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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Spice Market in London, United Kingdom by Concrete Architectural AssociatesSeptember 12th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Concrete Architectural Associates Spice Market London Imagine a wall of spices containing all the colours, flavours and fragrances of Asian cuisine. Imagine a spice cabinet, 2 floors high, 24 metres long and revealing every ingredient the chef will need to create the distinguished Spice Market dishes. This spice cabinet is here, as the centre-piece of the restaurant and starting point for a great dinnertime. When you look up from the street and see through the transparent restaurant façade, you can even see the cabinet from there.  Image Courtesy © ewout huibers for concrete
 Image Courtesy © ewout huibers for concrete Spice Market London is a unique mix of the ethnic vintage feel of Spice Market New York and the contemporary architecture of the new building on Leicester Square in London. The eclectic and intimate design is a result of gold mesh sliding screens, brass screen lanterns, jatoba timbo flooring and cosy booths, a unique brass ‘birdcage’ spiral stairs and 600 wok-lights.  Image Courtesy © ewout huibers for concrete The restaurant is a two-level space connected by the grand iconic birdcage-staircase and a central void in the mezzanine floor, transporting the energy from the kitchen into the entire space. Guests can settle on both floors and choose from a wide variation of seats: cocktail bar, sushi bar and lounge seating on the ground floor and restaurant seating with an open kitchen on the mezzanine floor.  Image Courtesy © ewout huibers for concrete Monumental brass lanterns with laser-cut patterns give a warm and soft glow and shed an extraordinary decorative light throughout the restaurant area. Another eccentric light creation can be found when looking up into an endless sea of wok lamps hanging from the ceiling. Of course, Spice Market is not just about the cooking inside the kitchen.  Image Courtesy © ewout huibers for concrete There are bar stools if you have to wait for a friend and have a drink in the meantime, there are armchairs at the bespoke dinner table for two, a black leather seating booth for the more intimate dinners and a black leather lounge chair or sofa with cushions to relax and have a chat over the coffee later.  Image Courtesy © ewout huibers for concrete FACTS & MATERIALS: Floor – Wall – Ceiling – Lighting – Furniture Spice Market Floor: 1 – timber flooring, jatoba (solid hard wood), wooden floor with rough finish (planed, without sanding, lacquered) Wall: 1 – spice wall, jatoba (solid hard wood) shelves, gold mirror back wall 2 – sliding panels, frame of black powder coated aluminium with brass mesh 3 – gold mirror with pattern (frosted), bespoke design 4 – gold mirror 5 – glossy black laminate with printed pattern, bespoke design  Image Courtesy © ewout huibers for concrete Ceiling: 1 – painted, black RAL 9005; all services are exposed and painted black Lighting: 1 – wok-lamp pendant, bespoke design, power LED, brass brushed 2 – lanterns, backlit brass plate with laser cut pattern, jatoba plinth 3 – black wired pendant lights by Decode 4 – shelves with recessed LED strips 5 – surface mounted spots along façade  Image Courtesy © ewout huibers for concrete Furniture: 1 – bar and show kitchen, polished brass with jatoba bar top (outside) and st/steel kitchen equipment (inside) 2 – seating booths upholstered with black leather (by Crestleather, Old English black), back cushion upholstered with fabric by Kvadrat (messenger 3, dark grey), booths are cut outs of jatoba podium 3 – sofas, upholstered with black leather (by Crestleather, Old English black), back cushion upholstered with fabric by Kvadrat (messenger 3, dark grey), base made of black stained oak 4 – chairs with armrest and cushion, by Arper, type Duna, upholstered with fabric (by Kvadrat, messenger 3, colours grey, dark orange, orange, red), lounge height and dinner height 5 – bar stools, by Gervasoni, Inout black 128, beech 6 – tables, bespoke design, with black base and black stained oak table top, different sizes and heights 7 – reception desk, polished brass with jatoba worktop  Image Courtesy © Concrete Architectural Associates Special: 1 – iconic staircase, steel construction, black powder-coated spine and handrail, jatoba steps, balustrade made of brass tubes, manufactured by Smederij van Rijn Restrooms Spice Market Floor: 1 – tiles by Mosa, Terra Maestricht, strokes, 600x75mm Wall: 1 – tiles by Mosa, More than white, mosaic, black 2 – glossy black laminate with printed pattern, bespoke design 3 – gold mirror Ceiling: 1 – black RAL 9005, spray painted MDF  Image Courtesy © Concrete Architectural Associates Lighting: 1 – pendant lights, by Modular, suspended bolster, chrome 2 – half mirror globe bulbs above wash basins Furniture: 1 – vanity unit, black corian  Image Courtesy © Concrete Architectural Associates Lifts Floor: 1 – black granite tiles, honed/polished, size 600x600mm  Image Courtesy © Concrete Architectural Associates  Image Courtesy © Concrete Architectural Associates
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