An old architecture office transforms into a cafe and Thai dining restaurant.
A combination of warm, natural and calm elements, create a welcoming atmosphere for customers.
Architecture & design here is subtle, a carefully refined backdrop to amplify the main event - connecting people through authentic cultural food.
Form and Colour inspired by the restaurant's brand, contrasts with the clean white walls, which serve as a gallery, for the art to invade and evolve over time.
A design collaboration between Antonia Lapwood & Sammy Ho, W3 Collective was commissioned to convert an old Architecture Office into a Thai Cafe Restaurant. W3 Collective designed the concept, assisted with engaging and coordinating all relevant consultants, produced detailed design documentation, and gained building consent for the conversion fit out.
W3 is an Architecture & Art practice with over a decade of experience based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa NZ. We focus on bespoke design for residential & community, buildings & interiors and design to range of budgets, using innovative processes and technologies. W3 explore and communicate concepts and systems, and collaborate with partners to design a more socially and environmentally sustainable future.
Our designs are inspired by artistic concepts, grounded in sophisticated design principles, and finely crafted details, which result in interesting, beautiful and enduring architecture. We highly value our natural environment and always aim to reduce our impact on it, in the process our buildings are built, inhabited and maintained.
Our clients range from families wishing to improve or build their homes with varying budgets and requirements, to larger organisations and developers managing multiple buildings and spaces. We enjoy working with clients and developers who design, build, inhabit, and maintain their buildings, and have found the most successful projects have been when all parties have a long term investment in buildings.