Bars and restaurants need to be assertive. Customers tend not to visit them to satisfy basic appetites for food or drink but for social opportunities. Their interiors need to occupy the imagination of their customers and to whet the appetite for a return visit. The design that gets the formula right will do as much to prolong the life of the business as the products on offer.
As this book demonstrates, the conventions and mechanics of eating and drinking influence how bars and restaurants are conceived in different regions of the world. Whatever the final result users are in sustained, intimate contact with the elements of the space they inhabit and detailing must be refined enough, and visually rich enough, to withstand prolonged scrutiny.
This book includes a wide range of international projects and for each one there is a descriptive text, colour photographs, floor plans, sections and construction and decorative details. A bonus CD-ROM contains all the drawings as printed in the book, in both EPS and DWG (generic CAD) formats.
About the Author
Drew Plunkett was Head of the Department of Interior Design at the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981 he has practised as an interior designer based in London and Glasgow. He is also active as an exhibitor, curator and critical writer. He is the author of Drawing for Interior Design (2009).
Olga Reid is a practising interior designer at Urban Salon, London.
Contents:
BARS + CAFES
10 6T7 ESPAI CAFÉ, OLOT, MSB ESTUDI TALLER
14 FEDERAL CAFÉ, BARCELONA, BARBARA APPOLLONI
20 Corso, Paris, Robert Stadler
26 CONFISERIE BACHMANN, BASEL , HHF
28 DAS NEUE KUBITSCHECK, MUNICH, DESIGNLIGA
30 CAFÉ FOAM, STOCKHOLM, NOTE DESIGN STUDIO
32 MOCHA MOJO, CHENNAI, MANCINI ENTERPRISES
38 SALON DES SALUTS, TOKYO, SINATO
44 Z AM PARK, ZURICH, AEKAE
46 VINEGAR CAFÉ, FUKUOKA, HIMEMATSU ARCHITECTURE
50 AG CAFÉ, NAGOYA, KIDOSAKI ARCHITECTS STUDIO
52 Zmianatematu, Lodz, XM3
56 MYU, BEIRUT, PAUL KALOUSTIAN ARCHITECT
62 Blue Frog, Mumbai, Serie Architects
66 ZEBAR, SHANGHAI, 3GATTI
72 FACTORY 251, MANCHESTER, BEN KELLY DESIGN
78 Design Bar 2010, Stockholm, Jonas Wagell
80 Design Bar 2011, Stockholm, KATRIN GREILING
84 LA MÉNAGERIE DE VERRE, PARIS, MATALI CRASSET
86 KADE, AMERSFOORT, STUDIO MAKKINK & BEY
88 Die Kunstbar, Cologne, Studio Arne Quinze
90 MS CAFÉ, LODZ, WUNDERTEAM
96 PLUK, HAARLEM, TJEP
98 POLKA GELATO, LONDON, VONSUNG
100 RECESS, NEW YORK, SCALAR ARCHITECTURE
106 YELLOW SUBMARINE, MUNICH, TULP
108 Grey Goose BAR, Brussels, Puresang
RESTAURANTS
114 BANGALORE EXPRESS WATERLOO, LONDON, OUTLINE
120 BANGALORE EXPRESS CITY, LONDON, OUTLINE
124 BEIJING NOODLE NO.9, LAS VEGAS, DESIGN SPIRITS CO. LTD
126 PIZZA PEREZ, SYRACUSE, FRANCESCO MONCADA
130 TOAST, NAVATO, STANLEY SAITOWITZ/NATOMA ARCHITECTS
134 Cave, Sydney, Koichi Takada
138 TREE, SYDNEY, KOICHI TAKADA
140 THAI RESTAURANT, LJUBLJANA, ELASTIK ARCHITECTURE
142 CONDUIT, SAN FRANCISCO, STANLEY SAITOWITZ/NATOMA ARCHITECTS
144 NISEKO LOOKOUT CAFÉ, HOKKAIDO, DESIGN SPIRITS CO. LTD.
146 THE NAUTILUS PROJECT, SINGAPORE, DESIGN SPIRITS
148 FORWARD, BEIJING, SAKO
152 Tang PALACE, HANGZHOU, ATELIER FCJZ
156 +GREEN, TOKYO, SINATO
160 MACHO!, STOCKHOLM, GUISE
164 DOGMATIC, NEW YORK, EFGH
170 EL PORTILLO, TERUEL, STONE DESIGNS
174 KWINT, BRUSSELS, STUDIO ARNE QUINZE
176 PRAQ, AMERSFOORT, TJEP
180 Sous Les Cerisiers, PARIS, RALSTON & BAU
184 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, NEW YORK, THE METRICS