Spring in Shangri-La: A hong kong firm puts a fresh spin on Japanese traditions in Beijing.An anthology of Japanese cuisines is offered in Nishimura, a free-spirited interpretation of traditional decorative elements from that country. A sake bar of dark stained cedar and a tatami ta·ta·mi n. pl. tatami or ta·ta·mis Straw matting used as a floor covering especially in a Japanese house. [Japanese.] room with a backlit An LCD screen that has its own light source from the back of the screen, making the background brighter and characters appear sharper. grille of blond wood flank the entry. A thick partition of laminated plywood is scooped and pierced to frame views of a dining area on one side and a sushi counter on the other. Pebbles, bamboo and slate are employed in a stylised Adj. 1. stylised - using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous; "a stylized mode of theater production" conventionalised, conventionalized, stylized take on the natural world that evokes the traditional Japanese aesthetic within the Shangri-La Hotel on the west side of Beijing's third ring road. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. firm of CL3 have the same gift as the Japanese Super Potato for putting a fresh spin on tradition and infusing it with new elements. Here they've taken advantage of low labour costs to incorporate a level of craft that might prove unaffordable un·af·ford·a·ble adj. Too expensive: medical care that has become unaffordable for many. un in Japan. The dividing wall is 9m long, more than 1m thick, and incorporates a thousand sheets of plywood that were computer cut, sanded and waxed to glassy smoothness. Plywood strips are bowed to a hemisphere and modelled to suggest a pattern of waves to the side of the sushi bar Noun 1. sushi bar - a bar where sushi is served bar - a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar" . Project architect William Lin sought to evoke the changing seasons and a dry garden in this windowless interior, and the feeling is decidedly spring-like and tactile. M.W. RESTAURANT,BEIJING ARCHITECT CL3 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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