Estero by Barde vanVoltt reflects “slower rhythm” of Baja California
Dutch design studio Barde vanVoltt has completed a building in San José del Cabo, Mexico, which includes a…
Thomas-McBrien Architects designs Flatiron WatchHouse
UK studio Thomas-McBrien Architects has taken cues from minimalist artist Donald Judd when designing the interiors for a…
Sosokki Anac designs South Korean cafe to evoke ancient ruins
Monolithic brick volumes intended to evoke “the ruins of an undiscovered ancient civilisation” conceal this cafe in South…
Soviet-era architecture informs Kazakhstan cafe by AT Interiors
Bespoke furniture and details, including a colourful swan mosaic, help to evoke the atmosphere of a 1960s pavilion…
Warkentin Associates models LA cafe on “an artist’s living room”
American studio Warkentin Associates has aimed to capture the “spirit of ’90s coffee shop culture” inside this cafe…
Vincent von Thien designs Trader HiFi cafe in Hamburg
A cork-clad DJ booth forms the centrepiece of this coffee shop in Hamburg, which its owner Vincent von…
Osaka Castle informs interiors of Blue Bottle Coffee Shinsaibashi
Architecture studio Keiji Ashizawa Design looked to Osaka Castle’s triangular forms and the shape of the city’s Tsutenkaku…
Tent-like canopies bring “outdoor feeling” to Blue Bottle Coffee in Shanghai
Interior studio Atelier Tao+C has designed a cafe for Blue Bottle Coffee on Shanghai‘s West Bund waterfront, featuring…
UNC Studio’s Challe cafe in Kyoto fuses Japanese and Mexican design
Interiors firm UNC Studio has transformed a traditional wooden house in Kyoto into a Japanese-Mexican fusion cafe and…
“Understated nostalgia” defines Montreal sandwich shop by MRDK
Bright yellow upholstery and formica pops against a 1970s colour palette inside this sandwich shop in Montreal, designed…
SML Studio Architecture creates cafe inside Vancouver’s Waterfall Building
The angled glass facade of a modernist icon in Vancouver now covers a community cafe and bar designed…
Schemata Architects turns ironworks into Teshima Factory cafe
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has converted an old factory on the island of Teshima into a cafe, swapping its…