Monday, December 5, 2011

Today's ArchiPic #78


Central Lounge/Sushi Bar from archinect.com

    Today's ArchiPic is the Central Lounge and Sushi Bar in Astoria, New York.  It consists of a sushi bar/lounge area (obviously.)  Its main purpose was to incorporate the same experience you get from a luxury sushi bar while mixing it into a lounge area.  Two bars, rectangular and circular, are the rooms' centerpieces, while the lounge chairs are around them.  Expensive, LED lights provide a blue-ish glow around the two bars, creating a supper club feel.  The tops of the counters are made from slabs of back-lit onyx.  (It's a variety of chalcedony which is a crystalline form of silica.)

References:
>> http://archinect.com/firms/project/12452538/central-lounge/29870844
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyx
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcedony



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