This narrow building in Tokyo by local studio Apollo Architects & Associates accommodates an 85-year-old restaurant within its base, while its upper floor is a residence with a cantilevered balcony (+ slideshow). More about Switch by Apollo Architects gives a new home to an 85-year-old restaurant
Dutch designer Piet Boon has transformed the interior of a former military hospital chapel in Antwerp, Belgium, into a contemporary restaurant featuring a sculptural chandelier. More about Military church in Antwerp reinvented as a restaurant by Piet Boon
This reflective metal-clad box containing a restaurant rises like a periscope above a small shopping complex in São Paulo by French-Brazilian architecture office Triptyque (+ slideshow). More about Triptyque's shiny metal restaurant hovers over São Paulo shopping complex
This conceptual restaurant covered in a patchwork of textiles is the final instalment in Polish designer Karina Wiciak's series of fantasy interiors. More about Textile patchwork covers conceptual restaurant by Karina Wiciak
British designer Tom Dixon's interior for Paris restaurant Éclectic combines raw, industrial concrete surfaces with tactile brass, marble and leather details. More about Tom Dixon completes Éclectic restaurant in Paris
The penultimate project in Polish designer Karina Wiciak's series of fantasy restaurants depicts tables locked up in prison cells. More about Imaginary restaurant designed like a prison by Karina Wiciak
These hyper-realistic renderings by designer Michael Samoriz depict a cafe proposed for Ukraine with wooden beams criss-crossing over its ceiling. More about Hyper-realistic renderings of a proposed cafe in Ukraine
Undulating branches emerge from the centre of a dining table at this Swiss natural foods restaurant by Ippolito Fleitz Group (+ slideshow + photographs by Zooey Braun). More about Ippolito Fleitz Group installs metal trees in natural foods restaurant
Movie: in our next exclusive video interview from Inside Festival, interior designer Joyce Wang discusses the custom-made fittings and furniture she designed for Ammo bar and restaurant in Hong Kong. More about Hong Kong museum restaurant by Joyce Wang features "spiral staircase" chandeliers
A wooden canopy made of irregular timber lengths sprawls across the ceiling of this Thai noodle bar in Warsaw, Poland, by Moko architects (+ slideshow). More about Thai noodle bar with a forest-like wooden canopy by Moko Architects
Here are some images of the restaurant inside the Serpentine Sackler Gallery extension by London architect Zaha Hadid, which opened today in the city's Kensington Gardens (+ slideshow). More about The Magazine restaurant at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery extension by Zaha Hadid
Giant paintbrushes hold up the splattered ceiling of this conceptual restaurant by Polish designer Karina Wiciak (+ slideshow). More about Pracownia by Karina Wiciak
This steel and glass restaurant extension by Austrian studio Architekten Rüf Stasi Partner juts out over the edge of Karren Mountain in the Austrian Alps (+ slideshow + photographs by Zooey Braun). More about Panoramarestaurant Karren by Architekten Rüf Stasi Partner
The sprawling topography of the Portuguese landscape provided the shape of this restaurant, guest house and wine showroom by architecture studio Carvalho Araújo (+ slideshow). More about De Lemos by Carvalho Araújo
A spinning oven shaped like a giant disco ball is the centrepiece of this pizzeria in Vienna by Austrian architect Lukas Galehr (+ slideshow). More about Disco Volante by Lukas Galehr
Upside-down plant pots, bare lightbulbs, exposed ducting and raw materials feature in this São Paulo restaurant by Suite Arquitetos (+ slideshow). More about Bien! Restaurant by Suite Arquitetos
Over a hundred peg holes puncture the walls of this currywurst restaurant in Vancouver by Canadian studio Scott & Scott Architects, creating spaces to store furniture, hold lighting and display art (+ slideshow). More about Bestie Currywurst by Scott & Scott Architects
Surfaces appear to be stitched together with thick black thread in this fantasy bar and restaurant interior by Polish designer Karina Wiciak. More about Szwalnia by Karina Wiciak
We've recently featured a 1920s styled bar by Herzog & de Meuron in Basel and the creation of an Italian restaurant by Neri&Hu in Shanghai, so our latest Pinterest board gathers together eclectic bars and restaurants from all over the globe.
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Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron referenced 1920s interiors for the renovation of this bar and brasserie near its offices in Basel. More about Volkshaus Basel Bar and Brasserie by Herzog & de Meuron