At the east end of the Royal Academy courtyard, a neon sign by Tracey Emin marks the entrance to The Keeper's House, a redesigned facility for 'friends', or patrons, of the gallery. Photography: Tim Mitchell / arcaidimages.com

然后，在规划申请中花了很多年的时间。因此，皇家学院在经过六年的重建后，终于开放了它的守护者之家，这是一个建筑奇迹。

但渐渐地，这一附属设施吸引了更多的工作人员，成为一座被美化的办公大楼。

rofe kentish将三层楼高的侧翼从以前的酒窖改造成了一楼院士室，使用了原始的特色，包括一堵镶有钉孔的木镶板墙。

尽管如此，Saumarez Smith和他的同事们希望更低的水平能把邻里的年轻创意人拉进RA领域（毕竟，永远不会有太多的朋友）。David Chipperfield（Ra院士本人）上船拼凑了Sunkman酒吧的内部，带来了电话亭红色座位和定制柜台。在原有的服务走廊两侧，他配备了带有深绿色墙壁、皮革宴会和历史细节的正式餐厅，比如150年前的木天花板横梁。

墙上挂着一个由院士委员会民主选举出来的RA作品的横截面。他们还选择在小小的茶园里种植迈克尔·克雷格·马丁(MichaelCraigMartin)的巨型红色干草叉之一，由景观设计师汤姆·斯图尔特·史密斯(TomStuartSmith)用棕榈做成。户外空间的索马雷斯·史密斯(SaumarezSmith)说，它不是很大，但它是绿色的。“能把这个放在伦敦的心脏是不可思议的。”

A marble staircase with custom balustrade is decorated with black and white portraits of Royal Academicians past and present

The Hugh Casson room, dedicated to the late architect and designer, is a main-floor café with a custom interior by David Chipperfield and artworks by Royal Academicians. Paul Huxley's 'Torus' is in the righthand foreground

Chipperfield carried a red and green colour scheme through the wing. Upstairs, a meeting room named after the cultural fundraiser Belle Shenkman is decorated with lounge chairs, meeting tables and art-gallery walls

The upholsteries in the Academicians meeting room avoid the gentleman's club look to harmonise with the light-flooded space. Architect Rolfe Kentish installed original wood boards on the walls, marked with nail holes from a century of art hanging

In a formal dining area on the lower-ground level, Chipperfield reversed out the predictable colour scheme, painting the walls deep racer green and adding seating in creamy white leather. The wood ceiling beams are original to the structure

The architect outfitted the Shenkman Bar in phone-box red and added atmospheric lighting. This room will open to the public daily at 4pm in hopes it'll become a popular social spot for local creatives

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