Warren Platner designed the American Restaurant in Kansas City in 1974 as part of a complex of modern buildings commissioned by the Hall family of Hallmark Cards. He described the bentwood, brass and lipstick-red interior as “like a huge lace Valentine.” Image via dwell.

 

Ok, since you’ve been super good kids, here we go with Part 2 of Shit Hot Ceilings. Woohoo! In case you missed it, check out last week’s Part 1 post right here. A few more wonderful examples of classic and contemporary ceilings which single-handedly manage to upstage the entire space.  Yes, that’s the power of a shit hot ceiling right there.

Before I sign off, thank you for all your comments and e-mails, and for sending me examples of your favourites ceilings. So many ceiling nerds out there yo! Who would have thought?

x dana

The Tote, India by Serie Architects via Yatzer.

 

Honeycomb timber structure in Toronto by Levitt Goodman Architects, via ArchDaily.

 

Johnnie Walker House in Shanghai by Asylum via ArchDaily.

 

Aesop Adelaide store made from recycled bottles, via The Cool Hunter.

 

Jun Takahashi’s UNDERCOVER boutique in Aoyama Tokyo boasts a surreal ceiling installation of thousands of lightbulbs in rolling waves, via AnotherMag.

 

UK Pavillion at Shanghai Expo 2010 by Heatherwick Studio.

 

Zona K, drama studio in Milan. The ceiling is imprinted with inverted bubbles that house both spotlights and skylights, via dezeen.

 

Ahhh… They just don’t make’em like they used to, do they? Incredible ‘Stalactite Domes’, via I’m Revolting.

 

Jing Restaurant, Singapore by Antonio Eraso, via ArchDaily.

 

Ceiling made up of thousands of wooden sticks in the Tsujita Restaurant, LA, by Japanese designer Takeshi Sano. Via Contemporist.

 

TREE Restaurant in Sydney, by Koichi Takada Architects – previously blogged about here.

 

Wexler’s BBQ Restaurant by Aidlin Darling Design via Shawn Lowe.

 

BANQ restaurant by Office dA, via Yatzer.

 

Restaurant Zmianatematu in Poland, designed by xm3. Via mocoloco.

 

‘What Happens When’ pop-up restaurant in New York by  The Metrics. This restaurant receives a ‘makeover’ every 30 days – a perfect example of what a different ceiling can do to transform a space. Images via Core77.



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  4. LightCo

    what great images, it certainly gets my creative juices flowing !!!
    it’s a pleasure receiving your regular emails
    thanks !

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  9. Renee

    Ah-maz-ing article yellowtrace, perfect precedents for my current uni architecture assignment.

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