Enjoy 2 free articles a month. For unlimited access, get a membership now.

Miru

Rockwell Group

SAVE SUBMISSION
Bronze
Miru - Mark Ballogg
Miru - Mark Ballogg
Miru - Mark Ballogg
Miru - Mark Ballogg

1 / 13

Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Restaurant
4.93
5.55
4.92
4.91
5.08
Christopher Lye
Christopher Lye Principal at Woods Bagot
5.5
6.5
5.5
5.5
5.75
Viktorija Valiulyte
Viktorija Valiulyte Senior Designer for EMEA Flagshipstores at Nike
Unfortunately, the floor plan is mi...
4.5
4
6
5
4.88
Elnaz Taghaddos
Elnaz Taghaddos Cofounder at E Plus A Atelier
I would have liked more information...
5
5
5
5.5
5.13
Matteo Ferrari
Matteo Ferrari Founder at Matteo Ferrari Studio
A warm and apparently comfortable s...
5
5
4.5
5
4.88
Ankur Choksi
Ankur Choksi Cofounder and Principal at Studio Lotus
4
5.5
4.5
5
4.75
Micha Klein
Micha Klein Executive Director at Liganova
4.5
5
5
5
4.88
Moein Jalali
Moein Jalali Founder at Moein Jalali and Partners
4.5
5.5
4.5
5
4.88
Javier Jimenez Iniesta
Javier Jimenez Iniesta Director at Studio Animal
5.5
6
5
5
5.38
Heather Dubbeldam
Heather Dubbeldam Principal at Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
5
6
5
5
5.25
Christina Prodromou
Christina Prodromou Director at COX Architecture
5
6
5
4.5
5.13
Esin Karliova
Esin Karliova Founder and Principal at Studio Karliova
5
5.5
5
4.5
5
Jenn Celesia
Jenn Celesia Founder at Jenn Celesia Consulting
5
5.5
5
5
5.13
Rahul Mistri
Rahul Mistri Founder and Principal Designer at Open Atelier Mumbai
5
6.33
5.61
5
5.49
Søren Pihlmann
Søren Pihlmann Founder at pihlmann architects
4
6
3
3
4
Ke Xie
Ke Xie Founder at Signyan Design
5.5
5.4
5
5.5
5.35
Cathy Wang
Cathy Wang Founder and Principal at Montaigne Design
5.89
6.06
5
5
5.49
Kot Ge
Kot Ge Founder at LSD Interior Design
5
5
5
5
5
Client
Lettuce Entertain You
Floor area
771 ㎡
Completion
2023
Social Media
Instagram
Furniture
Fabric
Lighting
Furniture
Fabric
Decorative Object

We designed the restaurant at The St. Regis Chicago as a celebration of its address. Located at the convergence of two bodies of water, the project was an opportunity to orient toward the lakeside. The blue tower facade and its unique formal gesture amidst the orthogonal neutrality of Chicago’s cityscape allowed us to embrace color and curvilinear forms.

For this Japanese restaurant, we also wanted to mine Chicago’s deep globalist tradition. In the early 20th century, textures and motifs from Asia began to permeate the works of the greatest architects of the time, establishing Chicago as a city of innovation.

Guests enter our sequence of signature spaces through a vestibule and espresso bar— a bold contrast between dark and light, with a walnut wood portal, end grain wood floors, and oil rubbed bronze details combined with cream-colored textured plaster walls and a veined Calacatta Bluette marble host stand/coffee bar.

In the dining room, light colored woods dominate with a tone-on-tone palette, lush greenery, and forms inspired by flowing drapery. The room has spectacular views of the river, Navy Pier, and summer fireworks. Beam details in the ceiling divide the field, creating restrained shadows. (Guests access the outdoor patio from the dining room.) The sushi bar anchors the southern end of the dining room like a stage. A blue tile wall is a theatrical background to a Fantastico Arni marble bar.

The main bar is in a glazed corner spot with amazing views facing northeast. The u-shaped bar again features Fantastico Arni marble with scalloped edges and undulations that speak to the waterfront address. A fun, articulated pendant-mount light fixture breaks up the linearity.

The project also includes a PDR; the Drawing Room, a signature St. Regis space integrated into the dining room; and the Library, inspired by a botanist’s study.