rd+d - Reader's Choices

Mike Mora Shares Three Best Practices for Restaurant Design

After helping his firm secure a 2020 James Beard Award for restaurant design, Mike Mora sat down with rd+d to share some best practices.

Designer Shares Top Restaurant Trends from 2020

Sara Talleux, principal, Simeone Deary Design Group, connects with clients and communities to revitalize storied spaces. Guided by a passion for the perspectives and objectives of others, she

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Reader’s Choices: Michael Lawless and Keiko Matsumoto

Designers Michael Lawless and Keiko Matsumoto highlight some of their favorite restaurant design trends right now.

Reader’s Choices: James Staicoff

James Staicoff, IIDA, director of hospitality for Oculus Inc., began his interior design career nearly 40 years ago in St. Louis before relocating to Portland, Ore., in 1992.

Reader's Choices: Jerry van Rooy on Restaurant Design

Jerry van Rooy, design director and founding partner of VANROOY Design, offers his top trends and tips in restaurant design.

Designing for Millennials with Gensler's Dawn Arcieri

With more than 30 years of experience in food and beverage design, Dawn Arcieri, NCIDQ, RID, senior associate at Gensler, has worked on more than 200 restaurants ranging from small-scale dining

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Reader's Choices: Griz Dwight, LEED AP, AIA, principal and owner of Grizform Design Architects on his Favorite Restaurant Design Trends

Raised in a barn built by hand in Vermont, Griz Dwight, LEED AP, AIA, principal and owner of Grizform Design Architects, has loved architecture since he was young.

Reader's Choices: Michael Poris of McIntosh Poris Shares His Favorite Restaurant Design Trends Right Now

As an expert in restaurant design, Michael Poris, AIA, is principal of McIntosh Poris Associates, a Michigan-based firm that provides

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Reader’s Choices: David Tracz, AIA, LEED AP

David Tracz, AIA, LEED AP, //3877, outlines his favorite restaurant trends.

Reader's Choices: Megan Walsh

Megan Walsh is a project architectural designer at Aria Group Architects, leading design for one of the four studios in the office.

Reader’s Choices: Deborah L. English

Deborah L. English, IIDA, CCID, founder and president, D L English Design in Pasadena,

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Reader’s Choices: Allison C. Cooke

Allison C. Cooke, partner and director of Hospitality Design at CORE architecture + design, inc., leads the firm’s restaurant work while also providing direction

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Spring Forward

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Reader's Choices: Stephen Francis Jones

Stephen Francis Jones served as in-house architect for the Wolfgang Puck Food Company before launching his firm, SFJones Architects, in 1996. He has

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Reader's Choices: Meet Paul Valverde and Miguel Vicens of Coeval Studio

Paul Valverde and Miguel Vicéns formed Coevál Studio in Dallas in 2007, a full-service design firm with a focus on retail and

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Reader's Choices: Chris Mercier

Mercier shares a few of the concepts, products and materials that (fer) studiochose to bring

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A Look at Earls Kitchen + Bar’s Chicago Location

Canadian chain Earls Kitchen + Bar continues its expansion into the U.S. with each restaurant showcasing a unique

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Joy District Opens in Chicago’s River North Neighborhood

Chicago’s bustling River North neighborhood saw a new addition to its nightlife scene with Joy District, a new, multi-level restaurant and lounge from the

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Reader's Choices: Douglas Fu

As project manager and senior designer at Puccini Group, the global hospitality concept and design firm

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Good Bones: Successful Adaptive Reuse

Adaptive reuse projects breathe new life into old, vacant buildings — but they’re not for the

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Reader’s Choices: Pat McBride

As founder and chief executive officer of The McBride Company, a creative concept and design firm, Pat McBride has guided the firm over the past 30 years

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