Residential Interior
An open-front hospitality precedent demonstrating how bi-folding glass doors and custom planter boxes seamlessly connect indoor dining lounges to the urban streetscape.
- What we like about this project
- Stained glass panels featuring floral motifs integrated directly into the exterior-facing facade bays.
Materials
- glass
- metal
- wood
- stained-glass
- concrete
- planting
Visual identifiers
- bi-folding-doors
- planter-boxes
- stained-glass
- chandeliers
Style tags
- contemporary
- hospitality
- eclectic
Visual tags
- hospitality
- indoor-outdoor
- storefront
- commercial-interior
- restaurant
- Geometry
- Wide horizontal storefront composition featuring floor-to-ceiling bi-folding glass doors that merge indoor and outdoor dining spaces, anchored by heavy rectangular planter boxes in the foreground.
- Facade system
- Aluminum-framed bi-folding glazed storefront system with overhead louvered canopies.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame with non-loadbearing glazed storefront infill.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled commercial storefront, approximately single-story height with deep overhangs.
- Lighting
- Daylight outside illuminating the street-facing planters contrasted against warm, layered interior chandelier lighting glowing from within the restaurant.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, vibrant, and energetic, bridging daylight street life with cozy, warm interior ambiance.
- Environmental context
- Urban street front with adjacent retail or hospitality storefronts.
- Spatial experience
- A porous threshold invites the sidewalk directly into the dining lounge through fully open glazed accordion doors, blurring interior and exterior boundaries.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating rectilinear planter modules line up with structural column bays and folding door panels, creating a steady horizontal datum.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial hospitality design
- Program
- Restaurant and lounge
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- glass, metal, wood, stained-glass, concrete, planting
- Visual identifiers
- bi-folding-doors, planter-boxes, stained-glass, chandeliers
- Style tags
- contemporary, hospitality, eclectic
- Visual tags
- hospitality, indoor-outdoor, storefront, commercial-interior, restaurant
- Geometry
- Wide horizontal storefront composition featuring floor-to-ceiling bi-folding glass doors that merge indoor and outdoor dining spaces, anchored by heavy rectangular planter boxes in the foreground.
- Facade system
- Aluminum-framed bi-folding glazed storefront system with overhead louvered canopies.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame with non-loadbearing glazed storefront infill.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled commercial storefront, approximately single-story height with deep overhangs.
- Lighting
- Daylight outside illuminating the street-facing planters contrasted against warm, layered interior chandelier lighting glowing from within the restaurant.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, vibrant, and energetic, bridging daylight street life with cozy, warm interior ambiance.
- Environmental context
- Urban street front with adjacent retail or hospitality storefronts.
- Spatial experience
- A porous threshold invites the sidewalk directly into the dining lounge through fully open glazed accordion doors, blurring interior and exterior boundaries.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating rectilinear planter modules line up with structural column bays and folding door panels, creating a steady horizontal datum.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial hospitality design
- Program
- Restaurant and lounge
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- interior