# Restaurant Story, Tooley Street. Rainscreen and sandwich-panel cladding. London Bridge, London SE1. > Rainscreen cladding and sandwich panels for MKS Build on the 2023 upper-storey extension of Tom Sellers' Restaurant Story, Tooley Street. > HTML version: https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/ Dmitro Development delivered the rainscreen cladding and sandwich-panel package for main contractor MKS Build on the new upper storey of Tom Sellers’ Restaurant Story, London Bridge. ![Dark metal fascia and deep soffit over the glazed upper storey of Restaurant Story, above timber screening on Tooley Street](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-dark-metal-fascia-deep-soffit-glazed-fallback.jpg) 01 · The garden elevation: the new canopy stacked over the 2013 pavilion’s, the timber screen wrapping the corner. Restaurant roof extension Restaurant Story at 199 Tooley Street, London SE1, after its roof extension: the new upper storey, glazed to the front and side behind a glass balustrade, sits under a dark metal fascia and deep soffit above the original pavilion and its slatted timber screen. Dmitro Development delivered the rainscreen cladding and sandwich-panel package on the extension for main contractor MKS Build. Photographed by Dmitro Development on completion of the extension. ## At a glance - **Package**: Rainscreen cladding and sandwich panels - **Main contractor**: MKS Build Ltd - **Works**: Single-storey roof extension to a 2013 pavilion - **Location**: 199 Tooley Street, London SE1 - **Restaurant closed**: February 2023, for the works Restaurant Story is Tom Sellers’ restaurant, a timber-screened pavilion on a small triangular site where Tooley Street meets Queen Elizabeth Street, beside Queen Elizabeth Gardens. The extension built a new upper level on the original building: a lounge, an open kitchen and private dining for up to 16, opening onto a first-floor terrace. [Part of: rainscreen and cladding packages](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/facade-cladding/) ## Before: the 2013 pavilion The building the extension sits on. Space Craft Architects designed the single-storey pavilion, McGee built it, and Dales Fabrications made its bronze aluminium canopy, which oversails the glazing by around two metres. It opened in April 2013. None of the work in these three photographs is Dmitro’s. ![The original Restaurant Story pavilion with a raking bronze aluminium canopy over full-height glazing and a timber deck with a timber rail](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-original-pavilion-raking-bronze-aluminium-canopy-fallback.jpg) 02 · The 2013 pavilion: a raking bronze aluminium canopy over full-height glazing and a timber deck. The original single-storey Restaurant Story pavilion, before the roof extension. Its raking canopy of tapered bronze anodised aluminium soffit panels was made by Dales Fabrications and installed by Allgood Guttering, to Space Craft Architects' design. Shown as the building the extension sits on; the work in this photograph is not Dmitro’s. ![The original pavilion canopy curving over full-width glazing, a red London bus reflected in the glass and planting in front](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-original-pavilion-canopy-curving-full-width-fallback.jpg) 03 · The original canopy curving over the garden-facing glazing, before the extension. The 2013 pavilion's faceted canopy following the curve of the plan over full-width glazing to the garden, with the dining room behind the glass and a Tooley Street bus reflected in it. Shown as the building the extension sits on; the work in this photograph is not Dmitro’s. ![The original pavilion entrance: a glazed door beside a slatted timber screen under tapered bronze soffit panels](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-original-pavilion-entrance-canopy-fallback.jpg) 04 · The original entrance, a slatted timber screen beside the glazed door. The 2013 pavilion's glazed entrance and hinged slatted timber screen, beneath the tapered soffit panels of the bronze canopy. Shown as the building the extension sits on; the work in this photograph is not Dmitro’s. Planning the extension ## Metal rainscreen to the rear, in materials that answer the pavilion. Southwark granted permission for the roof extension in July 2019. Boyes Rees prepared the planning design; ArkleBoyce Architects designed the completed extension and interiors. The permission set full-height glazing to the front and side, a glass balustrade to the terrace, a timber-clad enclosure and metal rainscreen cladding to the rear, and the council approved the storey as stepped back, in materials matching the pavilion below. ## The design, drawn Two drawings from the design and planning stage: the extension seen from above its corner site, and the upper terrace as first sketched. ![Aerial visualisation of the pavilion with a glazed upper storey, set among trees at the corner of Queen Elizabeth Street and Tooley Street](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-roof-extension-planning-visualisation-fallback.jpg) 05 · Planning-stage visualisation of the extension on its corner site. A computer visualisation from the design and planning stage, looking down on the pavilion with the proposed upper storey: a glazed floor under a shallow roof, a timber-clad enclosure, and Queen Elizabeth Gardens and its statue in front. An illustration of the proposal, not a photograph of the built work. ![Pen sketch of the upper terrace with lounge chairs and low tables along tall glazing beneath a curved canopy](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-terrace-sketch-fallback.jpg) 06 · Design sketch of the upper terrace, lounge seating along the glazing under the sweep of the new canopy. A hand sketch from the design stage of the first-floor terrace: low tables and lounge chairs set along the upper-storey glazing, the curve of the new canopy overhead and the balustrade to the left. An illustration, not a photograph of the built work. The package ## Rainscreen cladding and sandwich panels for the new storey’s metal envelope. The package forms part of the upper storey’s dark metal envelope, set above the pavilion’s timber screens and original canopy. The five photographs that follow are Dmitro’s own, taken on completion. ## 07 · The new canopy from below: long tapered metal panels sweeping out over the upper-storey glazing. ![Looking up at a dark metal canopy of long tapered panels sweeping out over glazing, brick mansion blocks and bare trees behind](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-dark-metal-canopy-long-tapered-panels-fallback.jpg) Looking up at the new upper canopy of Restaurant Story: dark metal fascia and soffit panels sweep out over the glazed first floor, with the Tooley Street mansion blocks behind. The metal envelope of this storey is where Dmitro Development's rainscreen cladding and sandwich-panel package sits. Photographed by Dmitro Development on completion of the extension. ## 08 · The rear, where the permission specified metal rainscreen cladding: dark panels and a louvred plant enclosure above the timber screen. ![Rear elevation of Restaurant Story: a dark metal-panelled plant enclosure with louvres and the upper storey above a curved slatted timber screen](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-rear-elevation-dark-metal-panelled-plant-fallback.jpg) The rear of the extended restaurant, where the 2019 planning permission called for metal rainscreen cladding. Dark metal panels and a louvred plant enclosure rise above the curved timber screen, and the new canopy turns the corner at the right. Photographed by Dmitro Development on completion of the extension. ## 09 · The plant enclosure from below, its louvres set into dark panels, The Shard on the skyline. ![Looking up past a slatted timber screen to a dark metal-panelled enclosure with louvres, The Shard on the skyline](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-past-slatted-timber-screen-dark-metal-fallback.jpg) Looking up the rear of the extension past the slatted timber screen to the dark metal-panelled plant enclosure and its louvres, with The Shard on the skyline to the right. Photographed by Dmitro Development on completion of the extension. ## 10 · The garden corner, seen across the planted bed and stone wall. ![Restaurant Story garden corner: a glazed upper storey between a dark metal canopy and the pavilion canopy, garden planting in front](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-story-3-garden-corner-portrait-fallback.jpg) Restaurant Story's garden corner, the new upper storey glazed between the dark metal canopy above and the pavilion's canopy below, with the timber screen at the right and the garden wall in front. Photographed by Dmitro Development on completion of the extension. ## 11 · The Tooley Street side, beside the bus stop and road sign. ![Restaurant Story from Tooley Street: a glazed upper storey and dark metal roof behind a curved slatted timber screen, a road sign in front](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-tooley-street-glazed-upper-storey-dark-fallback.jpg) Restaurant Story from Tooley Street, beside the bus stop: the glazed upper storey and its dark metal roof and canopy rise behind the curved timber screen of the original pavilion. Photographed by Dmitro Development on completion of the extension. ## 12 · From the gardens in summer, the terrace’s glass balustrade between the two canopies. ![Restaurant Story from the gardens in summer: a dark metal upper canopy over a glass balustrade, the pavilion canopy below, trees and agapanthus in front](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-completed-exterior-curved-canopy-fallback.jpg) The completed Restaurant Story from Queen Elizabeth Gardens in summer: the new upper canopy in dark metal panels over the glass terrace balustrade, and the pavilion canopy over the ground-floor dining room below. ## 13 · The entrance door and Story sign, set into the slatted timber screen. ![Restaurant entrance in a slatted timber screen, with the glazed upper storey and curved metal canopy above](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-completed-exterior-front-elevation-fallback.jpg) The restaurant entrance set into the slatted timber screen, with the glazed upper storey and its curved dark metal canopy above, photographed after completion. ## Upstairs, in use Restaurant Story reopened on 12 January 2024 and kept the two Michelin stars it has held since 2021. Upstairs, the terrace runs along the new storey’s full-height glazing behind a glass balustrade, under the curved metal soffit of the new canopy, looking over Queen Elizabeth Gardens to The Shard. ![A tree trunk beside full-height glazing that reflects the garden trees, the edge of a metal canopy at the top](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-dark-metal-cladding-detail-fallback.jpg) 14 · A garden tree beside the upper storey’s reflective dark panels, the canopy edge above. A mature tree in Queen Elizabeth Gardens beside the dark, reflective panels of the new upper storey, the trees mirrored across their face and the metal edge of the canopy at the top of the frame. ![Terrace chairs and planting behind a glass balustrade, a large plane tree and The Shard beyond](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-roof-terrace-and-shard-fallback.jpg) 15 · The upper terrace looking over the glass balustrade and the gardens to The Shard. The first-floor terrace of the completed extension, looking over its glass balustrade and planting to Queen Elizabeth Gardens, the Tooley Street plane trees and The Shard. ![Green lounge chairs on the upper terrace beneath a curved metal soffit, glazing to the left and trees beyond](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-terrace-canopy-and-balustrade-fallback.jpg) 16 · Terrace seating under the new canopy’s metal soffit. Lounge seating on the upper terrace beneath the curved metal soffit of the new canopy, the upper-storey glazing to the left and the gardens’ trees beyond. ![Upper terrace seating along full-height glazing under a lit metal soffit edge, a glass balustrade curving to the right](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/restaurant-story-london-bridge/restaurant-story-london-bridge-terrace-glazing-and-soffit-fallback.jpg) 17 · The terrace along the upper-storey glazing, the lit soffit edge above. The upper terrace running along the full-height glazing of the new storey, the canopy soffit lit along its edge and the glass balustrade curving round to the right. ## Rainscreen and sandwich panels on Restaurant Story’s new storey. 199 Tooley Street, London SE1 2JX - **Main contractor**: MKS Build Ltd - **Client**: Tom Sellers - **Extension architect**: ArkleBoyce Architects - **Original pavilion, 2013**: Space Craft Architects ## Related projects - [Suttons Wharf North. Trespa rainscreen and SFS. 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