Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2012 shortlist announced

Today, June 20, have been announced the shortlist for the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2012, an independent awards that reward the best-designed restaurants and bars last year in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world. Five Spanish restaurants have been selected in different international categories.

The Awards this year attracted 620 entries from 60 countries.

Judges include Alberto Alessi (Owner, Alessi), Julius Wiedemann (Editor, Taschen), Stephen Booy (Chief Architect, Carnival Shipbuilding), Joe Ferry (Senior Design VP, IHG), Lee Hallman (Head of Design, Candy & Candy), Matt Turner (Editor, Sleeper), Jay Hunt (CCO, Channel 4), Hai Jun (Editor, Frame China) and William Russell (Partner, Pentagram) and many others.

Australasia, by Michelle Derbyshire, UK

41º, by El Equipo Creativo, Spain

Vajra, by Urban Studio, India

The winners will be announced at an innovative ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London, 66 Portland Place on the 6th September 2012.

Zozobra, by BK Studio, Israel

Amarone, by CM Designs Consultants, UK

Alama Maria, by Arthur Casas, Brazil

In future issues we’ll shelling some of these spectacular dining spaces.

Filandon, by Isabel Lopez Vilalta, Spain

The Coach House, by SHH, UK

Camelia, by Agence Jouin Manku, France

Tondeluna, by Picado de Blas, Spain

Here you can see the shortlist with its different categories