Lisbon interior design practice Bacana Studio took cues from Portugal's coastal traditions for the interiors of a João Luís Carrilho da Graça-designed Anfibio restaurant.
Located alongside the Tejo river, the restaurant was designed to "merge the duality of the sea and the land," the interiors studio told Dezeen.
Striped benches create a corridor from the bar to the terrace
Named Anfibio ? Latin for amphibious, meaning suited for both land and water ? the restaurant serves both local seafood and "countryside produce".
It is located in a glass-walled, pavilion-like structure designed by local architecture studio João Luís Carrilho da Graça alongside the Tejo river and its interiors were informed by its riverfront location drawing on the "dazzling reflections of the sun on the water". The lighting is designed to "allow Anfibio to transform between day and night"
Within the 500-square-metre restaurant, which is used as a nightclub in the evenings, wooden flooring was stained with a "watery green" colour and a mirror-like fabric was used on the ceiling to reflect and refract light.
"The building's architecture aims to blend in and go unnoticed, striving to merge with the river and reflect the city of Lisbon," said Bacana Studio founder Ingrid Aparicio.
The restaurant is located on the Tejo river
According to the Bacana Studio, the open plan layout and five-metre-high ceilings posed a lighting and acoustic challe...