Time Travel: Ichi Station Milan Sushi Restaurant by Masquespacio.Masquespacio’s peachy dreamscape for Ichi Station sushi restaurant in Milan feels akin to stepping into a fantastical train carriage. With the restaurant’s previous outposts inspired by travel and train stations, the studio looked to...
Unagi Japanese Bistro in Paris by Uchronia.Uchronia has brought some fun to the 16th arrondissement with a new popsicle coloured Japanese bistro. Unagi draws on both the traditions of an izakaya as well as the neighbourhood itself, with its nostalgic 70s apartments and inventive,...
Four Elements Collide: Yugen Dining by Architects EAT.Designed over three long yet rewarding years, this Melbourne restaurant by Architects EAT encapsulates a harmonious relationship between the four elements—earth, fire, wind and water. There are small details depicting the earth's central...
Smoke Without Fire: Smoked Room in Madrid by Astet Studio.Whoever coined the term ‘smoke without fire’ could well have lunched last at Madrid’s latest haunt designed by Astet. With its charcoal passages, sculpted black doors, dark brick backdrops, and chandeliers that look like lava balls,...
Biiird Yakitori in Guangdong by bigER club design.With a knocked-back, frill-free atmosphere, the latest yakitori restaurant by bigER club design in Guangdong, China—christened Biiird Yakitori—is deeply rooted in the yakitori tradition. Located on the first floor of an urban complex,...
Child Studio Transforms 1960s London Post Office into a Japanese Restaurant.Celebrating the unique history of a disused post office building and the neighbourhood, Child Studio's scheme for Maido Sushi restaurant pays tribute to London's modernist heritage. The Japanese references are subtle, presenting themselves...
Tsukimi Restaurant in New York by Studio Tack.Brooklyn-based design firm Studio Tack have completed Tsukimi Japanese restaurant in Manhattan’s East Village, reinterpreting Japanese design principles while avoiding indulgence in any clichés. In Japanese tradition, both...
Shinbashi Yakiniku Restaurant in Carlton, Melbourne by Pierce Widera.An illuminated white bar with gridded timber slats suspended above forms the focal point of Shinbashi Yakiniku restaurant in Melbourne’s Carlton. Pierce Widera use a glass brick wall to act as a divider between two large banquet tables,...
RYU Peel Sushi Restaurant in Montreal, Canada by Ménard Dworkind.Post demolition of the downtown Montreal building that now houses RYU Peel Sushi Restaurant, original walls covered in a patchwork of plaster, paint and wallpaper were revealed, forming a rich collage that inspired Ménard Dworkind to...
