The Kyiv restaurant Virgin Izakaya Bar, which opened its doors at the end of last year on the territory of the Arsenal factory, was selected as the best project in the Restaurant and bar interior category according to the audience of the popular Dezeen online magazine.
Virgin Izakaya Bar, designed by Yodezeen studio and developed by the Bulldozer Group, is the first traditional bar in Ukraine in the izakaya concept. Starting from the opening, the project has collected publications in such media as Domus, The Spaces, AZUR, Architectural Digest, ELLE Decoration, Interior + Design, and many others.
The task of the designers was the maximum preservation of the existing architecture, the authentic elements of the building with a rich history. “We have created an atmospheric, conceptually complete space. Brick walls, rough wood, oxidized metal, bare concrete matched with the warm and pleasant atmosphere created by the right accent light and greenery,” says the chief architect of the project Artem Zverev, co-founder of the Yodezeen studio.
More than 4,700 projects from 86 countries and six continents took part in the Dezeen Awards this year. Two types of voting are carried out among all projects: according to the jury and public voting. The 53 000 votes took part in the online poll, of which 34% of the audience’s voices in their category were given to the Virgin Izakaya Bar restaurant project. Among the winners in the category of interior projects are such architectural and design bureaus as Woods Bagot, Kingston Lafferty Design, Mold Architects, Ste Marie Art and Design, Beyond Space, B210, Denizen Works Ltd, and others.
