Bombay Sapphire Distillery Architecture

Bombay sapphire has tapped british architect thomas heatherwick to champion a new distillery facility in laverstoke.

Bombay sapphire distillery architecture.

Images by iwan baan. British designer thomas heatherwick has completed a new distillery for gin company bombay sapphire in laverstoke mill hampshire england. 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. This has transformed a former victorian paper mill into the new home of bombay sapphire gin which includes a visitors centre and bar.

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. The gin maker bombay sapphire commissioned the creation of the company s first in house production facility which will. Bombay sapphire distillery the gin maker bombay sapphire invited the studio to design the company s first dedicated distillery and headquarters in the south of england. Completed in 2014 in laverstoke united kingdom.

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. 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. Bombay sapphire distillery laverstoke united kingdom. These beautiful greenhouses were designed for the bombay sapphire distillery in the united kingdom by the heatherwick stuido.

Architecture of the buildings at the bombay sapphire gin distillery at laverstoke mill laverstoke hampshire england uk curving greenhouses next to river test. 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. 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. Laverstoke mill by thomas heatherwick for bombay sapphire dezeen wire.

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