Slatted woodwork forms a canopy over this Spanish tapas bar and restaurant in Midtown Manhattan, which architecture practice Studio Razavi has based on a market in Barcelona.

Studio Razavi's New York office completed Boqueria on West 40th Street as the latest outpost of the restaurant chain of the same name.

Boqueria currently has five spots that serve Spanish cuisine in New York, as well as one other in Washington DC. All are based on the casual dining style of kiosks in Barcelona's Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria – a market off La Rambla that dates back to the 13th century.
Studio Razavi also used the architecture of the popular food hall to inform its design of the slatted wooden ceiling over the 440-square-metre space.
"A restaurant concept derived from the famous Barcelona market housed under a single great roof structure, inspired us to create an all-encompassing atmosphere, not dissimilar to the market," said the studio in a project description.

The ribbed wooden installation follows the shape of the existing ceiling, creating a low cover over a portion of the central bar, and then angling steeply up over the dining area.

"Using only wood, our design intent was to mitigate the changing ceiling heights – some in excess of 20 foot (six metres) – with one varying surface made up of wood slats," said Studio Razavi.
Wood slats then extend down to cover walls and form partitions between seating areas "to c...