West End developers The Crown Estate have set up The Ground Floor Project, a competition for which shortlisted designers will propose artworks for the lobbies of two landmark buildings, including 11 Waterloo Place

当伦敦圣詹姆斯街区开始复兴时，皇冠地产就登上了头条。毕竟，作为伦敦西区最大的房地产开发商，皇冠地产管理着一个为伦敦金融城赚取数十亿美元的投资组合。现在，它正在为其底层项目制造更多的热议，该计划旨在将两座具有里程碑意义的圣詹姆斯建筑置于聚光灯下。

在非盈利建筑基金会的支持下，皇冠地产将委托两位尖端设计师为查尔斯二世街12号和滑铁卢广场11号的大堂设计定制艺术品，这些古老而优雅的建筑与伦敦精湛的裁缝和工艺历史交织在一起。该计划的入围者包括创新做法Formafantasma、Simon Hasan、Lola Lely、Philippe Malouin、RCKa和Faye TooGood。

包括“墙纸”*主编托尼·钱伯斯在内的评委小组将在2014年初选出获奖者。随后的设计将借鉴历史街区的传统。

The second building is 12 Charles II Street. In collaboration with The Architecture Foundation, The Crown Estate has shortlisted six design practices whose ideas for The Ground Floor Project best represent St. James’s historic links to high-end tailors, merchants and craftsmen

The designers shortlisted include Philippe Malouin, who operates a design practice in London and teaches at the RCA

Lola Lely, an RCA graduate and Wallpaper* Handmade 2013 collaborator, is based in London and is a founding member the Works Collective

Studio Formafantasma's Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin are based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

British designer Faye Toogood runs a multidisciplinary design practice, spanning everything from furniture to fashion. Photography: Rory Van Millingen

RCKa's London-based practice is directed by (from left) Tim Riley, Dieter Kleiner and Russell Curtis 

Simon Hasan, winner of a Wallpaper* Design Award 2012, runs his practice from London