Tate Dining Room and Bar in Hong Kong by JJA / Bespoke Architecture

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TATE Dining Room and Bar on Hong Kong’s historic Hollywood Road is the newest iteration of this Michelin Rated Restaurant by founder Chef Vicky Lau. Winner of Asia’s Best Female Chef Award in 2015, Chef Lau transforms her dreams, memories, and conceptual ideas into artful gastronomic iterations. This bar designed in collaboration with James JJ Acuna of JJA / Bespoke Architecture, is the culmination of her creative process, taking the much talked about Artful Dining experience to new heights and new directions.

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• Architects: JJA / Bespoke Architecture (James JJ Acuna) in Collaboration With Chef Vicky Lau
• Project: Tate Dining Room and Bar, Butler Catering Services and Poem Cake and Pastry Shop
• Location: Hong Kong
• Photography: James John Jetel
• Client: Design Department (HK) LTD.
• Artist Collaborations: Elsa Jeandedieu and Calico Wallpaper
• Area: Approx. 2,200 sq.ft. (front of house) + 1,160 sq.ft. (back of house)
• Date of Completion: February 2017

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

The TATE Dining Room and Bar, is a Version 2.0 for Chef Lau and a first for Acuna, taking a small scale Chef’s fine dining kitchen to a front-of-house space spanning 2,200 square feet in the heart of the city’s historic, cultural, and foodie neighbourhood, Sheung Wan. The colour tones are reflective of Chef Lau’s feminine oriented palette of whites, nudes, pinks, brass, and greens. Acuna planned the two-storey space as a journey which re-orients the visitor through a sensuous curvilinear initial pathway on the ground floor followed by a series of timeless rooms, a cross between art gallery environments and domestic spaces — a reflection of Chef Vicky Lau’s concept of enjoying visually playful food in a home environment.

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

All furnitures were designed in detail by Acuna to respond to various zoning requirements of the restaurant and bar. Numero Suite fabricated these furnitures, artist Elsa Jean Dededieu created a bespoke table of etched leaves and butterflies with Chef Lau. A handmade wallpaper company from Brooklyn, New York named Calico Wallpaper, designed the wonderful wall-coverings around the washrooms.

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

About JJA / Bespoke Architecture

JJA / Bespoke Architecture was founded in 2016 by Creative Director, James JJ Acuna. A graduate of Cornell and Columbia University Architecture programmes, Acuna has worked on a wide range of lifestyle and workplace projects in Hong Kong, China, and the Asian region at large for a roster of select blue chip clients, such as Swire, Sun Hung Kai, and Hong Kong Land under corporate firms, Ronald LU & Partners, Woods Bagot, and LWK. For the past five years, Acuna has also founded and runs a social media platform, titled Wanderlister. com, aimed at reporting on various design trends in travel, architecture, art, and interior design for the region.

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

With the establishment of his Hong Kong and Manila based studio, his aim is to help formulate bespoke design solutions for lifestyle-oriented clients via his lens and insight as not only a skilled designer, but a thought leader on current global trends in relation to design, service, and operation.

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

Image Courtesy © James John Jetel

Tags: Hong Kong

Categories: Bar, Interiors, Pastry Shop, Restaurant

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