This new office block developed by Naish Waddington for Ritchie Brocken draws its inspiratin from the 1930’s. Michael Sandle has been commissioned to produce a pair of large cast alu-bronze relief panels, ‘Night’ and ‘Day’, in a strongly art deco style which will become the focus of the façade.

“These two relief panels that have been designed and executed for 50 La Colomberie are “Art Deco” in style to complement the lines of the of the building itself. They are however not slavishly "retro" or merely decorative: they are powerful statements in their own right and not simply ornaments.

The theme for each the panels “Night” and “Day” appeared spontaneously at the outset of the design process; because this theme is universal and easily recognisable It seemed absolutely right for an architectural detail that is to be placed high up from ground level and which needs to be easily read from a distance. Cast in aluminium-bronze because of the Byzantine richness of its colour, it is also more resistant to corrosion than the more commonly used bronze alloys.” Michael Sandle