La Zucca

Type
Restaurant — hospitality interiors
Location
Walk of Cairo, Egypt

La Zucca reads as two restaurants: a bright teal dining room in marble and brass, and a concrete pizza bar on the terrace behind an orange wall. Photographed across one evening and one morning so both rooms get the light they were designed for.

The dining room under its brass chandelier, terrace beyond the glass.
The restaurant at night from the walk, a lit tree beside the entrance.
Curved glazed facade after dark, the terrace glowing behind it.
The terrace at dusk under its curved roof.
Glazed entrance doors framed by palms over checkerboard tile.

Service frames were made with the crew working rather than a styled empty room, because an operator sells the atmosphere and the designer publishes the detail.

The main bar in marble, brass pendants above a run of stools.
The bar end to end, checkerboard floor running out of frame.
Bottle display and marble counter under low brass pendants.
The dining room wide, brass chandeliers over teal panelling.
Banquette dining with artwork and mirrored panelling.
Corner table for two against ribbed teal panelling.
Banquette and ribbed teal wall, checkerboard underfoot.
Detail: greenery and glassware against the ribbed wall.
The pizza bar counter against a burnt-orange wall.
A chef at the pizza counter, oven at the far end.
The pizza bar full length, dough station and wood oven.
The counter with its patterned tile screen behind.
Kitchen pass and oven with the crew working.
The oven lit, flames visible past the marble counter.
The pizza bar in service, seen wide and low.
Faceted mirror panels breaking the room into fragments.
The same panels closer, the kitchen crew reflected.
Terrace seating under the pergola, planting overhead.
The terrace at night, string lights through the greenery.
The terrace by day, the Walk beyond the glazing.
Terrace bar and high stools in daylight.

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