Cake Architecture hides low-lit London speakeasy in former security station
SOMA 2.0 is a sleek speakeasy-style bar by London studio Cake Architecture, tucked under the DLR railway at Canary Wharf, with a "deliberately austere" facade. More
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Studio North adds plywood barrel vaults to Business & Pleasure bar in Calgary
A barrel-vaulted ceiling covers this cosy cocktail bar in Calgary, Alberta which locally based Studio North designed as a contemporary take on a speakeasy. More
Cake Architecture and Max Radford design curtain-wrapped speakeasy in Soho
Cake Architecture and interior designer Max Radford have decorated a subterranean cocktail bar in London's Soho with colours borrowed from Indian artworks. More
The Hidden Pearl is a tiny bar tucked behind a Brooklyn ramen shop
A swinging door at the back of a ramen restaurant in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighbourhood reveals a tiny Japanese-style speakeasy, designed by architect Arnold Cheung. More
New York's Patent acts as cafe by day and speakeasy by night
A light-toned coffee and pastry shop in Manhattan's NoMad district provides a front for a secret subterranean bar behind, both with interiors by Carpenter + Mason. More
NC Design & Architecture hides Hong Kong restaurant behind grocery stall
A facade resembling a Thai grocery stall disguises this restaurant in Hong Kong, which local firm NC Design & Architecture designed to look like a film set (+ slideshow). More
NC Design & Architecture disguises Mrs Pound speakeasy as stamp shop
NC Design & Architecture based the design of this speakeasy in Hong Kong's antiques district on a legend of two star-crossed lovers who secretly reunite in midlife (+ slideshow). More
Foxglove speakeasy by NC Design & Architecture is hidden behind an umbrella shop
This Hong Kong speakeasy by NC Design & Architecture is disguised as an umbrella shop, and is accessed via a secret doorway towards the back of the boutique (+ slideshow). More
Breaded Escalope models two-person bar on iconic Adolf Loos speakeasy
Vienna Design Week 2015: Vienna design studio Breaded Escalope has constructed a wooden enclosure that creates an intimate drinking space for two, modelled on Modernist architect Adolf Loos' American Bar. More
Dude Cigar Bar by Studiomake
Twisted bricks create openings in the walls of a speakeasy-style bar in Bangkok, allowing passers-by a sneaky glimpse inside. More