D_raw design studio have completed the interior for the Bond & Brook Restaurant located inside the Fenwick department store in London.

Designed by D_raw, in collaboration with the hospitality consultancy A Private View and brand specialists Made Thought, the site, as one of a very small number to offer food and drink on Bond street, will boast not only a daytime restaurant but also a less formal café area and a large, sculptural, showpiece of a cocktail bar central to the no-expense-spared space. The restaurant also has a fashion library of books and magazines and a ‘champagne burst’ chandelier rising above the pewter wrapped cocktail bar.

www.fenwick.co.uk

Sosushi is the first sushi franchising network in Italy. While Sosushi prides itself on their extrovert menu, they also take great pride in the design of each restaurant. This is very evident in the Turin, Italy restaurant designed by UAU Architects. Located deep in the city center of this historical urban city, UAU was challenged to create a modern and trendy space within this small old stationery store. The result is beautiful.

The shop is finished with the amazing Plexwood with matte white and magenta furniture to give an illusion of a spacious interior. The biggest challenge of the project was to optimize the space “in the deep research of order and refinement that distinguish all our architectures, not avoiding pragmatism.”

UAU was able to maximize this small space by working around the perimeter. They created benches and shelves that extended deep into the corners, which in turn, eliminated many awkward nooks and crannies and made the restaurant feel very open.

www.sosushi.it

Robert Restaurant unveils for its clientele an expansive view of Columbus Circle, Central Park, Broadway and Central Park West, hidden for decades since the closure of Huntington Hartford’s museum. Celebratory, sexy and romantic, designed to allow for conversation, patrons may dine sitting on sofas in the central lounge area, or be seated at the windows to enjoy the views.

Lighting is designed by San Francisco based architect Johanna Grawunder. Grawunder’s two installations are Cherry Blossom; a mobile-like chandelier installation of LED lit lucite panels and Tangerines; a series of suspended orange lucite boxes along the windowed perimeter. Sculptural steel cocktail tables, host stands and a 15 foot communal table bisected by a 6 foot high “sound wave” were created for the space by London based architect Philip Michael Wolfson. Upholstered pieces were designed by modernist master Vladimir Kagan. Project architects were Schefer Design.

www.robertnyc.com

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum’s Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building, New York City’s newest restaurant The Wright has opened to the public. Named in honor of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Upper East Side destination is located in a modern space designed by architect Andre Kikoski.

The 1,600 square-foot space features: a curvilinear wall of walnut layered with illuminated fiber-optics; a bar clad in a shimmering skin of innovative custom metalwork and topped in seamless white Corian; a sweeping banquette with vivid blue leather seating backed by illuminated planes of woven grey texture; and a layered ceiling canopy of taut white membrane.

Andre Kikoski Architect’s design philosophy for The Wright engages the heightened sense of procession that is essential to the experience of the Guggenheim – and the dynamic perception of art that it fosters. Surfaces and textures are animated by movement, creating an ever-changing fluid aesthetic that is an essential part of the design.

www.guggenheim.org

The Restaurant at the Setai Hotel in Miami, It is the vision of the open kitchen to showcase authentic Asian cuisine from countries such as China, Thailand, India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. A team of chefs originating from these countries prepare authentic Asian cuisine. The dishes are to be ordered and served family-style in authentic native crockery. The Indian station will include a combination of curries, breads, and Tandoori items. Dim Sum, noodles, steamed fish, and Chinese barbeque featuring Char Siew Pork and Peking Duck will be represented in the Chinese station.

The Restaurant at the Setai is just one of many dining experiences of the Hotel, The Grill, the selected Asian flavored wine list and the weekly Jazz Brunch are just some of the gourmet activities of the Setai.

www.setai.com/dining/therestaurant

With soaring views from the 37th floor across Tokyo City our fine dining restaurant makes a heart stopping impression the moment you enter. The iconic design steals the scene in Tokyo. This is high class dining at the top of the metropolis. Signature is awarded one-star status in the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2010, for the third consecutive year.

Chefs create in an open kitchen. The French-inspired cuisine offers carefully constructed menus where the dishes – true to the Japanese aesthetic – are both individually beautiful and the perfect complement to the next dish. An extensive wine list including our sommelier’s choice of bio-dynamic and organic wines is available. Our sommelier always welcomes the opportunity to recommend food and wine pairings.

www.mandarinoriental.com/tokyo