Chinese studio Neri&Hu has inserted a stainless-steel shed into a Shanghainese lane house for Blue Bottle Coffee‘s latest cafe in Shanghai, which opened to the public last week.
Located in Zhangyuan in one of the area’s 140-year-old traditional Shikumen mansions, Neri&Hu‘s design for the coffee shop aims to evoke “an intimate and nostalgic experience and bring back the memories of ‘home’.”
The Blue Bottle coffee shop is located in an old Shanghainese lane house
Shikumen, also known as lane houses, is a traditional type of Shanghainese house that was popularised during the 19th century. They usually feature high brick walls that enclose a small front yard, with residential units arranged
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