Studio Locomotive realises the hospitality facility as a hyperlocal threshold that extends beyond conventional leisure. For the recreational diners visiting Khao Lak, the restaurant serves as an invitation to discover the intricacies of local identity through careful readings of Takua Pa’s localized architectural efficiency and traceable vernacular integrity.
Located within a former residential garage in South Jakarta’s Panglima Polim neighbourhood, Jun Matcha Club responds to the area’s growing concentration of independent cafés and restaurants, offering a slower, more contemplative spatial experience centred around the ritual of preparing matcha. The project draws from the values embedded in matcha practice—ritual, attentiveness, and restraint—and translates them …
Concert halls typically operate around formal performances. Performance times, programmes and seating are fixed in advance, making a concert something that must be planned ahead. Beyond this clear order, we wanted to create a more open, everyday space.
It’s the first time ever that Nairobi has popped up on our radar, and it’s for a good reason as the newly opened Céline & Lolo ticks all of our boxes, while showing a cool side of the booming Kenyan capital we didn’t even know existed. Situated in the leafy Lavington area of town, the …
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It took a little while, but Soho House, the global members-only club for leading creatives, has finally landed in Tokyo. Occupying 6,968 sqm. (75,000 sq.ft.) across two upper floors on the premises of Omotesando Grid Tower, a newly built, 38-storey building in the city’s tony Aoyama area. Soho House Tokyo features club space to eat, …
Located in Longyearbyen at 78 degrees north, Huset is the name of both the world’s northernmost fine dining restaurant, and the historic community building that houses it.
Located in the heart of Cluj-Napoca, Laboratorium occupies the ground floor of Palatul Széki — one of four corner buildings constructed at the end of the 19th century to mark the threshold of the city center, and home to the former Matia Corvin Pharmacy.
Blink, and you’ll miss it. It’s 8:25 am on a Thursday, and there’s a line of people pouring out of Palace Coffee. Located down a Melbourne laneway at the base of Monaco House, it faces the Melbourne Club’s fortress-like brick wall. It’s an espresso bar, no seats, standing room only.
ukyo X transforms a historic Cluj-Napoca storefront into a hybrid café, listening bar, and cultural space. ukyo X, the third location of the ukyo brand, is situated in the old city center of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in a pedestrian area characterized by historical stratification and an active public life. The space positions itself as an active …
