XING RESTAURANT
New York, NY

Open Spring 2005
2,000 sq. ft.

Winner, James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant Design, 2007
Winner, AIA New York Chapter, Design Merit
    Award, Interior Architecture, 2005

This Pan-Asian restaurant is composed of four distinct yet interlocked areas, each defined by a specific material. The front bar area is layered stone. The front seating area with booths is a wrapper of bamboo. The next zone is a corridor that contains the bathrooms and a wait station. This corridor is made from 10,000+ linear feet of stacked 1/4" colored acrylic, which lines the walls and the ceiling. This layered acrylic ceiling extends into the front dining room as a light canopy and drops down to connect to the top surface of the bar. The back dining area, complete with a fish tank wall, is all red velvet panels-an excessive banquette.