Queenstown 2020
Flame is a wonderful and unashamedly meaty restaurant at Steamer Wharf in Queenstown where the mission was to make a space which honoured the experience of bare toed fire side eating with mates. Walls are lined in blackened oregon, copper is heated like an old billy and lines the bar, cabinetry is hand chiseled, colours, like the spices, feel like a South African desert plain.
Previously an office, this 500m2 conversion to a restaurant who’s kitchen has capacity to serve far beyond the confines of the restaurant is one of the key anchor sites for the whole of the Steamer Wharf building. The glow of activity from this top floor space now extends well into the evening and is visible for a long way around Queenstown’s lakeshore.
Scope of service; Full interior architecture.
A project in collaboration with Paul Green, Michelle Freeman and Flame Bar + Grill
Photographed by Paul Green
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Formed in 2016, we are a highly experienced interior architecture studio based near Queenstown, New Zealand. We work on a wide range of projects from hospitality and workplace, to select hotels and residences, for both local and international clients.
Our work is a close collaboration with clients, and often undertaken as part of a collective of architects, developers, branding agencies, writers, chefs, craftspeople and artists. We have strategic partnerships with many of these people and work as an ‘and friends’ studio, bringing in specific expertise as needed. We love it when, in the process of creating a space, our work informs, and is informed by multiple disciplines.
A foundation of research and writing is key for all our projects. We find histories and narratives particular to each client, their building, their brand, the urban context, and landscape. Then, working between the conceptual and the operational, the emotive and the pragmatic, we embed these stories in the design in order to make extraordinary spaces.
Our projects share a commitment to a layered and tactile approach in the use of materials, to craftsmanship, and to a level of detail that touches everything from the masterplan to the tablecloth, across all budgets.
Should you wish to explore your project aspirations, we invite you to reach out to our team.
- Year founded2016
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