Cali Uptown Restaurant, Paris Bar, Parisian Renovation Interior, Commercial Building Photos, French Architecture
Cali Uptown Restaurant in Paris
2 Mar 2022
Architecture: Studio UNLTD
Location: 4th arrondissement of Paris, France

Photos by Le Boulicaut Photographe
Cali Uptown, Paris
The Cali Uptown restaurant design project, by Los Angeles-based Studio UNLTD, includes the replacement of the interiors and façade of a 2,066 square meter space in an early-20th century building with art nouveau influences located in the 10th arrondissement neighborhood of Paris. Studio UNLTD translated the client’s vision of a vibrant restaurant design with a strong connection to the mood and lifestyle that inspired the Southern California modernist design movement.
The exterior of the restaurant is notable for its façade of brickwork, laid out in a modernist geometric pattern and painted the brightest white. The entry is flanked by columns of peacock blue, sending out a cheerful welcome to the Paris neighborhood. Interior architecture is minimal, with the structural columns of the building stripped raw to expose the pale stonework, against which punchy upholstery colors and loose fittings stand out. The flood of natural light from floor to ceiling windows and a newly installed skylight is punctuated by glass globe pendants of various sizes placed throughout, with small decorative globes illuminating the bar and oversized globes over the window seating. Patterns inspired by mid-century...