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2024-09-16T14:53:46-04:00
https://archinect.com/news/article/150437528/a-thai-caf-offering-a-nature-boosted-dose-of-inside-and-out
A Thai café offering a nature-boosted dose of inside and out
Josh Niland
2024-07-18T11:34:00-04:00
>2024-07-18T13:36:01-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c4/c436860b98266104f1d23a3aaf7c720a.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Among the 16 global projects recognized by <a href="https://bustler.net/news/tags/prix-versailles/1680967" target="_blank">Prix Versailles</a> with a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/bustler/9949/16-designs-make-the-prix-versailles-world-s-most-beautiful-restaurants-list" target="_blank">World’s Most Beautiful Restaurants</a> award this year is a unique café space in Chonburi, Thailand, from the 20-year-old Bangkok studio IDIN Architects, which garnered particular attention for its delightful and well-detailed design. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ad/ade717342d1e6a4ebefc4e8bc2ca942f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ad/ade717342d1e6a4ebefc4e8bc2ca942f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: DOF Sky | Ground</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e3/e35af569040fe4c9c815d8f2b544d433.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e3/e35af569040fe4c9c815d8f2b544d433.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: DOF Sky | Ground</figcaption></figure><p>The stand-alone Harudot project was completed between February 2022 and June of last year. The client, a local coffee roastery, had expressed their desire to pursue a design that affirmed their brand identity’s inspirations in Japanese culture. As a result, the space exhibits a refined naturalism that, as with the other inclusions in Prix Versailles restaurant selections, is a “tribute to architecture and its commonality with people.”<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d6/d6d1f3b13c6c22b1bc1899c358b7fa43.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d6/d6d1f3b13c6c22b1bc1899c358b7fa43.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: DOF Sky | Ground</figcaption></figure><p>IDIN's name itself is an acronym for Integrating Design Into Nature. They say: “The name ‘Haru’ translates to ‘Spring’ in Japanese, referring to a ‘new beginning’ and ‘growth’ while ‘Dot’ sym...</p>