A huge cylindrical volume clad in white tiles sits amongst aged stone walls inside Papi, a restaurant in Paris designed by Neri&Hu.
Papi can be found in the French capital's ninth arrondissement, taking over the ground floor of a 19th-century Haussmann building.
Top image: the exterior of Papi. Above: steel-framed windows can be pushed back to open up the restaurant to the street
Rather than modernising the 52-square-metre site of the restaurant, Neri&Hu has instead tried to showcase the "layers of material heritage" that denote the building's long and storied past.
The Shanghai-based studio explained the building works had to be carried out "as carefully as an archaeological dig".
Neri & Hu stripped back the interior to expose old brick and limestone surfaces "Every single existing element was meticulously examined, and the challenge was in resisting the urge to fix every imperfection, to instead honour the imprint of time upon each surface," added Neri&Hu.
"Each fragment represents a different period in Paris' history, forming a beautiful yet challenging existing canvas for [Neri&Hu] to intervene."
The dining area is enclosed within a cylindrical volume
Wallcoverings and finishes that have built up over the years from previous occupants have been peeled back to reveal the building's older brick or limestone surfaces.
Aged stone moulding that borders the entrance door has also been exposed, and a slim cut-out has...