White-painted walls and pastel furnishings help create a "sun-drenched" aesthetic inside this beachside pavilion in Brisbane, which Alexander & Co has converted into two eateries.

Nestled on the sandy shoreline of Brisbane's Gold Coast, the Burleigh Heads Pavilion was originally erected in 1987 to accompany a community swimming pool.
It now accommodates an à-la-carte restaurant The Tropic, which serves produce-focused dishes made from locally-sourced ingredients, and a more casual brasserie called The Pavilion, which offers light lunches and bar snacks.

Both are backed by Sydney-based hotelier Ben May, who tasked architecture practice Alexander & Co to create interiors that were reminiscent of his childhood summers spent holidaying in Burleigh Heads. "The space also had to be robust and easily maintained, appealing equally to guests who walk straight off the beach and to those enjoying a smart lunch or dinner," explained the practice.

In The Tropic, fresh white walls are paired with rattan-lined ceilings. The majority of the floor is covered with concrete, but some parts has been paved with irregularly-shaped chunks of stone.

Splashes of colour are provided by mint-green chairs and rose-coloured tiles that have been used to clad the front of the bar counter. This shade of pink has also been applied to the inside of cabinets that store crockery and the hole-punctured breeze blocks that line the restaurant's walkways.
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