![]() ![]() Sip Pho joins a number of recently completed restaurants in Austin, the capital of US state Texas. The kitchen is placed to the rear in a boxy volume the studio designed to hide the systems for heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Above, white lighting is discretely taped to the rafters to illuminate the restaurant during night time dining. Long white metal tables with matching dining chairs are laid out in rows in the 1,200-square-foot (111-square-metre) restaurant. “Make ordinary things become extraordinary.” “As a whole, it’s rather simple three materials and a reflection of the owner’s ask,” said the studio. ![]() The open-plan space features white-painted steel and drywall that matches the exterior and contrasts the exposed wood studs, rafters and polished concrete floors. Matching windows also run on the opposing walls, which, in addition to a series of north-facing skylights, bring natural light into the dining portion of the restaurant. Doors made from matching woodwork flank either side. Magic Architecture created long glazing at the front of the restaurant by inserting windows in between exposed Douglas fir wood studs. The gabled roof has deep overhangs to help with rain management and also shade windows from strong sunlight. The restaurant is housed inside the gabled volume, while the kitchen is located inside the box. White off-the-shelf cladding covers two volumes that form Sip Pho, described by Magic Architecture as a gable and a box. ![]() “Located north of the University of Texas, the building’s quiet composition is a reaction to the busy and graphic mess of the surrounding landscape,” said Magic Architecture. While the other buildings are decorated in bright colours and graphics, the restaurant has a bold and simple white exterior. It is located on 29th Street in the Texas city near a ballroom and a taco shack. The local practice designed Sip Pho eatery for a first-generation Vietnamese family on a plot that was formerly home to a barbecue restaurant. Texas firm Magic Architecture has covered this Vietnamese restaurant with white corrugated metal to make it stand out from the “busy and graphic mess” of its location in Austin. ![]()
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