Browsing: restaurant

© Herzog & de Meuron

Miami has been changing a  lot over this last decade, turning into a rich cultural city. Events such as Art Basel Miami Beach (the most important art event in the US) and buildings by international architects are part of this ongoing change.

One of these new projects in the city  is 1111 Lincoln Road, a development envisioned by Robert Wennett and materialized by swiss architects  Herzog & de Meuron.

This mixed use project is currently being built at the corner of Alton and Lincoln, one of the most active pedestrian areas in the city, and it will include residences, retail spaces and parking. Parking takes a central space in this building, with one of the best views I have ever seen on a parking space.

© Paul Clemence

Jacques Herzog stated that this builing will reinterpret the essence of Tropical Modernism, and somehow it reminds me of the modern movement in Brazil, with huge structures providing shade, while containing smaller enclosing elements. The slabs stand over a set of irregular columns, giving a sense of a precarious equilibrium. This columns also cast different shadows, giving more character to the facade.

I´m very interested on seeing how this project ends up, and how this can affect (in a positive way) the extension of the Miami Art Museum, another project by Herzog & de Meuron for the city.

Photographer Paul Clemence shared with us some photos of this project during construction, on which you can see more about the expressive concrete structure.

More renderings and the construction photos after the break.
read more »

© Daniel Nicolas

Architect: Tjep
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Client: Private
Project year: 2006
Photographs: Daniel Nicolas

read more »

Located in Niihama in Ehime, Japan, the Café la Miell lacked the space needed to accommodate the number of daily customers.  To combat this shortcoming, the client wished to open a new café across the street that would be able to hold 80 customers.  To create the new Café la Miell, Suppose Design Office utilized the one meter drop of the site so that instead of having a standard two story café, as the client requested, the café would become a split level space with one floor at the building’s base level, and one at street level.

More about the cafe after the break.

read more »

Sander Architects shared their Grace Restaurant design with us.  Located in the rectory of the decommissioned St. Vibiana’s cathedral, the project includes an addition on a triangular piece of property adjoining the rectory. The addition includes a new kitchen on the first floor with additional cooking facilities and a private chef’s table on the upper floors.  Putting a new spin on restaurant design, the building itself will provide great food.  Working with the idea “the building you can eat”, the project becomes an edible form that is sheathed in a vertical garden, covered with tasty plants. Passers-by will be free to pick fruits, vegetable and herbs from the building as they walk along.  An open street-side counter will also cater to walk-up orders.   With this edible idea, the building become both environmentally and people friendly.

Images and drawings after the break. read more »

Architects: PK Arkitektar ehf
Location: Keflavík, Iceland
Client: KFC Iceland
Design team: Pálmar Kristmundsson and Fernando de Mendonça
Consultants: VSB Engineers
Constructed area: 530 sqm
Project year: 2005
Photographs: Rafael Pinho

read more »

Robert D. Henry Architects just finished the latest SHO Shaun Hergatt restaurant at 40 Broad Street in Manhattan, New York.  The restaurant aims to “touch on all of the five senses” to create a full dining experience.  “The more our senses are engaged synchronistically, the more powerful our experience; this viewpoint shapes everything we do now,” explained Henry.

More about the restaurant after the break. read more »

Located in Cherry Creek, Colorado, Andre Kikoski’s Second Home is a five star hotel restaurant.  Andre Kikoski Architect, PLLC is a multidisciplinary firm that is committed to artistic innovation, material research, and detail-oriented design.  For Second Home, Kikoski “created an approachable and comfortable locale…with a playful, contemporary restaurant and lounge. The design strategy embraces textural contrast and celebrates the dissonance of eclectic elements to create a truly memorable patron experience.”

More about the interior after the break. read more »