The restaurant takes its name, Samara, from the winged fruit of maple trees that twirls like a helicopter. That attention to nature find its counterpart in the design of the restaurant. Inside, rich earth tones dominate, bringing to mind a tranquil wooded understory.
Project name
Samara Restaurant
Architecture firm
Mutuus Studio
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Photography
Kevin Scott, Mutuus Studio-Saul Becker
Design team
Kristen Becker, Saul Becker, Jim Friesz, Danielle Farrell
Interior design
Mutuus Studio
Construction
Plumb Level Square
Client
Eric Anderson (owner-chef)
When a former client, Doug Johnson, came to us with a new concept, he had little information for us other than a great waterfront location and the desire to bring real South American food to North Idaho. Having successfully worked with Doug in the past, we knew it was a project we would really enjoy working on, although the idea of producing an env...
Project name
Terraza Restaurant
Architecture firm
HDG Architecture
Location
1950 W. Bellerive Ln, Suite A Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814, Idaho, USA
Principal architect
Danny Torgerson
Design team
Lead Designer - Haley Tarbox
Interior design
Haley Tarbox
Construction
Brent Westly
Lighting
Haley Tarbox (HDG Architecture)
Material
Concrete Flooring: Sealed concrete. Ceiling: Black squared edge tiles w/ black grid. Countertops: Gris expo by Silestone. Back Bar: Colors 75230V by Mosa Tiles. Bar Face and Bench Wall: Gradient - Greige Matt by Wow Design. Paint: Extra White SW7006, Tricorn Black SW6258, and Cityscape SW7067 by Sherwin Williams. Cabinetry: Planked urban oak matt finish by Formica. Fake Plants: PP4020 - DWMT by Amazing Greens
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD
Typology
Commercial, Restaurant
Located in the Condesa neighborhood on Nuevo León avenue. The project consists of the remodeling of a two-level restaurant whose main objective was to redefine the image of the place and organize the existing architectural program.
Project name
Green Grass Condesa Restaurant
Architecture firm
Taller David Dana
Location
Col. Hipodromo Condesa, Mexico City
Photography
Jaime Navarro
Principal architect
David Dana
Design team
David Dana Cohen, Nicolás Quintana
Interior design
Taller David Dana
Collaborators
Nicolas Quintana, José de la Cruz, Martin Cruz, Marco Angeles
Construction
Taller David Dana
Lighting
Taller David Dana
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Merging Japanese sophistication and simplicity with the rugged and powerful Pacific coastline. Located on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, the new Nobu Los Cabos Resort is the embodiment of Japanese Mexican fusion. Opening up to expansive views of the ocean, interior and exterior spaces fuse together in seamless transition. Our role encompassed the...
Project name
Nobu Hotel Los Cabos
Location
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Photography
(AIC) or Barbara Kraft Photography
Collaborators
Idea Asociados, Ares Arquitectos
Interior design
Studio PCH
Lighting
ISOMETRIX Lighting + Design
Material
Stone, Wood, Metal, Glass
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
The project is located nearby the “The Skyline Coast”, a popular tourist attraction in Sanya, Hainan, enjoying vast and open seascape and surrounded by the lovely sound of crashing waves, which can relieve people’s spirits in the immersive blue natural ambience.
Project name
Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel
Architecture firm
GS Design
Location
Tianya Dristrict, Sanya, Hainan, China
Design team
Chao Li, Zigeng Luo
Collaborators
Furnishing Director: Yu Feng. Design Directors: Liangchao Li, Yuanman Huang
Interior design
GS Design
Client
Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel, Sanya
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Famiglia is much more than an ice cream store, it is a meeting point that makes people talk, firstly because of the richness of the ice cream and secondly because of everything that the brand generates.
Based on these premises, we sought to innovate the way in which the space was conceived, inspired firstly by the creaminess of the ice cream and s...
Project name
Heladeria Famiglia
Architecture firm
SET Ideas
Location
Córdoba Province, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Carlos Arias, Heriberto Martinez, Pedro Ruiz Funes
Design team
Pedro Ruiz Funes, Manuela Toledo, Juan E. Biassi
Interior design
Maria Meglioli
Collaborators
Dirección de obra: Pedro Ruiz Funes, Manuela Toledo. Administración de obra: Pedro Ruiz Funes, Manuela Toledo. Carolina Rufeil, Valentina Bertossi
Civil engineer
Francisco Pascualini
Environmental & MEP
Francisco Pascualini
Client
Famiglia Casa de Helados
Typology
Commercial › Ice Cream Shop
The subject of the modification was the old Laundry house, which stands in the garden of the “Altes Pfarrhaus”, which was renovated five years ago, and for a long time was used only as a storage room.
Project name
Literaturcafé in Pöcking
Architecture firm
WSM Architekten
Location
Pöcking, Bayern, Germany
Photography
Sascha Kletzsch
Collaborators
Verein „Literaturcafé Waschhäusl“
Landscape
Stimmer Landschaftsarchitekten
Visualization
WSM Architekten
Typology
Hospitality › Cafe
First built during the Qing Dynasty’s Kangxi period in Chengdu, China, Kuanzhai Alley mainly consists of three northwest-southeast streets, which are connected by lots of small alleys in a crisscrossed pattern. During the early stage of the Republic of China period, among the three main streets, the wider street was named “Kuan Alley” (Wide Alley),...
Project name
% Arabica, Wide & Narrow Alley in Chengdu
Architecture firm
B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Location
Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
Principal architect
Shuhei Aoyama, Yoko Fujii, Lingzi Liu, Dejing Zou, Masaya Kawashima / B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Lighting
B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Material
Wall: stucco, handcrafted brick Floor: grey brick, exposed aggregate concrete Bar Counter: Dupont Corian
Typology
Café, Architectural Renovation / Interior Design
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