A sushi shop with just eight counter seats, fully renovated. Design aiming to create a space of unhurried tranquility. All genuine materials were selected, with a particular eye toward solid thickness. While informed by the composition of traditional tearooms from the corridor, washbasin, rammed earth walls.
Project name
Kuruma-Sushi (Sushi restaurant)
Architecture firm
Takashi Okuno & Associates
Location
Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Principal architect
Takashi Okuno
Design team
Takashi Okuno & Associates
Collaborators
Woodwork: Fujiwara Construction; Ironwork: Tessen Koichiro Yamada
Construction
Aiko Housing Co., Ltd.
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
Mexico is a land of rituals—of sun and shadow, silence and celebration. Beyond its postcard clichés lies a network of escapes where architecture speaks in hushed tones, where hospitality becomes a ceremony, and where every detail evokes a sense of reverence for place. From the mysticism of Yucatán to the untamed shores of Oaxaca and Baja California...
Photography
Courtesy: Ezequiel Ayarza Sforza, Eduardo Roth
After a typhoon damaged its facade, Old New Taiwanese Cuisine—a flagship Michelin restaurant in Kaohsiung—underwent a bold transformation. Drawing from the restaurant’s name, Paperfarm reimagined the building as a dialogue between tradition and innovation.
Project name
Flame & Flavor - A Red Cloak
Architecture firm
Paperfarm Inc
Location
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Principal architect
Daniel Yao
Design team
Daniel Yao, Jarrett Boor, Bing-Yu Yu, Luke Hu
Material
Powder Coated Perforated Stainless Steel Panels
Tools used
Rhino, AutoCad, 3ds Max
Client
Old New Taiwanese Cuisine
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
Estúdio Naia preserves the welcoming essence of a traditional Brazilian home in the design of Chef Bel Coelho’s new Cuia Restaurant location. With a concept that blends warmth, tradition, and functionality, Estúdio Naia, led by architects Samuel Cury and Dayane Rosseto
Project name
Cuia Pinheiros Restaurant
Architecture firm
Estúdio Naia
Location
Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Agência Ophelia
Principal architect
Dayane Rossetto, Samuel Cury
Civil engineer
Fast Engenharia
Structural engineer
Fast Engenharia
Material
Cement Coatings: Elementhum Revestimentos Cimentícios
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
In the heart of Florianópolis, CARBONE Pizza & Pasta was created in what used to be the garage of an iconic historic mansion from the 1940s, located on the land that also houses Berlin by Cité. While the main mansion vibrates with the city's artistic and cultural movement.
Project name
CARBONE Pizza & Pasta
Architecture firm
Studio di Giácomo
Location
Florianópolis, Brazil
Photography
Rafael Ribeiro
Principal architect
Cristhine Digiácomo
Interior design
Cristhine Digiácomo
Civil engineer
Paulo Queiroz
Structural engineer
Paulo Queiroz
Construction
Paulo Queiroz
Lighting
Cristhine Digiácomo
Material
Wood, stone, clay coating
Client
Filippo Ferrantelli
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
Founded in 1897, Kichimi Seimen Ltd.. has a long history as a long-established manufacturer of Shiroishi noodles (Umen), a speciality of Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Project name
Tsurigane Ann
Architecture firm
Shotaro Oshima Design Studio
Location
Shiroishi, Miyagi, Japan
Photography
Shotaro Oshima Design Studio
Principal architect
Shotaro Oshima
Interior design
Shotaro Oshima
Collaborators
Ken Okamoto, Minato Yamanaka (Graphic Design)
Completion year
March, 2025
Civil engineer
Abekoueisha
Environmental & MEP
Nishimuragumi
Supervision
Shotaro Oshima Design Studio
Visualization
Shotaro Oshima Design Studio
Client
Kichimi Seimen Ltd.
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
According to 《Taiping Huanyu Ji》, Yangzhou was a city where "from the Tang to the Ming and Qing dynasties, tea pavilions and waterside pavilions dotted the landscape, and every banquet was accompanied by performances."
Project name
Ya Rong Xuan · Beichen Hui Branch
Principal architect
Wu Wei
Design team
Liang Pengfei, Jia Qifeng, Wu Qibiao, Li Yan
Interior design
IN.X Design
Collaborators
Furniture Supplier: WUXIN Furniture Beijing. Copywriting: NARJEELING. Interior Styling: Song Jiangli, Li Weiwei, Ren Yiqiong
Lighting
Lumenworks Beijing
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
This project has been located at the beginning of Sattar khan street and near Tohid square , the old building of this project is about 40 years ago.
Project name
Soup Chi Restaurant
Architecture firm
HOM design and construction company
Photography
Farzad Bagherzadeh
Principal architect
Morteza Mehrabi, Homayoun Hamrang
Design team
Arzane Eshaghi, Hesam Sigaroudi, Artin Sohrabimanesh
Interior design
h.o.m group
Collaborators
Ahmadi Group
Civil engineer
Hosein Ahmadi
Structural engineer
Ahmadi Group
Environmental & MEP
Rezai Group
Construction
h.o.m group, Rezai Group
Material
Brick, Cement, Ceramic, Stone
Visualization
Amir Nazari
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion
Budget
500.000.000 Million Rials
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
