CasaMaki sushi bar is located on the Piazza della Rinascita in Pescara. Given it's European location, designer Studio Zero85 wanted to bring some of the cuisine's origin to the restaurant. To achieve this, the locally based studio created a series of house-shaped volumes in the dining areas. Made up of white coated metal frames, each one surrounds a table and two seats....
Named BuonaBocca, the bar was intended by the Beijing-based design studio aimed to combine the atmosphere of a traditional winery with contemporary elements, including sculptural lighting and vibrant colours. The bar's most noticeable features are the bricks arranged in chevron patterns across the walls. These provide decoration, but in one place also function as a wine...
Laajisto overhauled the space for the OX restaurant on the city's Pieni Roobertinkatu street, and used the menu to influence the interior design. "The biggest inspiration for me was the food the chefs wanted to serve at OX," Laajisto told Dezeen. "They really didn't want to categorise the food in a specific way, but described it to me as classic European with some North...
The chefs at SHOT prepare each recipe following a scientific approach, and have even created a set of rules for their cooking which dictates that every ingredient on the menu must not only be fresh and chemical-free, but also have direct health benefits. For its first café in St. Paul’s, SHOT asked Wilson Holloway architects for an experimental interior that reflected t...
The younger sister of the already established Strada restaurant, the new venue (also called Strada) serves American, Italian and Asian dishes, and is perhaps the best spot in town for breakfast with family. Situated on Tbilisi’s Marjanishvili Str. and right in the heart of the city, the new Strada was designed with respect to the building’s original character and feel: t...
The 320-square-metre former bank space has been transformed into a warm and welcoming venue consisting of a bakery and a bar restaurant servicing the Milanese with traditional French flavours, aromas and sophisticated flair. With a carefully considered melange of traditional detailing and modern sensibility, Lewkowicz has realised a sophisticated, transportive space. ...
‘platform_monsant’ is located in a quiet residential area called Aeweol, on the border of a nature reserve and dinosaur theme park. Its simple boxy design combines rough dark materials with a contrasting skin of stainless steel-framed reflective glass windows, offered here as a device to absorb the characteristics of the site. While the building’s entrance is marked by a...
Located at Eastland Shopping Centre, Ringwood, the restaurant is the latest Jimmy Grants fitout to be designed by local studio, Technē Architecture, following the footsteps of its stores in Fitzroy and Emporium. Eastland is host to the first Jimmy Grants ‘Deluxe’ store, being larger than its sibling restaurants and featuring an extended menu and table service. The...
What were the circumstances of receiving the commission for this project? This project is a continuation of our relationship with the client. After several years of testing and establishing a design language embodying the Torchy's Tacos brand, mainly through the design and construction of interior finishouts and second generation remodels, Chioco Design was commissione...
Completed in 2014 by Hong Kong’s NC Design and Architecture (NCDA), the bar is disguised by the illusionary street front of a specialty stamp store in Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan antiques district; in true speakeasy style, this innocent showcase façade conceals the bar’s entry door, which is activated only by the initiated few by pulling on a glowing stamp. As the showcase do...
To match the specialised product on offer, the designer created a sombre and elegant space that acts as the perfect, non-distracting backdrop for an authentic gourmet coffee experience. Throughout, different geometries are seen at play, from the irregular pattern on the floor tiles to the composition of steel frames hanging from the ceiling, while, the otherwise dark col...
Designed by the branding and design consultancy agency, Substance, it opened in January 2016 with a clear mission at hand: to enthral its guests through a relaxed cocktail hour and a languid dinner service that last as long as the moon illuminates the sky. French Colonial style greets all who enter the low-slung, 62-seat restaurant and bar, elegantly bringing the outs...
Housed in a heritage listed, post-war modernist building in the centre of the city which was designed and constructed in 1957 by venerated German architects, Sep Ruf and Theo Papst, the building’s foundation stretches even further back—as this is the site of a late 16th century castle which belonged to Bavarian duke, Wilhelm V. When Zurich-based architecture practice, Bu...
Following the client’s wish to create a “free café”, the designers created an open and versatile space encompassing an easily changeable configuration which provides a variety of different zones for socialising and relaxing. Earthy tones and tactile materials like wood, paper, brick and ceramic tiles create a warm and inviting atmosphere, while the addition of plants liv...
The bistro is the 6 month old brainchild of business partners, Dimosthenis Misentzis and Epaminondas Skorpideas, who in July of 2012 had already enriched the arty neighborhood by establishing the innovative City Circus Hostel next door. Since then, City Circus has successfully hosted world travelers seeking to experience a true taste of the ancient city from under the sh...
Completed in mid 2014, by Brooklyn based architecture and interior design studio, Workstead, the quaint and charming bakery was conceived as a series of interventions within the context of the existing space. These neatly fitting consecutive spaces and alcoves make up the back of house cold kitchen prep, the on-site bakery space, a retail space and seating alcoves that l...
Francin Bistro is located outside the city center. It is a family business of local residents, which brings the attributes of a good bistro in to the prague´s Malešice: Quality coffee, hot and cold drinks, sweet and salty homemade goodies and welcoming atmosphere of the place where you can sit in peace. The heart of the company is "bar" sales counter and open kitchen, wh...
Chef Davide Croce in October 2014 appointed us to refurbish a facility in the old town centre of Treviso in order to transform it into a restaurant-deli-pizzeria. The primary issue for Davide, and his right-hand man Michele Pozzebon, was to have a venue to be likely to match up with their recipes. Challenging... While been delighted by his cookery we immediately r...
We used Asia and US Chinese restaurants as a guide for the new place. Thus, the idea of cosmopolitanism and cultural migration between the East and the West was represented. On the center of the main dining area, there is the longest community table in the Eastern Europe. About 50 guests can easily sit down to this table. The table consists of seven tabletops interconnec...
Here you are offered to taste different coffee blends and try its different making techniques. Black and grey shades of floor tiles, metal constructions, window frames, shelves and furniture prevail in the interior. They are matched with dark brown, covered with black patina plywood furniture and jambs. Dark tones become more vivid on the light walls background. Indoor f...
All materials and colors used in interior were combined with building‘s context. Concrete proportionally with shiny MDF were used for bar and other big interior elements. Ceiling are covered with acoustic panels, which shapes modern textile composition. Furniture reflects the face of XX century modernism: Jacobsen‘s Egg chairs and wall lamps, floor lamps, Starck‘s Astors...
The interior has a lightness and a freshness, which is a departure from the surrounding dark and industrial bars and restaurants. Linehouse wanted to create a strong distinction between the existing and the new; a white datum was inserted into the space which operates as a shelf for display at high level and wraps the bar with a perimeter of shadow less bulbs suspende...
CCS Architecture has partnered again with owners Umberto Gibin and Staffan Terje to design their third restaurant. Volta is located in a corner space on Mission Street at the Westfield San Francisco Centre within the city’s Yerba Buena Cultural district. While their current restaurants Perbacco and Barbacco are both Italian, Volta is a departure that incorporates influe...
Choosing a suitable office is the first challenge that many entrepreneurial firms may come up with. Usually a micro entrepreneurial firm needs flexible space to accommodate uncertain staff. On one hand, renting a large office space in one step will tremendously add the newly established firms’ financial burden; On the other hand, if the company rents a relatively small o...
Źródło.bar is the new whiskey bar on the map of Poznan. It's located in basement of a tenement house on Taczaka street - one of the most popular streets with restaurants and cafes in the city center. For the last few years this place was empty hence it was in a very bad condition. After cleaning it up, original brick walls and wooden-brick floors showed up. Main idea was...
Small details, lights, accents, colour and the well balanced use of graphics, have ensured a result we are really proud of! The Relooking of this bar in San Cristoforo, born from the request of the two young owners to renovate and modernize the existing bar they acquired, creating a cool, bright space, with the atmosphere of home, in line with the name chosen for the ...
When our client contacted us to design the interior of a traditional oriental hookah bar in Sofia, we sought inspiration in the “One thousand and one nights” stories, and the intricate geometric patterns adorning classical Islamic architecture. Housed in a 200sqm rectangular area which opens to a garden in the south, we created a space that celebrates the centuries-long ...
the intimate café uses the large glazed entrance as its source of natural light – illuminating the simple, but refined material palette. a combination of wood, brick and concrete is used on various surfaces and with the introduction of greenery, this has culminated a welcoming atmosphere. furthermore, a sense of geometry is achieved with the straight lines, angles, ca...
translating his approach in art into interiors, the restaurant constantly references the swiss landscape by combining distinctive materials including neon lights, salt, rock and felt to manifest a theatrical yet intimate setting. the materials result in an unexpected palette that invites diners to respond with their own thoughts and reactions. first opened in 1899, th...
able to accommodate anything from a studio to restaurant, the building is currently being used as a leisure and party space. ‘dayang sanghoi’ boasts a plethora of natural details, including a mesmerizing ceiling representative of tree aging rings, and a wall enclosed with charcoal and stone to circulate humid air. furniture is placed haphazardly, much akin to the spontan...
Each level within the K8 bar is connected via a metal staircase and landings that are designed as one structure, zigzagging across the interior. Hundreds of wooden louvres are arranged in seven sections of different heights on the facade to disguise the number of levels inside the building. They are angled to create a moire effect across the facade. "The building's...
Assembled from prefabricated timber elements, Björk boasts panoramic mountain views and offers a menu with locally sourced ingredients and Lappish microbrewery drinks. Located along the top tree line near a row of birch trees, Björk serves as a beautiful landmark destination that’s both unique in appearance and looks natural on-site. The building was prefabricated off...
RIGI was commissioned to design the first flagship restaurant of Xi Ding Dumpling, in Dalian, Liaoning Province. In order to change the cheap fast-food impression of the existing brand, the design task is to create a distinctive space, improving the customer’s dining experience. The concept of “comfort” drives the overall layout of the restaurant. In order to meet ...
fostering a sense of openess due to façade lined with bi-folding doors; the designers wanted the eatery to be a porous space. the theme of blurring the boundaries between inside and outside is strengthened by use of a combination of clear, textured and opaque glass which inherently brings light, views of the surrounding streetscape into the establishment. on the exter...
In 2012 Karalasos Operaday Architects added to this “local espresso bar”, in Thessaloniki historical district, a second split-level interior secured nearby, attempting to touch a “nostalgic” nerve in the city’s bar-resto culture, exceedingly determined by “crisis”... The “bohemian-meets-luxurious” makeover has been enhanced by a measured hotch-potch of styles, fusing ...
the material choice throughout is a reflection to its industrial background. the restaurant – like a multi-layered interior shell – features a tactile mix of materials in natural finishes that bear traces of craftsmanship. this has effectively softened the severity of the industrial atmosphere and created an establishment unique to its area. inside, the two main program...
