Archello Awards 2026 · Enter your projects before 30 September 2026
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CAFE & CONCEPT STORE

The project is a pink Narnia, where from the threshold everything is aimed at                   
awakening girlish energy, and the conductor to these emotions is a large
concentration of shades of pink.
99% of the project team working on the space are girls. Designers, assemblers,
contractors, and the founders of the brand themselves. "Around Friends" are two
spaces, representing a coffee shop and a store of local brands.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the building of a girls' gymnasium, now
an architectural monument, where our project "Around Friends" was implemented -
a women's space in delicate pink shades, combining a coffee shop and a store of
local brands.

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When developing the design, we wanted to make it bright and eye-catching. The

bar part is covered with glaze with a delicate stretch from white to a light blush. The
combination of smooth and clear lines on the ceiling does not create contradictions,
but makes you observe the interior. The coffee shop space has several seating
options - from a common table for a bachelorette party to a single seating.

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Sofas, like a "long braid" enveloping the coffee shop along the perimeter, poufs with
funny elements along the seam in the form of hearts, chairs made of recycled
plastic, made by 3D printing - all this creates an atmosphere where even an
ordinary dish on a pink plate will have a completely different taste interpretation.
A cultural heritage building with original brickwork, which could not be used in
construction manipulations. Along the perimeter of the main walls, we placed a
tinted mirror with a gradient, also in a pink palette. The counter in the cafe and the
cash register in the retail area are assembled from several volumes. The bar part of
the cafe is covered with glaze with a delicate stretch from white to a light blush.
And the light ceiling above the work areas, like the sky in a cloud, unites these two
spaces.

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All rails are custom, made of stainless steel, and give a feeling of a continuous line.
They intertwine the entire space of the store, and the pipe, coming out of one wall,
makes a couple of elegant bends, and goes into another.
A multi-tiered rack, pulled together with clamps, gives additional geometry to the
space. Somewhere geometry appears as part of the architecture - for example, a
slatted ceiling or shelves that "flow" from a niche.
In such projects, there is always room for experiments and colors, like a sink made
of colored concrete, or cute details in the form of hearts on a stainless steel belt on
poufs, colored mirrors, and furniture with spectacular shapes from Russian brands
eburet made from recycled materials.

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Project credits

Architects
Photographers

Product spec sheet

Manufacturers
Halo Sky by Halo Edition
Manufacturers

Project data

Project Year
2025
Primary Building Material
Brick
Steel
Building Area
160 m2
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