topped with a thatched roof, which recalls the appearance of traditional conical hats worn in vietnam, the building takes the form of a 12-sided polygon. bambubuild took advantage of the site’s existing architecture, using it to support the bamboo frames to span an area of over 700 square meters (7,535 sqf). soaring to a total height of 15 meters (50 ft), the structure p...
the restaurant has been designed and constructed by bambubuild, a team of bamboo specialists who work directly with skilled craftsmen. built in a simple way, the design maximizes the natural characteristics of bamboo. the modular structure was prefabricated before being quickly and easily assembled on site. the roof spans 7 meters (23 ft), while the cantilevered roof cre...
to build the pavilion bambubuild selected dendrocalamus, one of the tallest bamboo species, capable of reaching extraordinary heights. to test the structure, the firm successfully assembled the pavilion before dismantling it and transporting it to hanoi where it was erected within the vietnam exhibition fair center. the pavilion was then used for another travel exhibitio...
The existing floor, raised 50cm above the ground conforming to a characteristic style of traditional Japanese architecture, was demolished to make a new floor level with the ground. In order to visually continue the pebbled ground into the interior, terrazzo containing the same type of pebbles as the ground was used to finish the floor. The floor inside the counter is al...
Conceived by local design practice FLAT12X as an art-centric venue, the restaurant purposefully eschews the generic aesthetic of bland sleekness and polished orderliness embraced by the hospitality industry, in favor of an intuitive, almost erratic sensibility that marks the confluence of architecture, graphic design and art. In fact, Sundays’ idiosyncratic design can be...
Design institution: HAD Architects& EPOS Location: Intime City, Chengdu, China Chief designer: Zhou Yonggang Decoration Designer: Ningxia Area: 65 ㎡ Year of the project: 2017 Photographer: Arch-exist Photography In our opinions, design should start with exact questions, and a good design is one of the answers. Our question about this project is how to make diffe...
In a nod to the city’s history as a major port, local design firm Mavrik Studio crafted the new eatery — named Mersea after an Old English word meaning “island oasis” — out of 13 shipping containers and a variety of other materials found on the island, such as reclaimed wood. The decision to use cargotecture was also a practical one given the uncertainty of development ...
MID creates bushes and ground cover landscaping, where holstein dairy cows are interspersed, showing a quiet and pleasant atmosphere. The open windows display fresh beef and skilled way of cutting, so as to stimulate the appetite. Following the slight flavor of beef and stepping into the dining room, everywhere we could see is an interpretation of the design theme "urba...
Between stairs and accessed by to opposite entrances, the store allows customers to cross inside to reach parallel corridors of the mall. Taking advantage of this arrangement, Arthur Casas and team created a path whose carbonized solid wood sides have shelves from floor to ceiling to accommodate the labels horizontally. Remembering the old wineries, the carbonized sol...
The interior design of the L.A. Poke makes use of contrasts of thick and thin, sharp and soft, curved and straight, rough and smooth. The space is screened by arches in different heights, widths and depths. While some arches were already in the room before the renovation, the architects playfully added more to transform the space. Framed vistas and views bring the eye de...
The new venue, conceived of by the team behind Chewton Glen, Lygon Arms, Cliveden and 11 Cadogan Gardens, will offer an exciting new extended café-bar space and restaurant, including a newly-covered former courtyard space, within the 11 Cadogan Gardens hotel, and is set to appeal to a wide range of day-to-night guests. Hans’ Bar & Grill was named in honour of Cadogan fa...
Conceived as a vertical extrusion of its rectangular footprint, a series of voids is carved through its centre to create an urban window connecting the hotel’s interior communal spaces with the city and generating the sculptural forms that define the hotel’s public spaces. Linked at ground level with the surrounding three-storey podium of the City of Dreams resort, the M...
How would Wes Anderson design a chapel for Coffee? Antilope Café is a new coffee Brand in Mexico. The 80m2 space is located within the Arboleda Development in Monterrey México and it represents the brand´s first physical space where the marriage of Chiapas coffee beans and Dulcinea´s kitchen (a local restaurant by the same owners) takes place. The design came through ...
Taking up a refurbished mid-19th century colonial heritage building in the newly developed outdoor shopping district, Fengsheng Li, the project will be the new flagship restaurant of the brand as well as becoming a signature landmark in the centre of the government owned property. Overlooking from the promenade’s water feature, a sculpturesque brass cage integrated in...
The space is almost fully ftted with ready to use products straight from a building warehouse, such as: construction props arranged as to create openwork partitions, timber used for seats or to decorate the bar, galvanized metal pipes turned into lamps and used in tables, walls fnished with concrete lattice paving blocks. And all is done in line with the type of food ...
The Itoman Gyomin Shokudo, located in Itoman, Okinawa was conceived with the aim of supporting and promoting the local tradition and culture through its cuisine. The restaurant is covered in Ryukyu limestone and was constructed as part of a “masonry workshop” organized by the project collaborators. The fishermen in Itoman often constructed their own fishery grounds by ...
Design company: Weini Design Chief designer: Ray Cai Project area: 450 ㎡ Project location: πmall Shopping Center, Zhongzhou, Shenzhen, China Completion time: 2016,11 Photographer: Ouyang Yun The shop front of the restaurant is connotative. The gable carries the meaning of five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) reminds Teochew people of their hometown ...
MVRDV’s ambition is to implement a focal point to the area, with a new building that opens in all directions and is at the heart of the Knödelplatz square. The facade of the building is transparent and does not separate inside from outside and instead of isolating its inner activities, it is in constant dialogue with its surroundings. A transparent reincarnation of indus...
the project, titled ‘nocenco cafe,’ focused on morphing a middle-rise concrete building located in the city center of vinh. this scheme sees a renovated a cafe on the last floor and rooftop of a 7th floor turned into a neighborhood and city icon, with an emphasis on using a unique local material to create a new structure. after a study period, VTN architects decided t...
The space is designed as a cool and layed back ambience with various areas to enjoy the famous foods and drinks at the window walnut bar and table or just relax in the lounge area. The colour concept is dominated by earthy warm tones and suddle minimalistic surface changes while the lighting concept shows a transformation from the dynamic linear lighting along the spa...
On December 1, 1999 was officially inaugurated the Burj Al Arab. Since then no other hotel in the world has managed to have the media effect of this gigantic sail unfurled over the sea and now, over 15 years later, a new and important element arrives to renew and increase its popularity. The artificial island on which lies this icon Hotel has in fact been extended with a...
Design company: BloomDesign Design range: branding, interiors, lighting Creative director: Li Baolong, Chen Xiaohu Project team: Qiu Wendi, Zhang Renqiang Project location: Shenzhen, China Building area: 117 m2 Lighting design: Ding Jie Construction company: HeiZhuangXiu Stone supplier: Da Gang Stone Coating supplier: buoncolor Lighting supplier: KA Lights, i...
Once in awhile, during the long winter months, it’s nice to have a pick-me-up, something to remind you that there is light at the end of the blustery tunnel. AK-A‘s 48 Urban Garden restaurant gives us that tiny sliver of hope. Occupying the ground floor of the Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center in Athens, 48 Urban Garden is a veritable breath of fresh air in the ci...
The designer’s description The building is the result of a regenerative transformation and expansion of a small pre-existing structure that had been abandoned for many years. The walls, roof and door frames of the original building, have been restored, preserving the essential features of the original construction. The interiors were redesigned, shaped to their new ...
British designer Tom Dixon has given his name and furniture to a sandwich cafe at London luxury department store Harrods. The Tom Dixon Sandwich cafe is situated between the designer's two concessions on the third floor of Harrods, in London's Knightsbridge area .The project was undertaken by Dixon's Design Research Studio, which focuses on large-scale architecture, i...
Thousands of animal bones line the macabre interior of this restaurant in a refurbished 1940s building in Mexico, by design studio Cadena + Asociados (+ slideshow). Headed up by founder Ignacio Cadena, Mexican studio Cadena + Asociados converted a building in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco state, to create the 70-square-metre restaurant. The client for Hueso Restau...
Palæo, a fast food chain in Copenhagen that serves healthy food with fresh, unprocessed ingredients, has a new design created by Johannes Torpe Studios. Inspired by the simplicity of the paleo diet and lifestyle, the space’s design used raw materials such as leather, wood, stone, brass and wool, which provide a sense of hygge – a Danish word referring to coziness establi...
In a world of classic, industrial cocktails, Munich’s Gamsei Cocktail Bar is a specimen apart. With his newest bar, owner Matthew Bax wanted to bring local traditions into the world of bartending. Thus the ingredients of Gamsei’s cocktails are either foraged or grown by small local farmers. Homemade liqueurs and syrups populate the thoughtfully seasonal menu. To creat...
Located in Guadalajara, Mexico, Hueso is the concept restaurant of Alfonso Cadena. The 1940s contemporary building in which the restaurant is housed was recuperated and revived by Cadena+Asociados. True to its name, which means “bone” in Spanish, the interior of the restaurant is adorned with thousands of collected bones. The bones are mounted on textured white walls ...
25 square meters doesn’t seem to be big enough for a sit-down cafe. One thing is for sure : to do that, you’d have to use space in a clever way. This is how it was done for the Flipboard Cafe. The first thing was to use the vertical volume of the tiny space by implementing a multi-level organisation. Small spaces found during the renovation of the front facade are used a...
Designed by Chinese architects Archi-Union Architects, Tea House is a study in limitations. Three walls hem the lot, creating physical and spatial limitations, and the technologically advanced design was met with the limitations of low-technology construction. Yet, despite the obstacles, the architects created a distinctive and relaxing space in the backyard of their off...
Cafe Mojo is a coffee house located in Astana, Kazakhstan, and designed by Nurlan Kamitov of Kamitov Project Architecture. It is part of a bigger restaurant complex, therefore the architects had the task of integrating it into the existing decor, while still cultivating a distinct environment for the cafe. Inviting leather chairs and shelves populated with books and knic...
Mode Design Studio created a geometrical concept for the Piece of Paradise Bar and Dinner Restaurant to play off the hexagonal shape of the space, and the result is a contemporary, texture-rich interior that packs major visual impact. Structural elements, contrasting natural and synthetic materials as well as playful proportions lend a very conceptual, futuristic feel to...
Urban Villa London is a rare boutique hotel / aparthotel hybrid in west London. Since aparthotels are rarely synonymous with design culture, the primary challenge for Grzywinski+Pons was fostering a unique design atmosphere. And adding to the difficulty was the antiseptic atmosphere of the residential tower in which the hotel is located. To uncover every shred of the ...
PNY (Paris New York) is a Parisian burger chain that recently opened its third location in the city’s Marais district. For the previous two locations, Paris-based firm Cut Architectures reinforced the idea of a transatlantic fusion with Broadway cinema lights, stainless steel, exposed brick and tessellations. But for the third time around, the architects took a trip to M...
Gourmet chefs are increasingly turning to more plebeian endeavors. Perhaps these white-coated soldiers, decorated in Michelin stars, are trying to reinvent the wheel – or perhaps they just appreciate the tastiness of simple fare. Whatever the reason may be, it’s working out wonderfully for everyone involved: customers get a gourmet upgrade on traditional food and chefs ...
