Architecture studio Bornstein Lyckefors has designed a series of restaurants in Sweden and Denmark that centre around a terrain for playing pétanque.
Gothenburg-based Bornstein Lyckefors has created the interiors for six Boulebar venues, in the cities of Stockholm, Gothenburg, Örebro and Copenhagen.
Bornstein Lyckefors has designed six Boulebar venues
Each one has its own design character, but they all contain a large gravel area where diners can play pétanque ? the French game where players try to throw balls as close as possible to a target ball.
"The founder of Boulebar, Henrik Kruse, is a pétanque player himself," explained Johan Olsson, an architect at Bornstein Lyckefors.
They all centre around a terrain for playing pétanque "He fell in love with the sport during an inter-rail trip he made with some friends in Europe in the 1980s," he told Dezeen.
"When they came home, they opened a pétanque bar in Stockholm that they built themselves, without any permissions from the municipality. The idea grew, and from an underground pétanque bar, they became more and more professional."
Regular features include trees in large tubular pots and bench-style seats
The design for each venue starts with the idea of an indoor park.
Regular features include trees in large tubular pots and bench-style seats, painted in a colour the architects call Boulebar green. There is also a bespoke pendant light in all the venues, called Bend.
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