Amano Restaurant in Caldwell, Idaho, was redesigned by Cushing Terrell in 2025 to blend traditional and modern Mexican influences within a historic setting. The renovation of this restaurant retained original structural elements, creating spaces that honor the building’s legacy while introducing features like private dining rooms and a vibrant bar area. The project incorporated materials such as wood, metal, and fibers, offering an elegant yet approachable atmosphere that celebrates culture and community.
21c St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, is a boutique hotel and museum designed by Hufft in 2023. The design revitalizes and restores the building’s key historic features with an atmosphere that feels like a museum while remaining comfortable and homelike, and evokes the YMCA’s 1920s mission to welcome both locals and travelers.
A bar/restaurant by Etereo Design is defined by Greek elegance on Naxos island, Greece. Designed in 2023, Mersini melds traditional aesthetics with Italian flair.
Nestled in São Bento do Sapucaí, SP, Brazil, the Lagar Oliq Complex, designed by Play Arquitetura, now features a restaurant. Echoing the design language of a trio of structures on-site, the eatery was executed over two years and completed in 2021. The newest structure wraps around the older ones, creating an elaborate assembly described in detail by Play Arquitetura.
ChicChicBird Noodle Shop + Coffee by Qing Studio of Huazhong University of Science and Technology features a nest-like facade in Wuhan, China. Designed in 2023, this restaurant embraces its commercial roots with a large sign symbolizing the brand’s two birds and their nest.
The Kuya’buka restaurant in Florianópolis, Brazil, designed by 3P Studio, showcases a fusion of lightness and brutality. The restaurant’s design is characterized by striking lines, organic textures, and a connection to nature through large windows. The project also involves DG Arquitetura, ensuring a vibrant exploration of past, present, and future, and creating a unique dining atmosphere.
Uruk is a restaurant in Kazakhstan, designed by Rustam Hamd in 2023. The project’s minimalist interior avoids typical Eastern cliches and instead features recognisable elements of Turkic nomadic culture, like kinetic installations inspired by traditional crafts and everyday objects. The decor evokes an Eastern ambiance with a monochrome “steppe” palette, adras-patterned furniture, and straw lampshades, creating a cohesive and subtle atmosphere.
