Moroccan carpets line partitions of Warsaw’s Aura cocktail bar

Heavy patterned carpets from Morocco and brass fixtures merge to kind the wealthy inside of this cocktail bar in Warsaw, designed by architect Kacper Gronkiewicz.

Set on the bottom flooring of a former tenement home that was constructed within the 19th century, Aura is in a small nook plot in Warsaw’s downtown Śródmieście Południowe neighbourhood.

The bar takes its identify from the Latin time period for gold, aurum, and is a free reference to the color of the bourbon-based drinks served there.

To deliver gold into the inside, locally-based architect Kacper Gronkiewicz put in varied totally different brass fixtures all through the area – the cabinets, excessive tables and slim, pole-style lights that dangle from the ceiling have all been crafted from the steel.

Brass has additionally been used to craft the chunky floor prime of the drinks counter, which perches on a mismatch marble base, and to line the bar’s rear wall.

Moroccan carpets that upholster one of many bar’s partitions as soon as belonged to the proprietor’s grandmother.

Colors conflict inside Warsaw’s Opasly Tom restaurant by Buck Studio

Gronkiewicz grew to become impressed by the carpets and seemed into different Moroccan imagery, notably the nation’s vibrant markets and Marrakesh’s Majorelle Backyard which options partitions and fountains painted in an intense shade of blue.

The same cobalt-blue paint has been utilized throughout the partitions of the bathroom, which is situated behind the carpeted wall, accessed by way of an arched door. Blue velvet has additionally been used to cowl the scallop-edged seating sales space tucked into the entrance window.

The nice and cozy crimson hues discovered within the carpets are echoed within the flooring and barstools.

To optimise the venue’s restricted flooring area, Gronkiewicz created a system of holes within the flooring the place the customized tables could be slotted into and set at varied heights.

The system of holes additionally permits for the area to have totally different layouts that cater to totally different features all through the day – throughout the morning and afternoon the bar generally is a cafe, whereas within the night it may function and a cocktail bar or small live performance venue.

Warsaw is residence to an growing variety of design-focused bars and eating spots – earlier this 12 months noticed the opening of Opasly Tom restaurant, which Buck Studio designed to characteristic a clashing mixture of orange furnishings and grooved blue surfaces.

Pictures is by Łukasz Kuś and Magda Rzeszot.