Culver City bar Auld Fella is influenced by the pubs of Dublin and Belfast
Green tartan wall coverings and leather banquette seating are among the references to traditional public houses that The LADG? has used in this Culver City bar.
The Los Angeles Design Group? (The LADG) combined period furniture and a number of materials, including brass and dark wood in Auld Fella restaurant and bar, which is located west of Los Angeles.
The aim was to give the space an aesthetic that was reminiscent of pubs in Ireland and Northern Ireland with modern touches.
"The overarching design sensibility foregrounds Auld Fella's cultural underpinnings; inspired by the pubs of Dublin and Belfast, The LADG revived and refined age-old design precedents found in neighbourhood watering holes across Ireland," said The LADG. Four wall panels covered in a green plaid pattern provide a backdrop for a row of leather seating. Hanging in the centre of each panel above the banquettes is a black and white portrait in an oval-shaped gold frame.
"Part of what makes an Irish bar authentic is the repetition of design tropes borrowed from famous, ancient precedents," said The LADG co-founder and co-principal Claus Benjamin Freyinger.
Leather bar chairs run along the main bar, which is fronted by a slab of black and white quartz and has a woodwork frame painted a bluish-green colour. Several brass rods support the wooden counter and form a footrest along the bottom.
"The bar itself uses spindles to support the cantilevered countertop, acting like a miniatu...
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