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The Larks Cafe Kafeeromte by Lizaveta Odintsova

The Larks Cafe Kafeeromte by Lizaveta Odintsova is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award yn Brûns in Ynterieurromte en Útstallingûntwerp Competition Category.


BrûnsYnterieur· 2025

The Larks Cafe Kafeeromte

by Lizaveta Odintsova

Client: The Larks Cafe

A' Design Award yn Brûns Winner in Ynterieur Category

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The Design

About The Larks Cafe Kafeeromte

Cafe The Larks is in freugdfolle romte foar in oandachtich mienskip dy't frijheid, oprjochtens en in smaak foar it libben wurdearje. It pân foar dit kafee, dat de hiele dei hearlike moarnsiten tsjinnet mei geurich brea en croissants, is legen yn it moderne Podil Plaza wenkompleks yn Kiev, Oekraïne. It ûntwerpstylkonsept hat ferskate wichtige útgongspunten: pasteltinten, grafysk yn 'e strukturele eleminten, ôfrûne foarmen foar it mublement en it gebrûk fan bogen. De ynspiraasje kaam fan de namme fan de romte: The Larks Cafe, de lirk, in fûgel dy't hope, ljocht en freugde symbolisearret.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Brûns

The Larks Cafe Kafeeromte is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns, in heech prestisjeuze erkenning foar treflike ûntwerpen dy't har ûnderskiede troch kreativiteit, fernuft en tûkens. Brûnswinners binne tige feardige en opfallend kreative artefakten dy't de grutte ûnderfining, ferbylding en betochtsumens fan har ûntwerpers befêstigje. Fan The Larks Cafe Kafeeromte wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierber objekt is dat opmerklik profesjoneel en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns yntegrearret de bêste praktiken yn keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology en is treflik om syn omtinken foar detail. The Larks Cafe Kafeeromte foldocht behoeften prachtich, reitsjet winsken, betsjoeveret gefoelens en sprekt nijsgjirrigens oan.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Cafe The Larks is a joyful space for a mindful community who value freedom, sincerity and a taste for life.

The premises for this café, which serves delicious breakfasts all day with fragrant bread and croissants, are located in the modern Podil Plaza residential complex in Kyiv, Ukraine. The peculiarity of this project: unusual shape of the space - most of the walls were in the form of glass partitions of a radial shape.
Dimensions & Packaging
The main emphasis was placed on the use of Ukrainian and Scandinavian design brands, such as: LITVINENKO DESIGN STUDIO, Diza, Babich studio, IKEA, Oitoproducts, FurFur, Kononenko ID.
Tags
cafe, beige design, cafe interior, mindful design
Production Technology
The design concept was to harmoniously place the technology zone and the landing zone for guests, and all this on a limited space of 50 m2. The project of this format required enormous energy and creativity, so as the making of the most exquisite dessert.

The main criteria in the technical design plan was to withstand all the necessary standards - ventilation, insolation, high strength of coatings and environmental friendliness of materials. Therefore, such types of finishes as microcement, self-leveling floor, decorative plaster, tiles and mirrors were chosen.
Design Challenge
A mixture of such modern trends complements the space as: metals (stainless steel), rounded shapes (arches), float glass and a bright ceiling (caramel), light asceticism (nothing superfluous, no decor).
Research
Entering this cafe, you immerse yourself in an atmosphere of freedom and sunny space. There you feel like you belong, in a big city, where everything is created for rest and relaxation.
Inspiration
The design style concept has several key standing points: pastel shades, graphic in the structural elements, rounded shapes for the furniture and usage of arches. The inspiration came from the name of the space – The Larks Café, a bird which symbolises the hope, light, and joy. Also the lark is “the highest form of human existence” (according to the Ukrainian philosopher Grigoriy Skovoroda).
Project Duration
Location - Kyiv, Ukraine
Duration - 6 months
Operation Flow
The key colors chosen were shades of caramel and pistachio, combining the colors of sand and gray, which brought everything together into a single composition. The textures of natural materials of concrete, wood and glass gave these interiors naturalness and light, a feeling of purity and lightness of space. The space is complemented by a mixture of such modern trends as: metals (stainless steel), rounded shapes (arches), float glass and a bright ceiling (caramel), light asceticism (nothing superfluous, no decor).
Patents
Buro Odintsova
Image Credits
Serhii Savchenko

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