Orang+Utan vegetarian cafe features stark white tiling and neon signage
Ukrainian studio AKZ Architectura completely covered the interior of this vegetarian cafe in Kyiv with white tiles and installed a "jungle" in the toilets (+ slideshow). More
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Nendo adds reflective surfaces to offices and cafe in Kenzo Tange's Tokyo arts centre
Japanese design studio Nendo has completed a set of mirrored interiors for a cafe and office in Tokyo's Kenzo Tange-designed Sogetsu Kaikan building (+ slideshow). More
Modaam Architects' cafe aims to create a new kind of public space in Tehran
This cafe in the Iranian capital is designed to act as a semi-public venue in the city, where open gathering spaces are starting to become popular again after years of heavy policing (+ slideshow). More
Brinkworth strips back 1930s London pub to create fried chicken restaurant
London studio Brinkworth and designer Michael Marriott have overhauled an old pub inside and out to create a second branch for chicken restaurant Bird. More
Lukstudio suspends metal wires to look like drying noodles at Chinese restaurant
Shanghai-based Lukstudio has reinterpreted a traditional Chinese food drying rack with a metal grid structure and hanging wires for a noodle bar in Changsha (+ slideshow). More
Suppose Design Office creates spotlit "stage" for chef at Tokyo sushi restaurant
Suppose Design Office has used dim lighting and minimal furnishings to create a theatrical dining space for an intimate sushi restaurant in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Onion uses solid ash and plywood to create a monochrome restaurant interior in Bangkok
Furniture and surfaces at this restaurant in Bangkok's EmQuartier shopping precinct are almost exclusively ash, creating a monochrome interior that looks like it's made from balsa wood (+ slideshow). More
Slatted timber boxes contain dining areas inside Fanbo Zeng's Fun noodle bar
Wooden boxes surrounding the tables of this noodle bar in the Chinese city of Shenzhen frame views of the city skyline, which is visible through a full-height glazed wall. More
Torafuku restaurant by Scott & Scott features utilitarian interior designed to get better with age
Canadian architecture studio Scott & Scott used materials that "wear-in with use" for the interior of this pan-Asian restaurant in Vancouver (+ slideshow). More
Tools and furniture hook onto a plywood wall in Paris cookery classroom by Septembre
A plywood storage wall stores and displays furniture, ingredients and cooking apparatus at this Paris culinary workshop by architecture studio Septembre (+ slideshow). More
Kengo Kuma replaces the walls of a Beijing tea house with a grid of translucent blocks
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has arranged translucent plastic blocks in a brick-like formation to create new walls for a Beijing tea house overlooking the Forbidden City (+ slideshow). More
Wes Anderson-designed Bar Luce takes its cues from old Milanese landmarks and cafes
Filmmaker Wes Anderson has ventured into interior design, with a bar intended to recreate the atmosphere of Milanese cafes inside the OMA-designed Fondazione Prada in Milan. More
Form Us With Love creates waterfront beer garden for a Stockholm museum
Stockholm studio Form Us With Love has extended its beer exhibition at the city's Spritmuseum to include a venue for outdoor drinking (+ slideshow). More
Joanna Laajisto references 1940s kiosks for Michel restaurant in Helsinki
Green-painted panelling, shiny white tiles and marble slabs line the walls of this Helsinki restaurant by Finnish architect Joanna Laajisto (+ slideshow). More
Norm Architects puts a Danish spin on an Italian restaurant interior
Danish studio Norm Architects has pared back the look of a typical Mediterranean interior to create a more Scandinavian aesthetic for this Italian restaurant in Copenhagen. More
Little Catch fishmonger in Shanghai is lined with a metal-frame "net"
Shanghai design studio Linehouse has overhauled a former takeaway restaurant to create a small fishmonger's on a busy street in the middle of the city's former French Concession (+ slideshow). More
Matted electric cables cover the surfaces of a Tokyo bar by Kengo Kuma
Tufts of brightly coloured electrical cabling give the walls and furniture of this bar by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma a hairy appearance (+ slideshow). More
Softroom converts thatched-roof pub into contemporary restaurant and cookery school
London studio Softroom has renovated a 19th-century village pub in southern England to host a culinary school, a bar and a glass-fronted restaurant (+ slideshow). More
Schemata Architects inserts coffee shop and roastery into a Tokyo warehouse
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has converted an old warehouse in Tokyo into a cafe and roastery for a Californian coffee company (+ slideshow). More
Neri&Hu's design for a Shanghai punch bar references the city's old alleyways
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has added bamboo-lined booths and green glass lampshades to a Shanghai bar that specialises in one drink – punch (+ slideshow). More