Drawing from Eastern civilization, the Qushui-Lanting Shanghai by DJX Design intertwines light, shadow, and architecture to evoke a poetic, ink-wash-inspired sanctuary for contemporary healing. Beneath its majestic appearance, water flows softly and naturally, merging the tangible and the spiritual.
Project name
Qushui-Lanting Resort Hotel
Architecture firm
DJX Design, Beijing
Photography
DJX Design, Xiangshang Group
Principal architect
Wang Bing (Founder of DJX Design)
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Nimbos is a burger joint with a bar-like atmosphere, located in a corner building whose façades were already marked by wheat-paste posters and graffiti. To integrate with the urban context, the original visual identity was preserved, maintaining the existing graphic interventions.
Architecture firm
Balsa Arquitetura
Location
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Photography
Henrique Queiroga
Principal architect
Paulo Augusto Campos, Sarah Floresta
Collaborators
Aluska Faria, Iago Camargo
Interior design
Balsa Arquitetura
Site area
Rua Sergipe, 629, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Lighting
Balsa Arquitetura
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Typology
Hospitality › Bar
Nestled amidst the bustling streets of Raipur, Café Lambreta stands as a testament to the seamless fusion of tradition and modernity, evoking a sense of warmth, nostalgia, and contemporary allure. The project's inception was marked by a clear directive from the client: each corner should unveil its own narrative.
Project name
Lambreta Café
Architecture firm
Interior Ozal Design Studio
Location
Civil Lines, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Principal architect
Ozal Laddha
Design team
Ashish Khandelwal, Urja Laddha
Completion year
April 2023
Typology
Hospitality › Cafe
Mocha evokes the raw, monolithic grandeur of ancient quarries and the sculpted cave dwellings of the dwarves of Moria. Dominated by massive, stratified columns and overhanging volumetric forms, the design creates an immersive spatial experience that blurs the boundaries between structure and enclosure.
Architecture firm
Loop Design Studio
Location
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Photography
Purnesh Dev Nikhanj
Principal architect
Suvrita Bhardwaj, Nikhil Pratap Singh
Design team
Himani Bansal, Rhythm Bansal, Akshita Saklani, Anshita Thakur
Client
Arshad Tamboli, Impresario India, Riyaaz Amlani
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
High Cube Cafe is an economical shipping container, cafe development in an industrial area of Mudgee NSW. The ephemeral architecture is intended to allow the containers and site to be repurposed in the future if required, while responding to the industrial context.
Project name
High Cube Cafe
Architecture firm
Cameron Anderson Architects
Location
Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Principal architect
Cameron Anderson
Design team
Cameron Anderson
Collaborators
Ryan McGregor Constructions
Interior design
Cameron Anderson Architects
Structural engineer
Barnson
Material
Shipping Containers
Typology
Hospitality, Café
DROP is all about refined taste—in drinks, presentation, and, of course, in the space's ambiance. Ukrainian designer Oleksandr Makhno designed the interior of Kovel’s finest coffee shop.
Project name
DROP: A Drop of True
Architecture firm
Oleksandr Makhno
Photography
Andrey Avdeenko
Typology
Hospitality › Café
Inspired by the purity of the landscape, we craft a minimalist yet poetic sanctuary—one that allows those who dwell within to dissolve into the essence of nature, shedding the weight of the material world. Here, the self is returned to its quiet, unburdened state—balanced, still, and at peace.
Architecture firm
Funs Creative Design Consultant
Location
Jinghong, Xishuanbanna, China
Photography
Chuan HE from Herespace
Principal architect
Robin Luo
Collaborators
CHIC Design
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Situated in a suburban region surrounded by rice fields, a quaint town of Anabanua is located along the Trans Sulawesi road in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The site was initially designated as a public fuel station (SPBU) area, which featured a lotus pond emerged as a result of the embankment excavation carried out during the construction of the SPBU...
Project name
PADI Rest Ares
Architecture firm
MIV Architects
Location
Anabanua Village, Wajo Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Photography
Agung Fadriansyah
Principal architect
Ikhsan Hamiru
Design team
Alfachri Kamarullah, Chaeril Ismi, Andi Nindyah Ekananda, Izan, Syahrul Hidayat
Collaborators
Yumhaidir Hading
Structural engineer
Yumhaidir Hading
Landscape
Rival Landscape
Tools used
Revit, SketchUp, AutoCAD
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
