inspired by speakeasies that were prevalent in 1920s new york due to the era of alcohol prohibition, the recently opened bar invites well-acquainted patrons in from the street through what is disguised as a fast-food stand, into an exclusive and clandestine club.designed around the key concept of ‘surprise’ and reflecting the illicit nature of the original speakeasies, ...
Wangjiatuan village is located in Zhangcun town, Huancui District, Weihai city, Shandong province. It's about a 30-minute drive from the city center. The village belongs to the scenic area of Likou mountain, which is one of the passes into the mountain. Its geographical location is convenient and important. The village is located in an east-west valley, North-south high,...
The New Zealand Institute of Architects Incorporated (NZIA) has announced 17 winners of its annual awards, four of which have been awarded special prizes. It has also revealed this year's recipient of its highest honour, the NZIA Gold Medal. Jeremy Salmond, co-founder of Auckland-based Salmond Reed Architects, received the accolade in recognition of his work in conser...
Alonso de Garay of Taller ADG designed the Italian restaurant to accompany an existing coffee shop that was also renovated for the project. Concrete features in both to tie them together, including board-marked walls that match polished concrete floors and the exposed ceiling. In the restaurant called Sartoria a curved, board-marked concrete design wraps up over the d...
Dubbed the Green Isle after its abundance of greenery, the project emphasizes reduced carbon emissions with its lush landscaping, use of locally sourced and recycled materials and emphasis on natural lighting and ventilation. The architect also used modular metal components to make it easier for the client to replace, disassemble, transport and reassemble parts as neede...
Located between the Serpentine Galleries, with views across the Serpentine Lake and out towards the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain, the coffee house provides an immersive architectural resting, refreshment, and contemplation point. The design of the coffee house’s roof is inspired by a stingray’s flight through water. The open, semi-transparent glass pavilion also evo...
Half Acre is designed by the local chef, who took on the industrial plot in the south of the Australian city for the restaurant project. The site comprises a new brick building with a glass-pitched extension and an adaptively reused one, which together form a sprawling property."When you walk through the front door, you don't really know what to expect," Wright-Smith ...
The modern design of the Song Chinese Cuisine restaurant reinterprets an ancient Chinese legend with materials such as stainless steel bricks and glass. The dining area is dominated by a large art installation titled “Crane Wing”, which is made of numerous finely wrought feathers. In conjunction with the lighting of the restaurant it turns into a marvellously shimmering ...
The interior design of Chuan’s Kitchen II restaurant is defined by the wall and floor materials used. The most important building material is a waste product resulting from the firing of regional black earthenware. These arched elements are fitted together in such a way that they create the impression of a chain mesh. The tiles, whose gloss radiates energy at dusk, are b...
Fascinating interplay To integrate landscape convincingly into architecture is a true challenge and plays a pivotal role in regions with breathtaking nature scenes as can be found in Iceland. Located at the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, The Retreat has been built directly into an 800-year-old lava flow. The overall concept encompasses a subterranean spa, a geothermal lagoon, ...
While traditional homes commonly use a vertical grid to distinguish one home from another, the architects decided to transform the plot to a horizontal zoning grid with different leveling to distinguish each area. The ceilings follow suit by slanting upwards following the levels. The architects utilized natural tones and materials for the interior, and wanted to creat...
A stepping stone path leads through a mist-covered landscape with mossy rocks and sand, to a wooden ‘ship deck’. The mist-covered landscape represents the water surface that surrounds a ship. The deck provides a place for seating and for service. A small and open hut with a black roof and mirrored sides, provides a place for staff to prepare food and drinks. Blocks of ...
Inspired by the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the designers wanted to create a journey of imagination for the customers and draw attention to the cafe. They did this by incorporating a bright yellow cheese slice, that entices customers to travel through the slice into the cafe. The cheese slice design also provides a place for people to sit outside. Inspired ...
Act of Wine is a natural wine store, housing both natural and biodynamic/organic wines from both Australia and internationally with a focus on small, sustainable producers. The ethos behind the outlet is the selection of wines, craft beers and spirits that have had minimal intervention and are a reflection of both origin and terroir. The design by ZWEI is a reflection of...
Architectural and design studio Hello Wood helped to create an organic yet mathematical structure that sits at the heart of the space, working in coordination with the restaurant’s designer to meet the brief of creating a sophisticated yet easier side to fine dining. As the sister restaurant of popular Michelin-star establishment Borkonyha, the idea behind Textúra was...
The brewery’s facade had wooden cladding, replaced with black profiled sheet metal cladding. In key moments the facade is glass, opening the view into the restaurant or the brew house. The restaurant terrace is oriented into the garden where in summer we can find a small taproom and outdoor garden seating for the guests. On the ground floor, there is most of the brewery’...
Located at the southernmost point of the Norwegian coastline, where the sea storms from the north and south meet, the project is situated at a unique confluence. Marine species flourish here in the both briny and brackish waters to produce a natural abundance in biodiversity at the site. The Snøhetta-designed restaurant also functions as a research center for marine life...
In this tea drinking space, a modern approach, which is more related to young people, is employed to reshape Chinese traditional calligraphy and explore the possibility of calligraphy in the context of new era, achieving the high-level integration between the space design and HEYTEA’s brand spirit. Tea has inspired the literati for thousands of years.Tea is not only...
Inspired by trains and train stations, the exterior of the store uses beaded opaque glass to mimic the steaming of a train window, while the black metal detailing lends another subtle nod to the brand’s immersive train experience. Throughout the interiors, a predominately monochromatic palette has been used to echo the Art Deco movement popularized amongst traditional t...
diogo aguiar studio presents the conversion of a former agricultural building into a touristic destination for lovers of wine. the project is driven by the spatial potential of the pre-existing barn, and the curation of a three-part visiting experience. these three parts are programmed as a tasting room, a vinoteca or wine cabinet, and a shop. in opposition to the build...
“Shuk” means “marketplace”. Located in the newly-opened 25hours Hotel The Trip on Frankfurt’s Niddastrasse, BAR SHUKA joins Chez IMA, Maxie Eisen and Stanley Diamond as restauranteurs’ David and James Ardinast’s fourth concept in the former red-light district Bahnhofsviertel. With their new restaurant, the brothers return to and draw upon their roots more than ever: clas...
The place to eat Pizza in Bucharest
Entering Tingtai Teahouse from the street, a staircase is held by a fine metal green structure, and white nougat terrazzo lining the walls and floors, takes guests to the upper floor. The existing space was stripped back to its raw state, exposing the patina of the concrete structure and the old brick walls and ceiling, while an existing mezzanine was removed to expose ...
Decked out exclusively in plant-based materials, the guest suite at the Hilton has been created by Bompas & Parr in a bid to show that veganism is "no longer only a dining trend, but can also influence a wider lifestyle choice". The design studio joins a wider pool of designers making vegan-friendly products that go beyond food– Brooklyn studio Crème recently used hom...
Spanning an area of 250 square meters, the Sacher Park Cafe was developed as part of the Jerusalem Development Authority’s ‘Design Competition of the Jerusalem Open Space and Governmental Area’, which Yaniv Pardo Architects won in 2008. “Our project does not deal with planning a defined structure,” the architects explain. “It aims to study, expose and understand the issu...
A concrete extension enhances an old industrial building and revitalises the centre of Schiltigheim, one of the most populous suburbs of the Strasbourg metropolitan area. Dominique Coulon & Associés introduces new forms and functions to the historic core of the French municipality. The building, which for decades housed first a distillery and then a slaughterhouse, ha...
Triangular cutouts open the facade to better connect at sidewalk level while revealing a glimpse of the interior. The interior space brings together a cafe, bakery, restaurant and retail space. Various seating options are featured throughout, and hanging above, decorative elements add color and interest to the space. A curved concrete service counter that extends into ...
The minimal black design with vertical slats stands apart from the other stores and restaurants on the street. At night the white box becomes a bright beacon to people on the street, drawing them to the coffee shop. The small interior of the coffee shop measures in at just 32 square feet (3sqm). Inside, wood slats complement the dark slats on the exterior, and the espre...
The building, designed by the architect Teodoro Gonzalez de León, it reflects the strength, expression and monumentality characteristic of his work. The area of intervention located under a grand staircase is a space with an iconic character due to its curved shape.Three resounding gestures of pure and simple geometry make up the space; the arch-shaped ceiling, the stria...
Formerly used as a fairly nondescript palace cafe, the 14,000-square-foot property has been given a sumptuous revamp using traditional craftsmanship and artisanal techniques. The adaptive reuse project is not only a hybrid of centuries-old elements and modern aesthetics, but is also a historic preservation project that included careful restoration efforts.The royal famil...
A soft purple accent wall with the “BAO MOCHI” logo greets customers as they arrive. The soft purple is also present in the lighting that hangs above the tables and chairs. Additional colors like blue, lime green and pink have been used to add pops of color to the interior. Cardboard tubes have been used to line some of the walls, and are used to create a modern interp...
Inside, the cafe measures in at just 40 square meters (430 sqft), and has a high ceiling that helps the space feel larger. Bar seating along the window provides a place for people to wait for their food while viewing the street. The service counter has a textured wood facade that complements the other wood elements in the cafe, and the counter drops down to a different ...
Once a former art gallery, the interior has been transformed into a playful design that creates a mystical environment, evoking the forest where Sasquatch lives. The beechwood service counter represents a tree branch emerging from the forest. It seamlessly extends through merchandise and food display cases, to a bench where customers can relax while waiting for the...
New Tendency updated Berlin's Funkhaus, a former broadcasting centre for the German Democratic Republic (GDR) built in the 1950s by Bauhaus alumnus Franz Ehrlic, to host the annual Red Bull Music Academy. Prior to New Tendency's intervention, the space underwent three months of renovation. The studio was tasked with creating spaces for the participants to work and rel...
The restaurant takes its name from its location on Leonard Street in Shoreditch, a busy East End neighbourhood recognised for its eclectic mix of eateries and bars. It is the second dining space to be headed up by chefs Jackson Boxer and Andrew Clarke, who together have overseen Brunswick House restaurant in Vauxhall since 2015. Their inaugural restaurant is decked...
Junzi Kitchen is a fast-casual cafe on a popular corner in New York's Greenwich Village, at the intersection of Bleeker and Sullivan streets. The restaurant measures 1,800 square feet (167 square metres), and was overhauled by local designer Xuhui Zhang, who is part of the restaurant's small in-house team. Using a simple colour palette and contemporary designs, Zha...
