SHH lead all-star cast in design of Barbican Foodhall and Barbican Lounge
Published on:04/03/2011
Architects and designers SHH have brought together and led an all-star team – including furniture designer Stefan Bench, lighting designers .PSLAB and Chelsea Flower Show double-gold medallist garden designer Kate Gould – to create two stunning new restaurant spaces within one of London’s greatest 20th century architectural landmarks, the Barbican Centre.
SHH answered a brief from the Barbican to make the most of the location within this iconic building envelope, in order to create the new environments, which aim to become known as destination venues in their own right. According to SHH’s lead designer on the project Helen Hughes, the project ‘sought to bring the Centre’s food and beverage offer up to the level of the Barbican’s long-established worldwide reputation for art exhibitions and performances.’
SHH served both as interior and branding designer on the project, which encompassed both the former 450sq m ground floor café, now a restaurant and shop, re-branded as ‘Barbican Foodhall’, and the first floor bar and restaurant - now ‘Barbican Lounge’, as well as the outdoor terrace spaces for both venues.