Today we’ll get you inside into the British rapper Tinie Tempah house that David Adjaye designed for the late Alexander McQueen! Five years ago the rapper bought this house and adapted it to himself. In an exclusive interview with Dezeen, he reveals that he plans to move into architecture himself.
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“Not everyone gets to say I’ve got Alexander McQueen’s house to put their own spin on,” said the 28-year-old rapper, who bought, in 2012, the east London home.
The UK artist with more number ones in the country, confess he wasn’t very aware of Adjaye’s architecture until he bought the house. “When I saw it, it just felt like a place I needed to be in,” said the musician.
Adjaye is a London-based architecture, who was born in Ghana. he made his name with a series of London houses, including the iconic Dirty House.
Tinie is planning to collaborate with Adjaye on a project. “I want to put it out there, I haven’t had the pleasure to meet David Adjaye yet, even though there’s been a few times when we were meant to be at the same place,” he said.
“I want to design a really incredible countryside, modern farmhouse. That would be pretty epic and I definitely want to reach out to Adjaye to help me do that.”
Many of the features installed by Adjaye and McQueen at the Victorian property were kept by Tinie. He added to the interiors more taxidermy which he assured us is ethically sourced. “The giraffe was already there, but I bought a zebra, which is my favourite animal, so that the giraffe could have a friend in the house,” he said.
He has put a hot tub on the roof, transformed the outhouse into a “chilling room” and installed a high-tech sound system throughout the property. He has also redesigned the basement, where he spends most of his time.
“I just turned it into a boys room. I added some concrete to the walls just to give it a New York warehouse, apartment feel.” The basement also features a wall of trophies, a pinball machine, a pair of Back to the Future Nike Air Mags housed in a vitrine, and a one-man gym.
The musician, entrepreneur and style icon now intends on adding architecture to his list of credentials. “I definitely want to get involved more in education and the way people learn, so I guess the way schools are designed and departments of schools,” Tinie told Dezeen. “I’ve even toyed with the idea of one day designing university accommodation.”
IMAGE SOURCE: Dezeen
SOURCE: Dezeen
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