RETRO REC DINER

TYPE — COMMERCIAL | INTERIORS & FURNITURE

LOCATION — SAN FRANCISCO, CA

YEAR — 2025

PHASES — CONCEPT, SCHEMATIC DESIGN, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS & PROCUREMENT

DESIGNED AS AN ELEVATED HOMAGE TO MID-CENTURY RECREATIONAL CULTURE, THIS HOSPITALITY SPACE BALANCES NOSTALGIC WARMTH WITH RIGOROUS MODERNIST PRINCIPLES. THE CONCEPT REIMAGINES THE RELAXED, APPROACHABLE SPIRIT OF A CLASSIC REC ROOM THROUGH A REFINED, DESIGN-FORWARD LENS—PAIRING WARM WOOD MILLWORK WITH GRAPHIC GEOMETRIC FINISHES AND ICONIC BAUHAUS-INSPIRED DETAILS.

CLEAN TUBULAR-STEEL FRAMING, MINIMALIST TIMBER STOOLS, AND LOW-SLUNG GLOBE PENDANTS PAY TRIBUTE TO FUNCTIONALIST DESIGN, CREATING SCULPTURAL SILHOUETTES AGAINST THE RICH BACKDROP. THE LAYOUT SEAMLESSLY DIVIDES THE FLOOR PLAN BETWEEN HIGH-ENERGY COUNTER SERVICE AND RELAXED, LOUNGE-STYLE BOOTH SEATING. BY BALANCING A MOODY, COCOONING COLOR ENVELOPE WITH GENEROUS NATURAL LIGHT FROM EXPANSIVE STOREFRONT GLAZING, THE INTERIOR SHIFTS EFFORTLESSLY FROM AN AIRY DAYTIME CAFE TO AN INTIMATE, ATMOSPHERIC EVENING DESTINATION.