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Brutalism and (coffee) brews: this Belgrade café honours the city's architecture

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Freya Architects took cues from Belgrade's brutalist history to inform Chernyi Cooperative Coffee Roasters' latest post in the city's Stari Grad, striking a balance between old charm and modern architecture. - Ilya Ivanov
Originally erected in 1921, the coffee shop occupies a site next to the city’s last remaining mosque from the Ottoman Empire, a feature leveraged inside by Freya Architects. - Ilya Ivanov
Restored floor-high windows flood the cafe with light, enhancing the industrial aesthetic of the single-story space, which has been split into three distinct areas. - Ilya Ivanov

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Freya Architects took cues from Belgrade's brutalist history to inform Chernyi Cooperative Coffee Roasters' latest post in the city's Stari Grad, striking a balance between old charm and modern architecture.

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