Shang Palace, Shangri-la Taipei

December 2010
700 sq.m

2nd Annual Global Excellence Awards Winner organized by IIDA - Honorable Mention Restaurant Link

A light, regal tone has been set in this series of fine dining spaces. AB Concept chose the popular ‘celestial cloud’ graphic motif to anchor a landscape of contrasting textures and dreamy watercolour fabric shades.

The motif appears first and most memorably behind the maitre d’ as a deep sculptural alcove, with its layers lit strikingly from inside, however it reappears in carpeting, ceiling reliefs and upholstery throughout the restaurant. The materials were selected for a sense of traditional elegance, among them brass accents, pearlescent paint finishes and lanterns in delicate silk. In the private dining spaces ‘precious’ themes - of pearl, jade and the celestial cloud - inform the design schemes; the latter is reserved for the state room, which opens out to its own patio. In the transitional Peony Vestibule the studio has created another striking impression with a large skylight, where the wooden petal-shaped panels of a ceiling installation soften and diffuse the light.