June 2018 To aid in the selection of two Onyx slabs for a current project in the Heron Tower, a day trip to northern Italy was required.  These slabs were hand-picked fresh from the source and will be water-jet cut to lie in the centre of an impressive, 8m long, corporate dining table.

May 2018 The waves have taken shape!  Opus Magnum manufactured and installed this stunning reception area, clad almost entirely with concrete.  The contrasting birch plywood feature wall was CNC’d from individual panels, each with a unique angled edge to accentuate the form.

September 2017 We recently attended the Craft & Collaboration event at The Department Store in Brixton, Squire & Partners’ new office space and one of our fondest projects to date. Joining a whole host of different companies, we presented to members of the public and industry, detailing how we worked alongside Squire & Partners to […]

Opus Magnum recently installed an impressive reception area in the heart of Marylebone. It showcased our ability to utilise a diverse range of materials. We fitted the reception walls with bespoke, stitched leather panels, fitted stone lift reveals for all seven floors. Furthermore we made a timber castellated portal from black American walnut veneer with satin […]

September 2016 We are delighted to announce that the Weston Library project has been shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize. We collaborated with Wilkinson Eyre on this project to develop and manufacture all the specialist bespoke furniture. The Stirling Prize is judged on a variety of criteria including design vision; innovation and originality; capacity to […]

June 2016 Opus Magnum has just installed a goods lift at the workshop in Wandsworth. This will enable us to expand our manufacturing and storage capacity at Merton Road to the first floor space. Previously if projects were delayed on site the manufacturing space became congested and less efficient. Now we have an overflow area […]

January 2016 We have recently designed and made a number of meeting room tables at One New Ludgate with random panels covering the leg frames. This circular table looks perfectly balanced. In reality there are sub floor steels to provide stability. The result is a robust table with unimpeded seating.

November 2015 Over the past two years we have enjoyed working on all the bespoke furniture and kitchen for Levring House to designs by Jamie Fobert Architects. This London house featured on Channel 4 on 18th November and was short listed for the award. www.architecture.com We will keep our fingers crossed for the final!

May 2015 We are currently making a series of very different credenzas in the workshop. These door panels are book matched squares of sustainable Etimoe veneer – a good substitute for Rosewood. The image captures the craft skills that are thriving in the workshop together with the teamwork that is required on the larger projects.

May 2015 The brief from our client was for a reclaimed aesthetic. So during a recent trip to a specialist Swiss veneer merchant, we were pleased to come across this unique oak log. It grew on a remote Swiss mountain side and was speculatively converted to a thick-cut veneer. For a long time it was […]