McLaren, Knightsbridge

The 1 Park Lane Knightsbridge is London’s premier residential building which also features the Jardine Motors London McLaren showroom. At the time, McLaren were undertaking three brand new showrooms across the UK with a brand-new corporate scheme.

Carrying out the fit-out following construction, Chiltern were tasked with installing a turntable within an already shallow floor level. A specially adapted detail was developed to house bespoke cut tiling and edge trim.

Tiling specialists were bought in to ensure that the flooring was perfect with the pieces for the turntable alone in the region of £10k.

Specialist fixings were produced to enable a full-sized car to be secured to the perimeter bulkhead and was carried out through the night.

Pipework from apartments above were insulated with specialist soundproofing so that water movement could not be heard in the showroom.

“It is quite evident that your team have taken great pride in the build to ensure a very high standard of finish…I would go so far as to say that the level of finish is as good as I have seen in 22 years developing car dealership premises. I have had several compliments from personnel, including Ron Dennis, who has very high standards indeed.”

Jardine Motors Group 2011