Perfect Blend: Café Roundup
Chic cafés that reinvent coffee culture
Perfect Blend: Café Roundup
Chic cafés that reinvent coffee culture
From our October issue, chic cafés that reinvent coffee culture.
In Kyoto, Japan’s Kaikado, white oak shelves mix with other natural materials like brass, copper, and marble in a design from OEO Studio.
Photography by Kunihiro Fukumori
For AvroKO’s new bookstore-restaurant concepts for Barnes & Noble, X-shaped bookshelves mimic the ceiling, while moody blue accents complete the look.
Photography by Charles de Vaivre
A combined wooden bookshelf and staircase in Dao Dao Coffee in Chengdu, China from HAD Architects and EPOS leads guests to the second floor, which boasts intimate zones created by black metal screens.
Photography by Arch-exist Photography
Dao Dao Coffee
Chengdu, China
HAD Architects and EPOS
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Dao Dao Coffee
Chengdu, China
HAD Architects and EPOS
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Photography by Arch-exist Photography
Dao Dao Coffee
Chengdu, China
HAD Architects and EPOS
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Photography by Arch-exist Photography
Dao Dao Coffee
Chengdu, China
HAD Architects and EPOS
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Photography by Arch-exist Photography
Dao Dao Coffee
Chengdu, China
HAD Architects and EPOS
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Photography by Arch-exist Photography
From Whitespace, the Bangkok location of Patissez features the brand’s signature turquoise, which melds with a white brick wall and a “Get Your Freak On” neon sign that sits above an open window where patrons pick up their orders.
Photography by Thanaruj Vacharasindhu
Patissez
Bangkok
Whitespace
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Photography by Thanaruj Vacharasindhu
Mim Design’s blush and teal tones add a feminine touch to Melbourne’s Au79, punctuated by gray terrazzo flooring with brass accents.
Photography by Peter Clarke
Located in Melbourne with a design by Ritz & Ghougassian, Penta’s concrete bar in its monochromatic palette of white, gray, and black joins exposed ductwork and chrome cabinetry for an industrial edge.
Photography by Tom Blachford
Penta
Melbourne
Ritz & Ghougassian
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Photography by Tom Blachford
Raw, refined elements in the Beyer Blinder Belle-designed Flora Bar in New York contrast a lush outdoor garden and terrace.
Photography by Peter Aaron/OTTO
Conceived by Studio Vural, a neutral color scheme in Irving Farm Coffee Roasters in New York’s West Village complements concrete walls and frosted wired floor-to-ceiling windows framed in black iron.
Photography by Kate Glicksberg
In Montréal’s Aloha Espresso Bar from local firm Jean de Lessard, exposed wooden beams along the ceiling complement more woodwork details and a chalkboard wall.
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Photography by Adrien Williams
Aloha Espresso Bar
Montréal
Jean de Lessard
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Photography by Adrien Williams
Anchored by a U-shaped bar made of walnut, Dilworth Coffee in Charlotte, North Carolina boasts a design from Atlanta’s Square Feet Studio that embraces an austere graphic quality with simple tables, black metal chairs, and sculptural pendants.
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Photography by Andrew Thomas Lee
Dilworth Coffee
Charlotte, North Carolina
Square Feet Studio
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Photography by Andrew Thomas Lee
Dan Brunn Architecture‘s design for Coffee for Sasquatch in Los Angeles features a terrazzo-lined café with a stylized Sasquatch figure emerging from a living plant wall.
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Photography by Brandon Shigeta