The site of the Emperor Hotel, Qianmen was once occupied by a public bath and so the spirit of bathing and mystery lives on in the new hotel. The design is organized not by spaces and circulation but by emotions and dreams; not by materials and details but by illusions and memories. From the l’Occitane Spa below ground to Beijing’s largest hotel ro...
Project name
The Emperor Hotel
Architecture firm
asap/adam sokol architecture practice
Photography
Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Principal architect
Adam Sokol
Design team
Adam Sokol, AIA, principal; Daymond Robinson, Gregory Serweta, Nicole Halstead, Nicole Lee, Ana Misenas
Lighting
Smith + Anderson
Material
Concrete, Brick, Glass, Metal
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Cienfuegos, the perfect fire; protagonist fire, creative fire, transforming fire. Fire, primary element present while choosing every material; clay transformed into tiles, sand transformed into bottles of glass, wood transformed into coal. Fire transforms steak into dishes, and dishes into gastronomic experiences that talk about a contemporary and...
Architecture firm
Arkham Projects, Estudio Montevideo
Location
Plaza Mangus, Periférico de Mérida Lic. Manuel Berzunza 32, Fundura Montebello, 97305 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
Manolo R. Solís
Design team
Benjamín Peniche, Jorge Duarte Torre, Marco Ferrari, Gabriela Jagodnik, Ramiro Veiga
Interior design
Arkham Projects, Estudio Montevideo
Collaborators
Bienal (Branding)
Typology
Commercial › Restaurant
ACRO Suites is a 5 star luxury boutique resort set on the rocky cliffside of Mononaftis Bay, in Crete, Greece. ‘ACRO’ originates from the ancient Greek word ‘Akros/Akron’ which means ‘on the edge’ – where the wellbeing retreat is built.
Project name
Acro Suites A Wellbeing Resort
Architecture firm
Study of the 1st Phase - Stavros Peppas & Afoi Orfanaki S.A • Second Phase : Afoi Orfanaki S.A
Location
Mononaftis Bay, Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Greece
Photography
Georgos Sfakianakis
Design team
Konstantina & Danae Orfanaki
Collaborators
Utopia Hotel Design, Theme Spa -Architectural Firm
Interior design
Manos Kypritidis (Restaurant & Bar Interior Designer)
Structural engineer
Edifice
Environmental & MEP
Regeon Renewable Energy Systems
Landscape
Dimitris Karameris
Lighting
Neapolis Vicky Dimakis, Tsakirellis Ioannis
Supervision
Ioannis & Nikolaos Orfanakis
Construction
Afoi Orfanaki S.A
Material
Local Stone, Antique Egyptian And Cretan Marble , Corten Metallic Details, Wood From Mount Athos, Solid Oak Phaestos Stones, Copper, Pressed Cement Mortar In Warm Tones
Typology
Hospitality › Boutique Resort With Suites And Villas
In 2018, a new cafe named 1/2 opened in Xiamen. In the past 4 years, it has developed into a coffee brand integrating coffee, inn, and customization. During the rapid development period, it plans to launch branches in Xiamen and surrounding islands. CUN PANDA NANA received this design commission.
Project name
1/2 Coffee & Bar (Gulangyu Store)
Architecture firm
CUN PANDA NANA Team
Location
Xiamen, Fujian, China
Photography
Liu Xinghao, Yan Yu Architectural Space Photography, Yu Vision
Principal architect
Cai Xuanna, Lin Jiacheng
Material
Metal Steel Glass
Typology
Hospitality › Cafe, Bar
LU Style, the latest restaurant designed by LDH Architectural Design / Liu Daohua in Beijing! As one of the Confucian classic works, the Book of Rites writes that the earliest human sacrificial rites started from the form of offering food", indicating that the norms of behavior in catering activities were the origin and even the fundamental embodim...
Project name
LU Style Restaurant - Landmark series
Architecture firm
LDH Architectural Design
Location
Chaoyang District, Beijing
Design team
Liu Daohua, Wang Kexin, Qu Tianyou, Wang Yanjuan, Yang Ping, Li Youzhe
Interior design
LDH Design
Collaborators
Furniture Consultant: Tao Yanan
The studio of commercial design YOD Design Lab has created the interior of the new Buddha-Bar New York. That is a two-story restaurant featuring Asian cuisine based in the Tribeca neighborhood in Manhattan. The main idea of the project is reincarnation. We expressed it in the rebirth of materials, space, and the big brand that history had begun fro...
Project name
Buddha-Bar New York
Architecture firm
YOD Design Lab
Location
62 Thomas Street in New York, USA
Photography
Andriy Bezuglov
Principal architect
Volodymyr Nepiyvoda, Dmytro Bonesko
Design team
Maxym Netreba, Serhiy Andriyenko
Collaborators
graphic design: PRAVDA design, Expolight
Interior design
YOD Group
Built area
9149 ft²/ 850 m²
Typology
Hospitality › Bar
Mansion Feast – Dine like Chinese royalty in a renovated traditional Beijing courtyard residence.
Beijing-based interior design practice LDH Architectural Design has completed Mansion Feast – a 1,230-square-meter restaurant that specializes in Chinese aristocratic cuisine.
Project name
Mansion Feast
Architecture firm
LDH Architectural Design
Location
Jianchang Hutong No.22. Haidian District, Beijing, China
Photography
As you see - Wang Ting
Principal architect
Liu Daohua
Design team
Cheng Qianyuan, Qu Tianyou, Wang Yanjuan, Yang Ping, Ren Yiqiong
Interior design
LDH Design
Construction
Beijing Zhongnian Xinsi Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Marble, Stone
Client
Hanlin Academy (Beijing) JUNHE Chuangzhan Folk Culture Communication Co., Ltd
The “urban Ideogram” is a 5310 sqft café building located on one of the main streets in Trivandrum city. Since the commercial sustainability of such ventures is of high relevance, the challenge here was to address the question, “How can the architect bring success for a business through design?” Two factors were considered as the answer to this.
Project name
The Urban Ideogram
Architecture firm
S Squared Architects
Location
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Photography
Khan and Baker
Principal architect
Shaji V Vempanadan, Sumi Shaji
Design team
S Squared Architects
Interior design
S Squared Architects
Structural engineer
Vipin Sivadasan
Environmental & MEP
Jacob
Visualization
S Squared Architects
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Stone
Typology
Bakery, Café cum restaurant
