Restaurant

Architect: McIntosh Poris Associates Michael Poris, AIA, Principal Laurie Hughet-Hiller, AIA, Associate/Project Manager Charles Heid, AIA, Architect Jennifer Bueso, Interior Designer   Client: Delaware North Owner: Olympia Development   Size: 7,600 square feet; one floor   Site Little Caesars Arena is the centerpiece of The District Detroit, a 50-block, mixed-use development that includes eight theaters, three professional sports venues and five neighborhoods.  The District Market, shared kitchen, and adjacent restaurant are situated on the arena’s ground floor with direct access to Woodward Avenue on the outside, and the public interior concourse of the arena (called the Via).    Program T... More

On the slopes of Epanomi, a few kilometres from the city of Thessaloniki, a meticulously-tended vineyard surrounds the modern winery, where the renowned Ktima Gerovassiliou wines are produced. It attracts visitors all year round, providing space for lectures, performances, discussions, presentations, scientific symposiums and performances. The modern winery is surrounded by the vineyard which spreads over 710 acres. Especially notable is the Gerovassiliou Wine Museum which includes educational programs, guided tours and parallel events that take place, based on a variety of stimuli and information provided by the winery. In addition, the Museum presents to visitors one of the world's greatest collectors of corkscrews which numbers more than... More

For a casual French bistro, an interior design with comfort and a proper sense of tension was pursued. Only materials such as brass, thick solid wood, and antique scaffold planks – those that would have enhanced characteristics as they age – were used for finishes. Brass was used as eye-catchers for lights, hanger pipes, furniture knobs and handles, window frames, decorative screws, etc., in order to provide gorgeousness to the interior. The antique scaffold planks add a casual atmosphere to the space, preventing it from being too sophisticated. A cave-like space with a table is not completely isolated, yet blocks views from other tables and creates a comfortably enclosed feeling. The solid walnut bar table is for both cookin... More

The polished-casual dining establishment anchors the northwest corner of a dowel laminated timber (DLT) office building in a vibrant urban neighborhood. The restaurant’s north and west walls are fully glazed, expanding the dining experience out to the penumbra of the overhanging office floors above.   Structural glue-laminated spruce columns and beams remain exposed, as does the electrical conduit tamed to fit between structural wood panels. Edison bulbs suspended from multi-colored pendants round out the holistic, soft-industrial aesthetic.    Variously configured dining areas with custom-fabricated steel and white oak furniture gravitate to a full-service bar wrapped in black tile, topped with white quartz, and sh... More

Jan Olbracht is a unique place on the map of Toruń gastronomy. This restaurant with a brewery is situated in the heart of the Old Town, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, on four storeys of a Gothic tenement house from the 14th Century.  The restaurant has functioned here for a dozen years or so. Having worked in the same form for years, it needed some changes and refurbishment. Our task was to redecorate the main Room on the ground floor, together with the bar and the brewhouse, the Royal Room on the first floor, as well as the conference and event space. It was crucial to preserve and highlight the original interior elements such as: the polychrome and the Gothic brick. On the ground floor, we preserved the loges in the w... More

A restaurant in Zhengzhou, Henan. Designed by A00.  More

Introduction Restaurant Entrepot is led by chef Arvid Schmidt and host Xander Waller. The menu offers an ever-changing list of exciting small dishes, made with local seasonal products and largely prepared over open fire. The restaurant is located in Amsterdam on the iconic Entrepotdok, an industrial area from the 17th century with many monumental warehouses. The building which houses Restaurant Entrepot is also a Dutch cultural heritage site.   Design concept In addition to its distinctive open kitchen, Restaurant Entrepot is unique in that it allows its guests to see its operational process wherever possible. To accommodate this, the bar, wine and bread stations and other supporting functions are positioned in an open service zone... More

Introduction The Salsa Shop concept is all about freshly made, quick Mexican meals with the tastiest and most natural ingredients, served in an open and friendly environment. Salsa Shop also stands for a new standard for fast food under the motto ‘Good food, fast’. After opening the first five branches in Amsterdam and Utrecht, Salsa Shop asked Studio Ninetynine to create the design for the second-generation restaurants and make the interior of the restaurant concept roll-out proof.   Design concept Since the Salsa Shop restaurant concept should be experienced as an easy recognisable fast food concept with a comfortable seating area, Studio Ninetynine developed an interior design that enhances the somewhat contrary pers... More

redpan began with a simple wish to share good food in a good setting—a ‘living room' that nurtures interaction and creativity, where ideas can be exchanged over a casual, convivial meal. From the observation that DP’s own architects and staff like to hold informal work discussions at cafes near the office, the architecture firm conceived redpan as an exercise in building camaraderie in an urban environment where the line between work and play is increasingly blurred. The restaurant is in Marina Square, where the firm’s headquarters is located.DP picked local restaurateurs The Food Explorer Group, owners of popular bistro GRUB, as creative partners in this ‘love affair’ between design and food. This first joint F&B venture between DP and... More

Take one imposing building, consisting of three separate areas, serving a very diverse clientele, and turn it into one giant living area that caters to the need of all. That, in a nutshell, was the challenge in renovating Amsterdam’s Hotel Casa. Founded in the late 1950s to help solve the housing shortage for students, Casa has always been a hybrid of sorts, serving as the (temporary) home of hotel guests, locals, student residents and people attending a board meeting or conference. In 2010 Casa moved to a new building but the concept stayed the same. Recent plans to renovate and modernise the convention center turned into a complete overhaul of both public and conference areas.In the new design connectivity was key. There’s one centra... More

This project, initiated in 2016 for a local Latin restaurant chain, studied connecting the interior to the exterior, integrating the ambience of Cartegena, and allowing patrons to be seen, yet partially obscured with a series of hanging metal mesh screens. More

The task: Another room was to be planned in an architecturally attractive manner on the 250 m² of Hotel Schwanen. The target was achieving greatest diversity for many different events. Festivities, meetings and seminars alike were to use the attractive top floor from May 2019 onwards. Like the other rooms of this hotel, the "swan", as the hotel's namesake, was to find "its place" in the area plans and the room concept.  The challenge: The generous space with its high, slanting ceiling was to retain its special attic charisma. The desired room concept called for a large, uninterrupted area to accommodate a variety of chair arrangements. At the same time, it was to have sections where individual interviews or group work co... More

Context and ambition   
The new Etterbeek City Hall is located in front of a main road, on Casernes Avenue, in the context of an urban development initiated by the commune on the site called « the Hunting Gardens ». It’s an exceptional opportunity to renew a neighbourhood, a part of the city, and also an opportunity to create a dynamic image for an urban commune.     Site plan   We opted for a clear and open layout for the buildings, favouring lines of communication between the existing neighbourhood and the site’s new development. The communal house was positioned on the corner between Casernes Avenue and Beckers Street for maximum visibility. A pedestrian path that crosses the project was proposed in order to link the future park with the... More

An acronym for “Eat Drink Innovate Together”, EDIT is an original concept lamatilde has brought to the food and beverage field, in collaboration with business accelerator The Doers. It is a unique example, on international level, of contamination between American culinary incubators, Italian cuisine’s love for innovation and craft breweries’ experimental potential.Within its 2,400 square meters (almost 26,000 square feet), EDIT includes a bakery, a pub, a brewery, a cocktail bar, a restaurant and a kitchen area: a mix that contributes to a dynamic and flexible space, able to cater to both professionals – who can rent the equipment they need – and end clients, with a complete “menu” of options... More