Bar Room Bar

Bristol

Spirit Group

2002

By focusing on intense, meaningful interventions rather than spreading the effort thinly, we created this bar at Bristol Quays for half the normal budget for a project of this size and type - and without compromising on our client’s ambition.

We based the design around three coloured pods, which divide the 4000sqft space into smaller ‘rooms’, and define spaces between and around them. ‘Clouds’, designed with collaborators Nick Crosbie of Inflate and Kate Wilkins, on the ceiling link the spaces, animating them with artificial lighting.

The bar is set behind a reflective black glass wall, which helps to tie the elements together and gives a contrasting setting for the bold colours and lighting.

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