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    Amsterdam's Karavaan restaurant has colourful interiors by Studio Modijefsky

    Yellow-tiled walls that recall grassy meadows and swampy purple ceilings appear inside this travel-themed restaurant at the centre of Amsterdam by Studio Modijefsky. Karavaan is an all-day restaurant and cocktail bar situated in Amsterdam’s Kwakersplein square. Dutch practice Studio Modijefsky designed the 357-square-metre restaurant as a journey through five natural landscapes: a meadow, swamp, forest, mountain […] More

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    Prepare for Valentine's Day with our new romantic restaurants Pinterest board

    To get you in the mood for Valentine’s Day we’ve created a new Pinterest board showcasing romantic restaurants. Venues featured include an elegant eatery inside a New York museum and a decadent Venetian dining space. Ornately painted walls and velvet furnishings create a decadent setting for L’Avventura restaurant in Stockholm The board also features a high-end […] More

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    Balthazar is a bottle-green bar beneath a market in Kiev

    Rina Lovko Studio has combined bottle-green surfaces with low lighting to create the moody interior of this drinks bar at the heart of Kiev’s city centre. Balthazar is set beneath the bustling aisles of Besarabsky Market – a historic indoor marketplace in central Kiev that sells a variety of fresh produce to locals. Locally based […] More

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    Biasol uses green tones for update of Melbourne's Main Street cafe

    Monochrome tiles and rich-green fixtures pervade this much-loved neighbourhood cafe in Melbourne, which has been revamped by Australian design studio Biasol. Serving up coffee, cocktails and a range of dishes that draw from global cuisines, Main Street has been a go-to dining spot for residents of Melbourne’s Mordialloc suburb for over a decade. Biasol was […] More

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    Eclectic decor fills Eberly restaurant and tavern in central Austin

    Hanging plants, used books and a bar salvaged from New York are among the diverse elements incorporated into an eatery and bar in Texas conceived by architecture studio Clayton & Little and interior designer Mickie Spencer. The Eberly occupies a 1970s brick building that formerly housed a print shop. The restaurant – which serves up […] More

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    Roman and Williams creates “romantic” Veronika restaurant inside New York's Fotografiska museum

    Hand-painted murals and crown-like brass chandeliers feature in the Veronika restaurant in New York, which local studio Roman and Williams designed to reference a variety of artistic styles. The 150-seat restaurant, named after the patron saint of photography, sits inside the New York City outpost of Swedish photography museum Fotografiska, which opened last winter. Veronika is […] More

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    Elements inside Copenhagen restaurant Hverdagen are made from a single Douglas fir tree

    Douglas fir-wood fixtures and furnishings feature throughout this Copenhagen restaurant, which local studio Vermland has designed to have a cosy, familial atmosphere. Hverdagen offers an entirely organic menu and is situated in Kødbyen – a part of Copenhagen’s Meatpacking District which is populated by a host of contemporary art galleries, breweries and trendy restaurants set […] More

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    Interiors of London's Paradise restaurant nods to Sri Lanka's brutalist buildings

    Cement, concrete and black steel merge to form the Brutalist-inspired interiors of this Sri Lankan restaurant in Soho, London, which Dan Preston Studio has dotted with tropical details. Paradise – which formerly housed another eatery – is located on Soho’s busy Rupert Street and measures just 51-square-metres. Designer Dan Preston was asked by the restaurant’s […] More