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Dinner For Seven

From Oklahoma to Singapore, these restaurants serve up a visual feast

Mark McMenamin -- Interior Design, 7/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

II by IV Design Associates

project Milestones Grill + Bar, Vancouver, British Columbia.

standout The rugged and the resplendent compete in this 300-square-foot private dining room, which features a mirror-film overlay on a wall of distressed white oak, reclaimed from Canadian sources, and chromed chandeliers hanging over quarter-sawn white-ash tabletops.

photography Eric Laignel.

Kengo Kuma & Associates

project Sakenohana, London.

standout Constructed from Japanese cypress, a spirited three-dimensional version of classic latticework looms large above cedar tabletops in this 6,400-square-foot space on the lowest two levels of Alison and Peter Smithson's brutalist Economist building from 1964.

photography Junkichi Tatsuki.

Super Potato

project Bourbon Steak, Detroit.

standout In this 8,900-square-foot restaurant's main dining room, the brilliant luminosity of backlit glass bottles contrasts with the solidity of brick and stacked oak beams, both reclaimed.

photography Eric Laignel.

GLAMOROUS co., ltd.

project DBL, Osaka, Japan.

standout Masataka Kurashina's arabesque of punched aluminum, painted white, dangles playfully from the 20-foot ceiling above the dusky ironwood floor of this 2,350-square-foot space.

photography Seiryo Yamada/Seiryo Studio.

Ippolito Fleitz Group

project Bella Italia Weine, Stuttgart, Germany.

standout A mixed bag of hand-painted wooden chairs complements the mismatched new and antique mirrors that are screwed to the ceiling of the 1,350-square-foot ground level of a 1900 apartment building.

photography Zooey Braun.

Elliott + Associates Architects

project Red Prime Steak, Oklahoma City.

standout Opting for a literal interpretation of the restaurant's name, Interior Design Hall of Fame member Rand Elliott outfitted a 6,000-square-foot, 18-foot-high space with red neon tubes, making the original brick of this 1911 Buick showroom look even ruddier.

photography Scott McDonald/Hedrich Blessing.

Ministry of Design

project Royal China, Singapore.

standout In this 3,750-square-foot space at the Raffles Hotel, golden tones unify the entry's wall covering, inspired by Chinese brocade, with the painted frame of a supersize mirror that makes a row of tables appear to extend forever.

photography Courtesy of Ministry of Design.