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The calming coffee break: how an urban café in China sets a restorative mood

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Apes World Coffee, a café in Chuzhou, China, gives visitors a moment of escape with moody, ambient design. - Ingallery
Aiming to amplify the sensory experience to be had at Apes World Coffee, Zhixiang Design charted a series of ambient spaces that deviate from the traditional atmosphere of cafés. - Ingallery
Compositions of exposed columns and beams in grey give the multi-level, 260-sq-m interior a sense of monumentality. - Ingallery

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Apes World Coffee, a café in Chuzhou, China, gives visitors a moment of escape with moody, ambient design.

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Aiming to amplify the sensory expe

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