Architects: Kokaistudios
Area: 130 m²
Year: 2010
Photographs: Charlie Xia
City: Shanghai
Country: China
Brownstone Bar, a cocktail lounge by Kokaistudios, located in Surpass Court, Yonjia Lu 570, Shanghai, is a prototype collaboration with Blue Horizon Hospitality Group. This venue combines a simple layout with intricate textures and custom elements to create a sophisticated atmosphere. Inspired by turn-of-the-century French Salons, the central bar area features a bar counter, DJ booth, wooden counters, and high seats, surrounded by lounge areas with dark wood platforms, armchairs, and sofas. Natural materials like wood, stone, and red brick are paired with custom surfaces, including a modular metallic ceiling and back-lit lattice panels, featuring a ‘peacock feather’ theme.
The project features a simple yet efficient layout, influenced by the venue’s compact size. This is paired with a rich interplay of textures and custom-made elements, creating a sophisticated atmosphere with a distinct identity. The client’s vision loosely draws inspiration from the decadent turn-of-the-century French Salons.
The bar’s central area, organized around the bar counter and a fully equipped DJ booth, includes wooden built-in counters and high seats. Two lounge areas with raised platforms, finished in dark wood, surround the central space and are furnished with low armchairs and sofas.
Raw natural materials like wood, stone floor finishes, and red brick walls combine with custom-made surfaces to add highlights. Features include a modular metallic open ceiling, translucent metal, and acrylic back-lit lattice panels that screen the windows and bar shelves. The ‘peacock feather’ motif recurs in both the screen patterns and the loose furniture color palette.
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Address: Shanghai, China
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