A daytime café transitions seamlessly into a cocktail bar at night

Located in a sycamore-tree lined neighbourhood in Shanghai, Bar Lotus is a cosy daytime café which seamlessly transitions into a moody and intriguing cocktail bar in the evening. Office AIO was originally approached to design a cocktail bar, but t
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