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Audrey Nashville Fuses Appalachian Tradition and Japanese Taste

Sean Brock's new restaurant is filled with local Appalachian art and Japanese-inspired furniture.

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At Toronto’s VELA Restaurant, PARTISANS Sculpts With Light

The local design studio pays homage to the grand hotel lobby bar in a contemporary restaurant space defined by its sculptural ceiling.

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Kora Reinterprets the “Important Institution” of the Traditional Athenian Bakery

Designed by local firm en-route-architecture-, the sunny, tiled outpost makes baking processes visible to customers.

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Gigi’s Brings Intimacy and Comfort to Post-COVID Dining

The Los Angeles restaurant designed by Andrew Cosbie creates a convivial atmosphere with the help of local muralist Andie Dinkin.

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Beijing’s SUPERFLY Blends Pop Culture with Traditional Chinese Street Life

AvroKO's retro-futuristic design for the new restaurant blends neon, comic books, and a "touch of neo-punk."

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An East Austin Fabrication Shop Is Transformed Into a Refined Beer Hall

Kartwhell Studio looked to the past to revive the 80-year-old Central Machine Works.

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Mezza House Restaurant Brings the Levantine Landscape Indoors

In a recent renovation project, Pallavi Dean of interior design studio Roar turns Dubai's Mezza House restaurant into a biophilic sanctuary.

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A Fresh Take on Chinese-American Cuisine in San Francisco

Studio BBA designed the first outpost of fast-casual brand Mamahuhu around its delivery- and takeout-reliant business model.

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Meyer Davis–Designed Carna Restaurant Puts Meat Front and Center

Meyer Davis translates butcher and chef Dario Cecchini’s exuberance into Carna, a restaurant at the SLS Baha Mar Hotel in Nassau.

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A Restaurant by Olson Kundig Recedes into the Background

Cladding of black brick, glass brick, and steel conceal rather than broadcast the Austin eatery's program.

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The Synergistic Relationship Between Shake Shack and Designer Michael Hsu

Having designed several of the beloved fast-casual chain’s outposts, plus its Manhattan HQ, the Austin-based designer nurtures a new “hospitality quotient.”

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Can Psychology Help Combat Anxiety in Crafting Welcoming Hospitality Spaces?

The growing field of environmental psychology examines what makes people feel comfortable. Now it's up to designers to harness its findings.

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The Y Restaurant in Moscow Channels Retro and Contemporary, Global and Local

The venue, designed by Asthetíque Group, combines Art Deco curves and ‘70s brass elements with a playful spirit.

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Hacin + Associates Reinvents the Tiki Bar—in the Heart of New England

Shore Leave, a new watering hole in Boston’s South End, reimagines the kitschy mainstay through its clever approach to sequence, material, and lighting.

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A New Restaurant in the U.K. Experiments with Cross-Laminated Timber

The Wildernesse Restaurant, designed by Morris + Company, plays with wood construction and typological precedents, all despite a small budget.

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On the California Coast, Restaurant Jeune et Jolie Blends Classic French Design with a SoCal Feel

Designed by L.A.–based firm Bells + Whistles and located in Carlsbad, the restaurant respects its local vernacular while using elements of 20th-century French hospitality design.

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Misi, a New Restaurant in Brooklyn, Puts the Art of Pasta Making on Display

The restaurant's designers, Asfour Guzy Architects, tailored a specific room for making pasta and showing-off the craft to passerby outside.

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The Restaurant That Brings Whimsical Design to the Amazon Spheres

Willmott’s Ghost, designed by Price Erickson and Heliotrope Architects, creates a space of lightness and ease that belies the technical challenges of building within The Spheres.