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Bar Besuto, Sydney by Tom Mark Henry.

Bar Besuto by Tom Mark Henry

Tom Mark Henry designs an atmospheric bar and restaurant below Circular Quay inspired by Japanese theatre and high-end whiskey.

Hospitality
The layout comprises a series of discrete spaces that can be merged for larger gatherings. Artwork: Magnus Reid.

Such and Such by My My My Architecture

In the civic heart of Canberra, a new restaurant adapts to changing times of day and functional requirements with a dynamic design by My My My Architecture.

Hospitality
Existing rooms are pared back to feature original brickwork and interior tiles.

The Imperial by Welsh and Major

Architecture studio Welsh and Major has given a Sydney drinking hole a new lease on life with a design that highlights the building’s chapters of history spectacular coastal location.

Hospitality
Fremantle’s nautical heritage inspired the restaurant’s design.

Shrewd poeticism: Warders Hotel and Emily Taylor

Matthew Crawford Architects

Matthew Crawford Architects has re-imagined a historic row of cottages with significant cultural heritage as a boutique hotel and restaurant–bar.

Hospitality
The canopy – a steel plate sheet that directs water into hollow columns – folds up to sidle against the bricks of the original structure.

On the eatin’ track: The Signal Box Pavilion

Derive Architecture and Design

In Newcastle, Derive Architecture and Design has reworked a railway building and transformed it into a spatially and historically important restaurant.

Commercial
The site constraints have informed unforeseen spatial qualities that offer liminal shelter within the cavernous volume.

Hidden treasure: Liminal

Presented with a cavernous, uninviting hospitality space, Melbourne studio The Stella Collective set about turning it into an open, voluminous and comforting dining interior for Melbourne’s city workers.

Hospitality, Interiors
The expansive cream brick floor, with its stack bond pattern, creeps up the concrete counter.

Earthy attire: Prior

Ritz and Ghougassian’s designed for a Melbourne restaurant, Prior, is predicated on its its inclination towards tropes and visual cues of the great outdoors.

Hospitality
Referencing the geometry of the late Art Deco period, the S-shaped banquette helps zone the large open dining space, giving patrons a variety of seating options as well as privacy.

Glamorous and gritty: Prince Dining Room

IF Architecture has taken cues from the history and culture of the Prince of Wales Hotel in Melbourne’s St Kilda to create a new dining experience in the upstairs restaurant.

Hospitality, Interiors
Rattan panels accentuate the form of the ceiling and are a reminder of “a straw hat that would have been worn on a paddle steamer.”

A sense of ceremony: Bert’s Bar and Brasserie

Akin Atelier

Designed by Akin Atelier, Bert’s Bar and Brasserie in Sydney’s Northern Beaches is reminscent of the grand hotel dining rooms of the 1930s.

Hospitality, Interiors
At the entry to Pt. Leo Estate, a dramatic sculptural courtyard featuring a Queensland bottle tree is an intense, dry space that contrasts the vineyards surrounding it.

In vino veritas: Pt. Leo Estate Cellar Door and Sculpture Park

The design for this vineyard and sculpture park on a coastal site in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula skilfully orchestrates architecture, landscape and art into a cohesive and integrated whole.

Hospitality, Public / cultural
The space is layered with texture and detail, from the speckled terrazzo horseshoe-shaped bar to the tassels on the stools and the monochrome patterned floor.

A French affair: Bouzy

Jason M. Jones and Brahman Perera

In Melbourne’s prestigious suburb of Armadale, Jason M. Jones and Brahman Perera have created a Parisian-inspired wine bar that is about “making a special occasion of every day.”

Hospitality, Interiors
On the ground floor, House Bar features a patinaed copper bar at the rear of the space and seating with views to the harbour.

‘Sophisticated treehouse’: Barangaroo House

Designed by Etic and H and E Architects, the interiors of Barangaroo House in Sydney aim to redefine Australian dining, offering three levels, each with its own personality and appeal.

Hospitality, Interiors
The restaurant's interior takes cues from Tokyo Metro stations and train carriages.

Time traveller: Susuru

Designed by Prevalent, the futuristic interior of this restaurant in Newcastle enlivens the 1900s building it inhabits.

Hospitality, Interiors
Overlooking the vineyard, the wine lounge is furnished with a comfortable leather lounge, leather-slung armchairs, ceramic side tables and blackened oak tables.

Raw and refined: Vasse Felix

In the Western Australian town of Margaret River, Iredale Pedersen Hook in collaboration with Hecker Guthrie has transformed the iconic Vasse Felix winery into a landmark destination that promotes the calibre and culture of the region.

Hospitality, Interiors
Cutler & Co.’s eastern wall in the main dining room is clad to half-height in beautifully marbled green Pilbara stone panels.

Palette pairing: Cutler and Co

Inspired by the neurological phenomenon of synaesthesia, where one sense can be stimulated by another, IF Architecture has given famed Melbourne restaurant Cutler & Co. a “creamy and crunchy” new fitout.

Interiors
Higher Ground is characterized by a series of smaller platforms that wrap around the space, taking the visitor on a journey through six different levels.

Intimate volume: Higher Ground

DesignOffice has teamed up with the owners of famed Melbourne cafes Top Paddock and The Kettle Black to turn a cavernous former power station into a refined and welcoming all-day dining venue in the CBD.

Hospitality, Interiors
The designers have made small moves to create a playful space that captures and reflects the beachfront light.

Beach vibes: The Salty Dog Hotel

Brustman + Boyde , Pippa Dickson

In Hobart, Brustman + Boyde in collaboration with Pippa Dickson have turned a 1970s beachside motel into a fun and friendly bar and dining space that references Australian coastal vernacular.

Hospitality, Interiors
Vietnamese food markets typically feature a variety of vendors. in reference to this concept, So 9 has different stations and zones for the restaurant’s different specialties.

Stroke of luck: So 9

In Waterloo, Sydney, design firm BrandWorks has used a little thing called luck to create So 9, a refined and minimal Vietnamese restaurant.

Hospitality, Interiors
The Noma Australia pop-up was a major drawcard to the new Barangaroo precinct in Sydney.

Great Dane: Noma Australia

How do you design a ten-week pop-up restaurant in Sydney with a 27,000-person waitlist, for one of the most famous chefs in the world? Foolscap Studio has the answer.

Hospitality, Interiors
The bar and counter frame the open kitchen and feature speckled grey terrazzo and floating white pendant lights.

Lights out: Second Home

Brahman Perera & Jason M. Jones

Designed by Brahman Perera with Jason M. Jones, Second Home is an elegant and serene cafe located in an Alistair Knox-designed warehouse in Melbourne’s leafy outer suburbs.

Hospitality, Interiors
Taken from the book Historic Heston, photographs by Romas Foord have been enlarged to add theatre to the dining room.

Gastronomic showpiece: Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

The Fat Duck’s time in Melbourne may be over but Bates Smart has transformed the space into Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, a permanent restaurant at Crown Melbourne inspired by historic British gastronomy.

Hospitality, Interiors
Inspired by the front gardens and fences of suburban homes in Melbourne, march studio used the arched “brick fence” as a recurring motif.

Psychedelic suburban: Jimmy Grants Richmond

March Studio’s design for souvlaki restaurant Jimmy Grants Richmond is “a psychedelic reinterpretation of the suburban Australian home.”

Interiors
The design of the sushi train was inspired by subway stations. it features subway tiles and glowing led rings that are reminiscent of train handles.

Dual dining: Tetsujin

In Melbourne, Architects EAT has converted a shopping centre tenancy into a spot for destination dining that offers a two-sided experience.

Interiors
The Pink Moon Saloon bar and eatery cleverly occupies a former alleyway in Adelaide’s West End. From Leigh Street the building’s street facade is unexpected and the sense of surprise is continued throughout.

Urban surprise: Pink Moon Saloon

Sans-Arc Studio’s innovative response to a tight site in Adelaide’s West End can be seen as an urban interpretation of a rural hut typology.

Hospitality
The dining room features A display of burnished copper pots and other culinary artefacts.

A French reincarnation: L’Hotel Gitan

Inspired by the site’s art deco heritage, SJB Interiors has refitted this Melbourne bistro and dining room to give it French character in keeping with the menu on offer.

Interiors
The Distillery bar is found on the mezzanine level and is broodingly darker than ground floor.

Nostalgic New York: Sean’s Kitchen

As part of the redevelopment of Adelaide Casino, new brasserie Sean’s Kitchen by Alexander & Co brings a bit of Manhattan to South Australia.

Interiors
Diners are basked in a warm glow that creates pockets of intimacy in the space.

Turning over a new leaf: Transformer Fitzroy

Breathe Architecture turns a vacant electrical transformer factory in Melbourne into a modern vegetarian restaurant and bar.

Hospitality, Interiors
Fluoro lights are arranged in a zigzag pattern over pegboard.

“Make it awesome”: Phamily Kitchen

Architect Mathew van Kooy adds bold colour to create this Vietnamese restaurant in Melbourne’s Collingwood.

Hospitality, Interiors
Hovering above the dining room (and seen here reflected in the bronze mirror), the exposed services and ceiling were painted in apricot.

Dining with drama: Prix Fixe

Designed by Fiona Lynch, Melbourne restaurant Prix Fixe merges metallics, marble and concrete to create an interior with a sense of theatre.

Hospitality, Interiors
The willoughby incinerator, designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Eric Nicholls, has had many lives but now lives on as a cafe and art space.

The Incinerator

Acme&Co has transformed the dormant Willoughby Incinerator in Sydney’s north into the vibrant The Incinerator cafe.

Hospitality, Interiors