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    Mexico City restaurant by RA! arranged around upside-down pyramid bar

    November 27, 2023 - By 

    A bar counter shaped like an inverted ziggurat sits at the centre of this restaurant in Mexico City, designed by local architecture studio RA! Tana is a tapas spot located in the city’s wealthy Polanco neighbourhood, within a compact and intimate space facing Parque Lincoln. The Tana restaurant is organized around a central concrete bar RA! gutted the 65-square-metre unit to make way for its cave-like concept, achieved by applying textured plaster and concrete across the four-metre-high walls. “The intervention began by demolishing the superimposed finishes of the old premises, in order to discover the structure and the materials that…

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    Margot Henderson’s Latest Restaurant Opening

    November 25, 2023 - By 

    Dubbed the “most hotly anticipated new boozer of the year,” The Three Horseshoes in Batcombe, Somerset, UK, opened this spring and has quietly lured patrons from far and wide ever since. The biggest attraction is undoubtedly the food, which is overseen by Margot Henderson of London’s Rochelle Canteen. Her gutsy, fuss-free fare is perfectly at home in the boots-on atmosphere of this flagstone bar and dining room. Let’s take a look around: Above: The Three Horseshoes, Batcombe, a bucolic weekend base. The pub, which is set in the shadow of the village church, belongs to the former gallerist, antiques collector,…

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    BeInfinity Social Club by Lukstudio

    October 29, 2023 - By 

    Socialization through motor activities is not a new concept. However, in our new pandemic era, there’s an increasing demand for different physical activities as everyone develops their own concept of health and wellness. BeInfinity is a platform bringing together professional sports, fitness training and recreational gathering under one roof. At its Wuhan flagship, Lukstudio experiments with colours and geometry to create a social club fitting all types of motivation. The project is located on the top floor of a shopping mall right downtown of Hankou, Wuhan. The original 2400-sqm venue is a 7.5m-high hall with a public area at its…

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    Socca restaurant feels like “a pocket of Southern France in Mayfair”

    July 7, 2023 - By 

    Local practice Fabled Studio has designed the interiors for London’s Socca restaurant, adding hand-painted murals informed by the French Riviera. Fabled Studio co-founder Tom Strother describes the eatery as “a pocket of Southern France in Mayfair,” with a playful and whimsical interior that complements the French Mediterranean menu. Socca is a French restaurant in London’s Mayfair “Both the menu and the interior are inspired by the Côte d’Azur and Nice,” Strother told Dezeen. “They have a laidback attitude but with French finesse.” Fabled Studio restored the original terracotta tiles on the facade of Socca‘s Grade II-listed building, as well as…