How Production Designer Debbie Burton Built the London Interiors of HBO's Divorce Drama War
HBO's legal anthology War, featuring Sienna Miller and Dominic West, showcases interiors designed by production designer Debbie Burton and set decorator Adrian Anscombe. Set in London, the series narrates the divorce of a film star from her tech billionaire spouse. Carla, portrayed by Miller, operates from a living room designed at The Columbia hotel, furnished with a vintage 1970s Barbican sofa sourced from Sunbury Antiques Market. West's character, Morgan, resides in a two-story suite that includes a bar area painted in Farrow & Ball's Eating Room Red. The mediation scenes in Episode 2 were shot at Skinners' Hall, a recently renovated Grade I Listed building that cost $26.5 million. Season 2 will explore a new defamation case involving rival law firms.
Key facts
- War is an HBO legal anthology starring Sienna Miller and Dominic West.
- Production designer Debbie Burton and set decorator Adrian Anscombe designed the sets.
- Carla's living room was staged at The Columbia, a hotel across five Victorian townhouses in Lancaster Gate.
- A vintage 1970s Barbican sofa by John Home for Howard Keith was found at The Columbia.
- Sunbury Antiques Market in Kempton was a popular source for props.
- A pink Norville pouffe from Graham and Green is handmade with New Zealand wool.
- Skinners' Hall, a Grade I Listed building, received a $26.5 million makeover from 6a Architects and Carter Owers Studio.
- Season 2 will feature rival law firms Cathcarts & Sons and Taylor & Byrne in a defamation case.
Entities
Artists
- Debbie Burton
- Adrian Anscombe
- Sienna Miller
- Dominic West
- John Home
- Christian Ashton
- Phoebe Fox
- James McArdle
- Patrick Fabian
- Angel Coulby
- Pip Torrens
Institutions
- HBO
- The Columbia
- Sunbury Antiques Market
- Howard Keith
- Nicky Cornell
- Graham and Green
- Farrow & Ball
- Skinners' Hall
- 6a Architects
- Carter Owers Studio
- The Rug Company
- Cathcarts & Sons
- Taylor & Byrne
- Galerie Magazine
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Kensington Gardens
- Lancaster Gate
- Kempton
- Morocco
- Lincoln's Inn Fields