Food & Beverage · 2023
Otitori
Vancouver, Canada
- Location
- Vancouver, Canada
- Year
- 2023
- Category
- Food & Beverage
- Scope
- Interior Architecture · Lighting · Custom Millwork
- Client
- Otitori Hospitality
- Size
- 320 sqm
A counter-led Japanese restaurant in Vancouver where a single, sculpted serving counter becomes the architecture.
Otitori is built around the choreography of the chef. A continuous slab forms the serving counter, drawing diners into the rhythm of preparation while keeping the back-of-house quietly out of view.
The room reads as a single composed gesture — warm timber, soft amber lighting, and tightly detailed millwork that frames every seat with a deliberate sightline to the work surface.
Materials lean into the warmth of the kitchen: charred timber, hand-patinated metal, and ochre walls that absorb the low-amber lighting after dusk.
— Gallery
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A closer look at the depth of design — material, light, and detail.
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— Materials & Approach
A palette that ages quietly.
- Charred cedarSpecified
- Patinated copperSpecified
- Hand-troweled clay plasterSpecified
- Brass detailingSpecified
