Their restaurants however, didn’t reflect that fresh and conscious attitude towards food. On the contrary, they blended it in with all of the other generic healthy food stores. You know the ones. White metro tiles, reclaimed wood … Pinterest is full of them. WeWantMore decided to drop the faux-artisanal aesthetic and level up towards a solid, ownable interior design t...
The 75-square-metre cafe, which nestles amongst offices and apartment buildings, was commissioned by a group of young locals to offer the community respite from fast-paced city life. Shenzhen studio Various Associates used wood as the primary material for the cafe to contrast with its concrete surroundings, helping to establish the cafe as a sanctuary. "[The client...
For consumers who are mainly women and children in the community, the overall color of the store is bright, relaxed, clean, comfortable and warm. The overall face of bakery shop is transparent with clear windows setting to maximize direct sunlight. As the focal point, the door is 2.8m high x 1.5m wide. Round circle window in the door makes contract with sided square wind...
A former garage on the ground floor of an early 20th century building located near the port of Palermo is the frame of the new interior by Studio Didea. The double roadside view of the restaurant and the longitudinal layout with two naves marked by cross pillars and large masonry arches have led to a clear and functional division of the area: a large central dining ...
Shaped like large lampshades, the transparent Plex'eat hoods would be suspended above tables. People would sit underneath them while eating and drinking, with the hoods potentially reducing the risk of airborne infection. "I imagined, during my nocturnal creative wanderings of these months of confinement, a new way of welcoming customers of bars and restaurants in sea...
Kol is situated in the capital's Marylebone neighbourhood. It's headed up by notable chef Santiago Lastra, who has designed the menu of the two-storey restaurant to reflect the rich culture and cuisine of his birthplace, Mexico. London-based studio A-nrd was tasked with bringing an equally authentic sense of Mexico to Kol's interiors. The studio's founder, Alessio Nar...
Beam is nestled amongst a parade of shops in the affluent Notting Hill neighbourhood and serves up a menu of Mediterranean-inspired brunch dishes. Locally-based Ola Jachymiak Studio was brought on board to design the cafe, tasked with creating an inviting interior that would be able to comfortably accommodate just over 90 customers. There was just one key issue – t...
Located in the city's business district, the bar counter is topped by stainless steel, the walls are covered in textured grey silk and the floors are tiled in a matching grey. A looping bamboo sculpture is suspended from the ceiling. Daosheng Design said this is intended to evoke the brushstrokes of traditional Chinese calligraphy and the movements of the dragon dance...
Israeli-English chef Ottolenghi is revered for his take on Middle-Eastern cooking and has come to own six different eateries across London. His test kitchen – where he develops and trials out new recipes with staff – is located in the north of the capital, occupying a disused railway arch. The industrial setting was proving less than inspiring for Ottolenghi, so St...
Located in the docklands district of Nordhavn, the restaurant captures the colours and forms of Mexico City and combines them with Scandinavian furniture and materials. The project is the brainchild of former Noma chef Rosio Sanchez, who already has one restaurant in the city – the Hija de Sanchez Taqueria in Kødbyen. The idea here was to expand the concept, moving...
Iyo Aalto and Røst, which opened in November 2019 and February 2020 respectively, contrast each other in theme and design but carry a similar commitment to locally produced materials, a focus which is bolstered by Covid-19’s revelation of globalization’s weaknesses. Culinary History with Contemporary Class Røst, a restaurant whose dining area and bar total 65 square ...
The design takes its inspiration from the dream of chef Sergio Giraldo and bartender Cristóbal Bouchet to open their own restaurant La Sastrería, with the help of Grupo Gastroadictos. The aim of the project like in most of Masquespacio’s projects has been to fulfill the illusion of a group of young entrepreneurs, seeking to offer a new culinary and sensorial experience i...
The Blue Bottle Coffee cafe occupies a glass-front building in Yokohama's bustling business district, Minatomirai, and looks out across a leafy public park. This setting became a key point of reference for Tokyo-based studio Keiji Ashizawa Design, which has exclusively decked out the interiors of the cafe with natural materials. "We have aimed to create an atmosphe...
DooSooGoBang, which is shortlisted in the restaurant interior category of this year's Dezeen Awards, is located east of Suwon in the district of Yeongtong-gu and serves Korean temple food. The cuisine originated 1,700 years ago in Korea's early Buddhist temples and sees organic, seasonal meals prepared without the use of onions, garlic, chives, leeks and spring onions...
Taking its name from the former Prinsengracht Hospital that it occupies, the project carries on Fosbury & Sons’ predilection for landmark buildings, albeit this time swapping the modernist austerity of its Antwerp and Brussels locations for the 19th century grandeur of a listed national monument. Thoroughly renovated by architect Roberto Meyer of MVSA Architects and inte...
The “Giant Bakes” originally served online order, and decided to start their own cafe in their home’s yard where they serve coffee and bakery which they made daily. With a small land, the 30 square meter cafe with a metaphor roof inspired by spreading the chocolate cream over a cake. The cafe was covered by a brown asphaltic shingle roof that can be curved and still h...
For this new project, the idea was to maintain the identity already established and consolidated previously, but bringing new elements, new ideas and new concepts. Internally, the shades and materials were kept - dark tones, brick and wood. The feeling that is expected to give to those who enter the environment is to be in an "underground" bar - with a "cool" and strippe...
Designed by local studio Skylab Architecture, the first completed mass timber building in the mixed-use development pays homage to the industrial roots of the area — the site was formerly home to an industrial wastewater treatment and processing facility. The project champions eco-friendly construction that includes locally sourced and sustainably harvested wood. The pha...
In Norwegian, the word “under” means both “below” and “wonder”. It would be hard to think of a more appropriate name for a new restaurant by Snøhetta, which opened on the coast of Norway’s Lindesnes region in March this year. By semi-submerging a huge concrete block, which rests directly on the seabed five meters below the surface, the Oslo-headquartered design firm has ...
The American designer and his studio Rockwell Group have developed a way to extend existing restaurants onto the surrounding pavements and nearby streets so they can safely reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. The kit of parts includes a dining booth, a sanitation station, wooden decking panels to cover pavements and plant-covered street fencing. These are accompanie...
Envisioned for densely populated cities around the world, the futuristic proposal features a conical shape with a facade built of materials designed to harness solar energy. Large round openings that punctuate the facade reveal an abundance of greenery growing inside the building. The Vertical Oasis Building was conceived as mixed-use development comprising retail, of...
For Silo’s second outpost in London, local interior design studio Nina+Co teamed up with McMaster to craft an interior that reinforces the restaurant’s sustainable ethos with locally sourced natural materials and innovative design aimed at minimizing environmental impact. Launched in Australia in 2011, Silo was heralded as the world’s first zero-waste restaurant. Its ...
The family run business began 30 years ago, allowing tourists to observe the natural beauty of the flowers. Over the years, tourism decline and rival competition affected profitablity, leading owners to the decision of refreshing their business and people’s interest in orchids, through a complete redesign. Studio Miti began the project by studying the characteristic...
Named The Populist Brewery, the 2,000-square-metre building was turned into a craft brewery and a large restaurant, The Populist aims to recall the disobedient atmosphere lead and created by the crowds against political issues. All of them weave a unique concept across the space within a political and social Turkish reality. Protest is reflected in a tangible and imp...
The new development will include residential, commercial space, offices, four cinema screens, and a roof-top cafe. One tower will contain the commercial components of the program and sit facing the Western Express Highway, shielding the separate residential tower from the busyness of the highway. Jesus Jimenez, director at White Red Architects, said in a statement: “...
The architects will restore and build upon an existing former commercial distribution structure that once served as a vital node between Hudson River-based mercantile traffic and New York City. The structure is marked on its ground level by a 670-foot-long tunnel that was once used by trains that directly connected nearby docks with the commercial facilities, New Yor...
In stage two of the competition, ZHA was one of five big-name finalist teams, which included BIG, SOM, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, and Henning Larsen Architects HK. As OPPO continues to expand, the new headquarters reflects their “commitment to connectivity through design”. ZHA's 185,000 square-meter scheme comprises of four interconnected towers standing at 200 ...
The Lamington Markets building would comprise two residential towers atop a retail complex that includes a market hall and cinemas. It would be constructed partly on land that has been left vacant after the construction of Brisbane’s underground busway. A development application for the project has been lodged with Brisbane City Council. An architect’s statement attac...
Fusing flavours of 1960s design with the bustling urban context of Carlton, Melbourne’s newest boutique hotel, Zagame’s House is playfully unique and comprehensive. Owned by seasoned hoteliers and brothers Victor and Robert Zagame, and designed by Lukas Partners Interior Architecture, the ninety-seven-room hotel, located in the heart of ‘Little Italy’ draws on the brothe...
Dubbed Tree House, reaches at 140-meters and 37 storeys tall and will be the tallest hybrid structure of Holland with its concrete core mixed with timber. Developed by Provast, the project focusses on creating a lively, inspiring, open and sustainable environment for residents and visitors in the city centre. The project will be built next to the Central Station desc...
The design creates a cave-like interior and cozy atmosphere. Named Voids Cafe, the small interior space provides a fluid space to allow its clients to move freely around the servis table. The designers described the cafe as "voids are treated as form in this micro cafe" and they said: "the empty space in a coffee cup or "matcha" bowl was the form-giving inspiration f...
Dubbed as Adelaide Central Market Arcade, the design scheme will be built in the City of Adelaide and will be developed by Australian developer ICD Property, Singapore-based joint venture partner Nanshan Group and Australian real estate company Sinclair Brook. Bagot's new development will be a mixed-use project that will connect the arcade to the market and serve as a...
Named H Dining, the small coffee bar & restaurant was transformed from a typical 1960/70s suburban Bangkok house into a new dining place with the aim of keeping a domestic feeling without resorting to cliches of suburbia. Located at the center of Bangkok, H Dining takes its name from both the owner’s previous cafe, "Hand and Heart" and its accommodation in an existin...
Called %Arabica Coffee, the 50-square-metre shop is located in Jianguoxi Street in Shanghai. Opening up itself to the street, the store is entirely transparent to provide the interior atmosphere to its customers. Being the French concession provides the street with a narrative history in the old time, and the Wutong trees on the roadsides help it build a quiet enviro...
Situated in a forest in Chiang Mai, the mini cafe has been designed as a closed building that features wooden seating and tables, trees inside. Named Boonma Cafe, the 300-square-metre space emerges as the renovation program of a café originally located on a hill land surrounded by many trees. Reaching 6-meter height, the building has relatively a limited access distan...
The project is a conversion of two historic buildings that unites their Bauhaus-inspired original architecture from the 1920s with contemporary facilities and furnishings. The designers created a space that was inspired by a vision of bringing artists and craftsman together. SAGRADA was careful to respect the vernacular of the building and maintain the style that was ...
