Detail in Contemporary Bar and Restaurant Design

Bars and restaurants need to be assertive. Customers tend not to visit them to satisfy basic appetites for food or drink but for social opportunities. Their interiors need to occupy the imagination of their customers and to whet the appetite for a return visit. The design that gets the formula right will do as much to prolong the life of the business as the products on offer.

As this book demonstrates, the conventions and mechanics of eating and drinking influence how bars and restaurants are conceived in different regions of the world. Whatever the final result users are in sustained, intimate contact with the elements of the space they inhabit and detailing must be refined enough, and visually rich enough, to withstand prolonged scrutiny.

This book includes a wide range of international projects and for each one there is a descriptive text, colour photographs, floor plans, sections and construction and decorative details. A bonus CD-ROM contains all the drawings as printed in the book, in both EPS and DWG (generic CAD) formats.

About the Author
Drew Plunkett was Head of the Department of Interior Design at the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981 he has practised as an interior designer based in London and Glasgow. He is also active as an exhibitor, curator and critical writer. He is the author of Drawing for Interior Design (2009).

Olga Reid is a practising interior designer at Urban Salon, London.

Contents:

BARS + CAFES
10    6T7 ESPAI CAFÉ, OLOT, MSB ESTUDI TALLER
14    FEDERAL CAFÉ, BARCELONA,  BARBARA APPOLLONI
20    Corso, Paris, Robert Stadler
26    CONFISERIE BACHMANN, BASEL , HHF
28    DAS NEUE KUBITSCHECK, MUNICH, DESIGNLIGA
30    CAFÉ FOAM, STOCKHOLM, NOTE DESIGN STUDIO
32    MOCHA MOJO, CHENNAI, MANCINI ENTERPRISES
38    SALON DES SALUTS, TOKYO, SINATO
44    Z AM PARK, ZURICH, AEKAE
46    VINEGAR CAFÉ, FUKUOKA, HIMEMATSU ARCHITECTURE
50    AG CAFÉ, NAGOYA, KIDOSAKI ARCHITECTS STUDIO
52    Zmianatematu, Lodz, XM3  
56    MYU, BEIRUT, PAUL KALOUSTIAN ARCHITECT
62    Blue Frog, Mumbai, Serie Architects
66    ZEBAR, SHANGHAI, 3GATTI
72    FACTORY 251, MANCHESTER, BEN KELLY DESIGN
78    Design Bar 2010, Stockholm, Jonas Wagell
80    Design Bar 2011, Stockholm, KATRIN GREILING
84    LA MÉNAGERIE DE VERRE, PARIS, MATALI CRASSET
86    KADE, AMERSFOORT, STUDIO MAKKINK & BEY
88    Die Kunstbar, Cologne, Studio Arne Quinze
90    MS CAFÉ, LODZ, WUNDERTEAM
96    PLUK, HAARLEM, TJEP
98    POLKA GELATO, LONDON, VONSUNG
100    RECESS, NEW YORK, SCALAR ARCHITECTURE
106    YELLOW SUBMARINE, MUNICH, TULP
108    Grey Goose BAR, Brussels, Puresang

RESTAURANTS
114    BANGALORE EXPRESS WATERLOO, LONDON, OUTLINE
120    BANGALORE EXPRESS CITY, LONDON, OUTLINE
124    BEIJING NOODLE NO.9, LAS VEGAS, DESIGN SPIRITS CO. LTD
126    PIZZA PEREZ, SYRACUSE, FRANCESCO MONCADA
130    TOAST, NAVATO, STANLEY SAITOWITZ/NATOMA ARCHITECTS
134    Cave, Sydney, Koichi Takada
138    TREE, SYDNEY, KOICHI TAKADA
140    THAI RESTAURANT, LJUBLJANA, ELASTIK ARCHITECTURE
142    CONDUIT, SAN FRANCISCO, STANLEY SAITOWITZ/NATOMA ARCHITECTS
144    NISEKO LOOKOUT CAFÉ, HOKKAIDO, DESIGN SPIRITS CO. LTD.
146    THE NAUTILUS PROJECT, SINGAPORE, DESIGN SPIRITS
148    FORWARD, BEIJING, SAKO
152    Tang PALACE, HANGZHOU, ATELIER FCJZ
156    +GREEN, TOKYO, SINATO
160    MACHO!, STOCKHOLM, GUISE
164    DOGMATIC, NEW YORK, EFGH
170    EL PORTILLO, TERUEL, STONE DESIGNS
174    KWINT, BRUSSELS, STUDIO ARNE QUINZE
176    PRAQ, AMERSFOORT, TJEP
180    Sous Les Cerisiers, PARIS, RALSTON & BAU
184    WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, NEW YORK, THE METRICS