LAVA BAR

Category: Hospitality - Interior Design, Installation
Location: Nanjing, China
Size: 1,200 sqm - L
Year: 2022

LAVA Bar ignites within a rigid office block, transforming its banal conformity into a volcanic escape for office workers and residents. Operating from brunch to late-night cigars, the ground floor opens fully to plazas via floor-to-ceiling doors, enabling outdoor dining. A vertical journey mirrors the day’s rhythm: lower levels pulse with bright, social energy, while the summit erupts in moody intimacy — cosseted corners for hushed conversations and a refined whisky library. A secret golden-hued room glows like embers. Even the washroom mesmerizes: kinetic Voronoi shadows dance across walls from a caged light above blue marble basins, crystallizing LAVA’s rebellion against orthogonality.

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