The founders of Milan design week showcase Alcova have opened a late-night bar and restaurant in an old slaughterhouse for the festival's 2025 edition. More about Alcova's debut pop-up bar doubles as a "nocturnal gallery"
Italian fashion brand Prada has opened Mi Shang, a restaurant in the Rongzhai villa in Shanghai that was designed by director Wong Kar Wai to evoke the visual identity of his films. More about Wong Kar Wai references own cinematic style for Prada restaurant in Shanghai
Reflective surfaces, geometric shapes and animal prints nod to Beirut's art deco heritage at this speakeasy, which local studio Carl Gerges Architects has designed as a haven for the city's residents. More about Clubroom speakeasy offers "refuge of refined escapism" in Beirut
With bar and cafe interiors announced as a new Dezeen Awards category this year, we've rounded up a selection of bakeries, coffee shops and bars as inspiration for your entries. More about Five cafes that transform into bars at night
An assortment of vintage furniture is paired with wooden accents and suspended neon lights in Le Lounge, a hotel lobby bar by designer Spencer Sight in Kansas City, Missouri. More about Spencer Sight designs Kansas City hotel lobby bar that "thrives on drama"
New York studio Rockwell Group has put a fresh spin on the city's only revolving restaurant, renovating the interiors with stylistic references to the Broadway theatre district below. More about Rockwell Group reimagines revolving restaurant above Times Square
Colour-coded terrazzo beer and negroni taps feature at the Bobo showroom in Stockholm, created as an after-work watering hole by Swedish designer Gustav Winsth and unveiled during the city's design week. More about Gustav Winsth designs tavern-style showroom for glassware brand Bobo
Ahead of Stockholm Design Week, Dezeen has asked some of the city's most prominent designers (and one architect) to share their recommendations for the best places to eat, drink and soak up culture across the Swedish capital. More about Stockholm designers share their favourite local spots and hidden gems
Cast-glass sconces and amber window panes radiate a soft caramel glow across Loma bar in Providence, Rhode Island, designed by New York-based Studio Becky Carter. More about Studio Becky Carter uses amber glass to cast moody light inside Providence bar
From a communist-era apartment block in Bucharest to a hot pink Australian bar created to emulate the inside of a jumbo speaker, our latest lookbook collects atmospheric listening bar interiors from around the world. More about Seven listening bars that are easy on the eyes and ears
Ambient lighting brings warmth to a pared-back interior scheme inside the Bar Ton listening bar in Bucharest, Romania, created by local designers Anda Zota and Muromuro Studio. More about Bucharest listening bar created in "landmark of Romanian modernism"
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 about Cake Architecture hides low-lit London speakeasy in former security station
From an underground speakeasy in Hong Kong to an American "cathedral of fried chicken", here are Dezeen's top 10 restaurants and bars of 2024. More about The top 10 restaurants and bars of 2024
The interior of this subterranean speakeasy in downtown Hong Kong was designed by local studio NCDA to echo underground water reservoirs, with lighting by LightOrigin Studio to emphasise its "ethereal ambience". More about Underground cisterns inform interior of Hong Kong's Artifact Bar
Swiss studio Leopold Banchini Architects used natural materials when creating the interior of the Goodbye Horses bar, with the bar, chairs, lights, handrails and changing table all made from a single tree. More about Leopold Banchini creates "all the elements" of London bar from one oak tree
Canadian studio Ste Marie has designed Meo cocktail bar and restaurant influenced by 1970s and '80s Hong Kong in Vancouver's Chinatown, using pink hues, floral patterns and red accents. More about Hong Kong's "love motels" influence Vancouver restaurant by Ste Marie
Warm adaptive lighting, acoustic panelling and woodblock columns cocoon Space Talk, a listening bar in London designed by local architecture practice EBBA and designer Charlotte Taylor. More about EBBA and Charlotte Taylor design London listening bar "dedicated to sound"
In the first instalment of Dezeen and SketchUp's Design Workshops, Uchronia founder Julien Sebban explains how he used SketchUp's software to create a fictional bar interior characterised by amorphous forms. More about Watch part one of Uchronia's Design Workshop with SketchUp about form in design
New York-based Gachot Studios has redesigned the patrons lounge at The Metropolitan Opera, imbuing the space with rich materials like textured wallpaper, black granite and brass accents. More about Gachot Studios refreshes lounge at The Metropolitan Opera in New York
French design studio Claves has transformed the interior of a Paris cafe, introducing bespoke retro-style decor that mirrors the architecture of local bars and tobacconists from the 1930s to the present day. More about Claves evokes classic Parisian bistro interiors at cafe Le Cornichon