyptian-style-boiler-house-in-kent-into-workspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Felix Lewis Architects transforms Egyptian-style boiler house in Kent into workspace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sand-coloured walls, hieroglyph motifs and a trapezoidal rooftop extension<\/a> celebrate the Egyptian revival style of this Grade II-listed boiler house in Kent<\/a>, transformed into an office<\/a> by local studio Felix Lewis Architects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now named The Works, the former boiler house overlooks the River Medway in East Farleigh. It was built in 1860 by architect James Pilbrow and represents a rare example of Egyptian revival architecture in Britain.<\/p>\n

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Felix Lewis Architects has converted an Egyptian revival-style boiler house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Felix Lewis Architects<\/a> converted the structure into a headquarters for hi-fi company Chord Electronics, retaining its original character while overhauling its interiors with sand-toned walls and glazed partitions emblazoned with hieroglyphs.<\/p>\n

On the roof of The Works, a training space is housed in an extension that continues the brick boiler house’s trapezoidal form, clad in rusty Corten steel in reference to the site’s former industrial purpose.<\/p>\n

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The building was updated with a trapezoidal rooftop extension<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“A key ambition was for the extension to remain subservient to the original listed structure, responding to both planning and heritage requirements,” studio director Felix Lewis told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“Egyptian Revival architecture was historically used to express ideas of timelessness and eternity \u2013 often in memorials and tombs \u2013 and the intention here was to create something similarly timeless, with a slightly anachronistic quality,” he added.<\/p>\n

“Rough industrial materials were used to reference the site\u2019s industrial past, with the rusted tones of the Corten steel helping the building sit comfortably within the greens and browns of its semi-rural setting.”<\/p>\n

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It now contains an office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The spaces of The Works have been distributed across three floors. A meeting room and the CEO’s office sit on the ground floor, featuring large windows overlooking the riverfront that can be accessed via two external black steel staircases.<\/p>\n

In order to make the ground floor more flood resilient, it has been tanked and lined internally with a datum of terrazzo tiling, with the building’s services also raised above potential flood levels.<\/p>\n