Collectible furniture inside Eagle + Hodges' apartments at 180 The Thames, London

180 The Thames, the riverside building where Alex Eagle's studio is set to move, has new residential apartments and river lofts designed by Eagle + Hodges. The Spaces toured them with Eagle herself, and the story is really about the furniture: a set of collectible pieces chosen as functional sculpture, with steel as the defining material.

The penthouse holds the headline pieces. In the west-facing library, with views over the Thames and Westminster, sits a 1993 steel sofa by the sculptor Bernar Venet, upholstered in a cream Eagle + Hodges fabric that makes the dark metal stand out. Nearby is Gabriella Crespi's 1979 Yang Yin desk, adjustable and with a built-in bookshelf, which Eagle calls one of her favourites and still "incredibly fresh". A curved rosewood table by Jorge Zalszupin on a round concrete base warms up the steel kitchen.

Elsewhere, Gaetano Pesce's 1987 Feltri chair for Cassina, made of thick felt, plays the part of chair-or-sculpture, while George Nakashima's tables and chairs, with their raw edges and knots left in, furnish the lobbies here and at the newly opened St. Clement. Eagle describes his use of wood as extraordinary.

These are private apartments rather than somewhere to visit, so treat it as an interiors read, and a handy primer on five designers collectors keep returning to.

Our summary of a story from The Spaces, published 2 November 2026. Read the original

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