Amazebowls

Designed by 64North in Los Angeles, this shop features a scooped ceiling overhead, sculpted from a series of domes that expands its presence beyond the store’s perimeter.

Located at the southern terminus of One Santa Fe, the iconography of the store is defined by a scooped ceiling overhead, sculpted from a series of domes. These classical forms are abstracted, aggregated, and scaled  into a contemporary, complex, non-uniform whole.

Extending beyond the store’s perimeter to encompass the surrounding sidewalk, the breadth of this canopy blurs interior and exterior and is a welcoming invitation to passersby. It expands the store’s presence along the street, shelters outdoor seating beneath, and extends the store’s otherwise modest interior footprint.

Within the store, curvilinear maple walls embrace the entry and an elliptical stone counter, creating a warm, haptic counterpoint to the abstract topography overhead. This interplay of materiality and configuration, further animated by the pendants dotting the space, creates an ever-changing choreography of volume, surface, and light.