A colourful geometric wall provides a strong contrast to this otherwise stark sake bar and brewery in Brooklyn's Industry City, designed by local studio Carpenter + Mason.
Brooklyn Kura is the brainchild of Brian Polen and Brandon Doughan, and marks New York's first bar and brewery for sake ?  the traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice.

Polen and  Doughan enlisted local studios Carpenter + Mason for the interior design and LMNOP Creative for the branding design of their outpost in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighbourhood. Both studios had previously worked together on another Japanese eatery in the city.
Carpenter + Mason designed Brooklyn Kura to make the most of its industrial concrete structure, which is nestled among many still-function factory facilities in Industry City. This industrial aesthetic informs the interior design and is fused with Japanese details.
"In designing a sake bar within the industrial context of Industry City, our approach was influenced by the overlap between Japanese and industrial design elements ? which share more of a vocabulary than you might initially think," Carpenter + Mason co-founder Sara Carpenter told Dezeen.
The functionality of a Japanese brewery, and features a facility located in its rear and a public drinking hall in its front portion, led much the layout. The project is modelled similarly with a rectangular, open-plan taproom at its front, and measures 2,500 square feet (232 square metres).

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