The Larks Cafe Umwanya wa Kafe by Lizaveta Odintsova is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Igishushanyo cy'Imbere y'Inyubako Competition Category.
BuronzeImbere y'Inyubako· 2025
The Larks Cafe Umwanya wa Kafe
Client: The Larks Cafe
Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Imbere y'Inyubako Category
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The Design
About The Larks Cafe Umwanya wa Kafe
Kafe The Larks ni umwanya wuzuye ibyishimo ku bantu bafite ubwenge bakunda ubwisanzure, ubunyangamugayo n'ibyishimo by'ubuzima. Ahantu kafe ikorera, itanga ifunguro ry'igitondo riryoshye umunsi wose hamwe n'umugati uhumura neza na croissants, riherereye mu kigo cy'amazu agezweho cya Podil Plaza i Kyiv, muri Ukraine. Igitekerezo cy'imiterere y'ibishushanyo gifite ingingo z'ingenzi: amabara yoroshye, ibishushanyo mu bigize inyubako, imiterere y'uruziga ku bikoresho byo mu nzu, no gukoresha amashushu. Ishingiro ryakaroretse ku izina ry'aho hantu: The Larks Cafe, inyoni iherekeza ibyiringiro, umucyo, n'ibyishimo.
The Recognition
About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze
The Larks Cafe Umwanya wa Kafe ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. The Larks Cafe Umwanya wa Kafe biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. The Larks Cafe Umwanya wa Kafe ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.
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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