Hot New Restaurant Designs From Hong Kong to Mexico City

Designers around the globe serve up clever concepts.

1. Firm: YOD Studio of Commercial Design.

Project: Shade Burger.

Site: Poltava, Ukraine.

Standout: In an allusion to beef passing through a meat grinder, thin strips of timber veneer appear to be extruded from the ceiling of this hamburger joint.

2. Firm: Atelier E.

Project: Hokkaido Dairy Farm.

Site: Hong Kong.

Standout: Beams angling over this cafe?’s tables are abstractions of barn rafters, but the pendant fixtures are bona fide vintage milk bottles.

3. Firm: Latitude.

Project: Dongli Brewery.

Site: Beijing.

Standout: The restaurant’s copper pipes, which channel wiring for pendant fixtures, also hark back to the materiality of the brewing kettles showcased behind glass.

4. Firm: Minas Kosmidis Architecture in Concept.

Project: Fish Market.

Site: Limassol, Cyprus.

Standout: Fishing references at this restaurant range from the net repurposed to encase a chandelier to the lightbulbs used as “bait” on iron hooks bobbing overhead.

5. Firm: Sánchez + Sánchez Proyectos.

Project: Brutto Restaurant.

Site: Panama City.

Standout: The mid-century vibe derives from the wire-framed chairs, low sofas, live-edge bar, and wool-polyster felt wall covering in graphic shapes reminiscent of Gio Ponti tile work.

6. Firm: Sans-Arc Studio.

Project: Pink Moon Saloon.

Site: Adelaide, Australia.

Standout: A 60-degree roof pitch brings a welcome sense of spaciousness to a gastropub that’s only 12 feet wide, sandwiched between much taller office buildings.