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THE FORMER HOME OF A
2 The Buddha-Bar’s dramatic central staircase
is flanked by dragonbearing curtains that
visually direct patrons
into their “lair” below,
where the restaurant’s
main dining room is
housed.
3 Semi-circular screens
separate the restaurant’s semi-private
dining spaces from its
main dining room.
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Chicago Rib Shack restaurant in
London’s posh Knightsbridge district
has been reborn with a decidedly
more ethereal feel. That space is
now home to the latest incarnation of Raymond and Tarja Visan’s
Buddha-Bar.
Like its predecessors in such cities
as Paris, New York, Cairo and Washington, D.C., the newest Buddha-Bar
features a fusion of colonial, baroque
and East-meets-West elements, many
of which were gleaned from the Visans’
global travels. The specifics of the twolevel Knightsbridge locale’s 11,600-sq.ft. restaurant/bar’s interiors were born
out of a collaboration involving Tarja
Visan and Tibbatts Abel, a Londonbased design consultancy.
That environment includes some
elements found in other BuddhaBars, including large-scale representations of the brand’s namesake, as
well as some that are unique to the
London locale. “Restaurants are like
fashion,” Visan explains. “We need
to adapt to each new generation’s
demands, while continuing to cater
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to our loyal customers’ needs.”
One thing Buddha-Bar patrons
both old and new expect is a space
with several visual “wows.” As a result,
the new London locale features three
signature elements: a wall-mounted
set of 207 interlinked and perforated Buddha figures on the upper
level; a dramatic staircase flanked
3
by hanging dragon-shaped crystals
designed to lure visitors to their “lair”
below (i.e. the main dining room);
and a maquette of a Buddha sculpture created from a single sheet
of bronze mesh by sculptor David
Begbie. That figure is installed on the
back side of a wall at the bottom of
the stairs, overlooking the restau-
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From the Editor
In This Issue
The Buzz
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Dining Nirvana
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Spirited Reuse
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