Projects Illustrated

Manchester City Centre

A complex conversion incorporating ground and basement level, open theatre kitchen, fine wine sample room and all the usual restaurant ventilation services discretely hidden within the ceiling architecture. The outside treatment creates impact with the use of removeable column claddings whilst confirming to landlord requirements for no permanent structural changes.
Est Est Est

Case Study 1 - Restaurant

Est Est Est - Alderley Edge, Edinburgh and Manchester

Created from a former car showroom the industrial past is echoed by fabricated trusses in the kitchen area and  Lotus 25 derived support wishbones to the over bar structure.
This project was an even more exciting discovery than at first imagined. As the former foodstore fittings and partitions were stripped out the early 19C first floor "saloon" with vaulted decorated plaster ceiling was exposed. This formed the dramatic rear part of the restaurant with glass stair approach.
The frontage onto George Street within the Conservation area was in frameless glass to leave the original stone surround as the principal elevation feature. 
Public circulation areas in a restaurant are part of a procession - to see and be seen within a theatrical setting is an integral part of the enjoyment. The staircase between floors is a key part of this to be celebrated in style.