Design studio Tutto Bene drew on "the sombre elegance of theatre and museum lobby cafes" when creating the interiors for the Nightingale restaurant in London.
The 60-square-metre space, which opens to a courtyard in London's Mayfair neighbourhood, references Viennese coffee houses, known locally as Kaffeehäuser.
"We thought London is missing spaces with the atmosphere that we know Kaffeehäuser for," Tutto Bene co-founder Oskar Kohnen told Dezeen.
Nightingale's interior draws on Vienna's coffee houses
Nightingale's "stage-like" dining room was also informed by "the sombre elegance of theatre and museum lobby cafes", Kohnen said.
"Nightingale's sloped ceiling, abundant drops of fabric curtains, as well as the curtain-like wall panelling play on this idea," he explained. The restaurant has a colour palette that emphasises green and cream colours, with a floor made of cement tiles in various green hues.
A pale green floor contrasts with white walls
Cream-coloured walls and curtains contrast against silvery details, with a monolithic stainless-steel bar functioning as the room's centrepiece.
"The courtyard plant life suggested the green colour," studio co-founder Felizia Berchtold told Dezeen.
"Based on this we added light and shadow through layers of black and white," she added. "The surfaces interacting with the daylight create an abundance of hues in an overall calm tonality. It's simple but dramatic...