COMPILED BY Gina Dionisio
The category winners for this year’s Restaurant & Bar Design Awards were announced this week and one South African spot took top honours.
The Restaurant & Bar Design Awards is arguably the most important and influential design competition for food and beverage spaces worldwide. Now in its 14th year, it recognises and celebrates the world’s most creative spaces and the people behind them. The shortlist, which was revealed in August, included five outstanding spaces. This week the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards revealed the category winners, which included one South African restaurant, Zioux.
Here, in no particular order, are the category winners of each region:
Europe
Upstairs at Langan’s (London, UK) | Design: Peter Mikic Interiors | Winner: Standalone category
Booking Office 1869 (London, UK) | Design: Hugo Toro | Winner: Hotel category.
Nikos (Odessa, Ukraine) | Design: Belenko Design | Winner: Cafe category.
Deep Bar (Dnipro, Ukraine) | Design: YOD Group | Winner: Surface Interiors category.
Delta (Athens, Greece) | Design: Kois Associated Architects | Winner: In Another Space category.
Middle East & Africa
Mo (Khobar, Saudi Arabia) | Design: Masquespacio | Winner: Standalone category.
Papa Dubai (Dubai, UAE) | Design: 4SPACE Design | Winner: Hotel category.
Toqa (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) | Design: Lines | Winner: Cafe category.
Zioux (Sandton, South Africa) | Design: Oniroco and Reddeco | Winner: Surface Interiors category.
Ora Blu (Al Qibla, Kuwait) | Design: Lines | Winner: In Another Space category
Americas
Seneca (San Diego, USA) | Design: AvroKO | Winner: Standalone category.
Prime (Chandler, USA) | Design: Preen, Inc. | Winner: Hotel category.
Bread + Bola (Monterrey, Mexico) | Design: Cadena Concepts | Winner: Cafe category.
Imperfecto (Washington, USA) | Design: OOAK | Winner: Surface Interiors category.
Miss River (New Orleans, USA) | Design: Alexander Waterworth Interiors | Winner: In Another Space category.
Australia & Pacific
Victor Churchill (Melbourne, Australia) | Design: loopcreative | Winner: Standalone category.
Lona Misa (South Yarra, Australia) | Design: Luchetti Krelle | Winner: Hotel category.
The Goodsline (Pyrmont, Australia) | Design: Luchetti Krelle | Winner: Cafe category.
Yugen (South Yarra, Australia) | Design: Curious By Design | Winner: Surface Interiors category.
Asia
Halation (Shanghai, China) | Design: RooMoo | Winner: Standalone category.
Living Room (Osaka, Japan) | Design: concrete and Nikken Sekkei | Winner: Hotel category.
Zolaism (Qinhuangdao, China) | Design: B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio | Winner: Cafe category.
The Hunter (Hong Kong, China) | Design: MAG studio | Winner: Surface Interiors category.
1111 ONES (Hong Kong, China) | Design: M.R. STUDIO | Winner: In Another Space category.
Global Categories
Hiro Bay (Bucharest, Romania) | Design: Metropolis Architecture | Winner: Alfresco & Biophilic Design category.
God of Teppanyaki (Hong Kong, China) | Design: Tino Kwan Lighting Consultants and Steve Leung Design Group | Winner: Lighting category.
Argo (Hong Kong, China) | Design: AB Concept | Winner: Luxury category.
Carbone (Miami, USA) | Design: Ken Fulk | Winner: Multiple category.
Seed Library (London, UK) | Design: Magpie Studio | Winner: Visual Identity category.
The Painter’s Room (London, UK) | Design: Bryan O’Sullivan Studio | Winner: Murals & Graffiti category.
Bun Burgers (Milan, Italy) | Design: Masquespacio | Winner: Fast Casual category.
The overall winner of this year’s awards will be announced on 19th and 20th October in an awards ceremony in London. For more info, visit restaurantandbardesignawards.com.
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