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Pump Room (United States) : Recognised as Best Restaurant in North America and Canada. Designer Yabu Pushelberg, was commissioned to recapture the glamour of the 1930s and 1940s. -
Fasano Las Piedras (Uruguay) : Winner of Best Bar in South and Central America, the swimming pool bar of the Fasano Las Piedras hotel resort, by architect Isay Winfeld, has an amazing rust colour and dramatic cantilever. -
Cocteau (Lebanon) : Gatserelia Design, spearheaded by Gregory Gatserelia, was awarded for its work on the Beirut-located Cocteau Restaurant in the Africa and Middle East category. -
Café Kureon (Japan) : Recognised as Best Restaurant in Asia. Designer Kuma Kengo's intention was to bring the forest inside the building by piling up pieces of wood rather than joining them. -
Baker D Chirico (Australia) : Winner of Best Restaurant in Australia and the Pacific. The Melbourne-based March Studios created a juxtaposition between age-old tradition and craft, and contemporary design thinking, resulting in a truly unique experience for the everyday bread buyer -
W Lounge and Bar (United Kingdom) : Winner in the category of Best Lighting, the aim of lighting design firm MBLD was to evoke an ambience of warmth and relaxation. -
Nopi (United Kingdom) : Winner in the category of Best Identity, Here Design created a clean-cut, no nonsense approach to fine dining. -
Les Grandes Tables de L'ile Seguin (France) : Recognised as Best Pop-up, 1024 Architecture designed the temporary fine dining restaurant from scaffolding, wood fibre panels and containers. It is part agricultural greenhouse, part barge and part timber-frame house. -
Zizzi (United Kingdom) : Winner in UK category of Restaurant or Bar in Retail Space, Zizzi is situated in a recently completed development by French architect Renzo Piano. -
Viet Hoa Mess (United Kingdom) : Winner in the category of Best UK Standalone Restaurant, designers Vonsung focused on a material-based approach to design. -
The Plough (United Kingdom) : Winner in the UK category of Best Pub, the design firm Harrison combined the laidback ambience required for a pub offering with a modern twist, thereby relating The Plough to its chic contemporary environment. -
The Drift (United Kingdom) : Best UK Standalone Bar, designed by Fusion Design and Architecture, The Drift is a sanctuary in the heart of the city, brimming with quirky collectibles, hidden alcoves and fine dining nooks. -
Pizza Express (United Kingdom) : Best UK Multiple Restaurant, designers Bayne’s & Co was challenged to rethink pre-existing ideas of a take-away establishment, creating a fun yet modern twist on the regular pizza joint. -
Holburne Garden Cafe (United Kingdom) : Winner in the UK category of Restaurant or Bar in Another Space, the cafe is situated in historical Baths. Surrounded by Georgian styling, this quaint space is a characterful juxtaposition to the uniform surrounding buildings. -
Dirty Martini (United Kingdom) : Winner in UK category of Best Bar or Club, Grapes Design modelled future trends with this project, creating a stylish and elegant take on the club experience. -
Cut (United Kingdom) : Awarded Best UK Restaurant or Bar in Hotel. “From the start, we were keen on designing a building that would be iconic yet contemporary, that would blend into its surroundings,” said Thierry Despont, lead designer. -
A Catina (Spain) : Overall winner in the category of Best Restaurant, the canteen was designed by Esudio Nomada for Galicia’s City of Culture Building. The tree structure references Spanish holiday picnics and communal gathering under trees. -
Coach House (United Kingdom) : Winner in the UK category of Cafe or Fast Food, designed by SHH on one of UK’s most historic sites, Hatfield House — the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth I. SHH radically altered the space plan to create a clean and bright two-storey cafe. -
Graffiti (Bulgaria) : Overall winner in the category of Best Bar, the aim of the project by Studio Mode was to create a unique concept that generalises and masters the space while satisfying all technological and functional requirements.
Here are the world’s 20 most stylish spaces for eating and drinking as decided by the fourth annual Restaurant and Bar Design Awards. Browse and drool!
Attracting 620 entries from over 60 countries, the final 20 winners of the Restaurant and Bar Design Awards were announced at a ceremony held at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London last month.
The Best Restaurant title was awarded to A Cantina (Spain) by Estudio Nomada, followed by the Best Bar title winner, Graffiti (Bulgaria) by Studio Mode. Other winners were announced in various other regions and categories, including Best Pop up Restaurant, Best Pub and Best Standalone Restaurant.
The adjudication panel included design director Alberto Alessi, Taschen editor Julius Weddeman, American artist Matthew Clarke and Casa Vogue’s Taissa Buesco, alongside 19 other prestigious designers, architects and hospitality personalities.
The main criteria was to reward entrants for design excellence. Said the Brazilian magazine editor-in-chief, Taissa: “Design excellence is based on deep research. Research of forms, materials, techniques, colours, finishings, details. Research of design history and its professionals. Research of different cultures and traditions. Research of human beings and their needs. In a quest for a never-seen-before-design, somehow innovative, that contributes to the evolution of the design world.”
More info and pics: restaurantandbardesignawards.com
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