The Juliet Supperclub by bluarch architecture
bluarch architecture + interiors have designed the Juliet Supperclub, celebrity chef Todd English’s most recent venture with nightclub owner, Jon B.
Full description after the photos….

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Description from bluarch architecture:
“The conceptual framework behind the design of Juliet is based on the symbols and the tales of “One Thousand and One Nights” told by the legendary Persian queen Scheherazade,” said Di Oronzo. “The stories would speak of adventurous travels on flying carpets and luminous, soft clouds in the warm desert nights. They would speak of kings and queens, and describe encounters in crowded, gleaming cities.”
Juliet is a shimmering bi-level space of gold cladding materials and lacquered furnishings. A “flying carpet” of gold, mirrored tiles is laid over the entire main room and folds over the walls and the bar. The space vibrates with the mosaic mirror, and the gloss black laser-cut ribs lining the walls represent a warping, organic profile. Much like the fluidity of Scheherazade’s tales, the ribs offer a shifting narrative.
The ceiling is a two-layer, laser-cut fixture resting on the ribs. Both layers are patterned in a typical middle-eastern archetype, but in two different scales of magnitude. The top layer is white opposing the mirrored bottom layer.
The space has fragile boundaries and proposes a soft, sexy experience. The seating is made of booths with sensuous outlines, and the upper level extends to the main room to align with the back of the lower booths. The tables are custom made in a sumptuous, full profile, and are lacquered in a deep, lively, Mediterranean blue.
Visit the bluarch architecture + interiors website – here.
Visit the Juliet Supperclub website – here.
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Ruchika on 23 Apr 2010 at 12:40 am #
it’s completely over-designed. everything(the ceiling, seating, floor) is stunning individually but all together looks like a big mess.
TW on 23 Apr 2010 at 4:48 am #
Beautiful.
I wonder how much detail you would be able to see when all the lights are dimmed?
Jaroslaw on 23 Apr 2010 at 5:53 am #
Ouch, it looks like a go-go sauna or something…
Michael McTigue on 23 Apr 2010 at 6:13 am #
Vulgar, overwrought, and poorly executed. We can see the seams from the sheets of mosaic. Is this by choice? If so, it was a bad one. Looks like a high school cafeteria tarted up for the prom–on steroids. FAIL
doooke on 23 Apr 2010 at 5:04 pm #
Looks like a bitch to clean.
Lance on 23 Apr 2010 at 5:06 pm #
I agree with everyone else, save for you know who… I mean just how bad is the food and service going to be that you have to Lilo up the space to divert from what would be an insult to anyone who isn’t someone famous when dining there? Todd, you’ve obviously oversold yourself and now have entered the bordello phase of our life to keep up you current lifestyle. This is in no way “design”.
TW on 23 Apr 2010 at 11:56 pm #
If you look at it within the conceptual framework then it is hardly overdone. It actually makes sense.
Besides, it IS a nightclub so surely you aren’t expecting minimalist starkness?
Gabrielle on 24 Apr 2010 at 5:22 pm #
Agreed. Individual elements are interesting. However, when piled on top of one another they create what we like to call “one hot mess”. Primary lacquer and glitter will always scream tacky 60′s to me…
Jimw on 24 Apr 2010 at 8:11 pm #
You can rationalize anything to justify the result….it still doesn’t make it good design. Minimal starkness…..no, but don’t insult the richness of mediterranean/arabian culture with a tawdry re-interpretation and an indulgent use of materials. The description from bluarch is as overwrought and nauseous as the design.
TW on 25 Apr 2010 at 5:26 pm #
I think it’s unfortunate that the images shown are with the lights on. If you follow the link to the Juliet Supperclub you will see it as most people would – with the lights dimmed. Then it takes on a different ambience.
The other thing worth noting is that nightclubs are so difficult to get right. My firm would never even attempt one because it is so easy to get it wrong.
Unlike other designed interiors, these are spaces that do NOT look at their best with lights on and devoid of people.
Good nightclub design understands this. It also understands how people mass and move through a space.
It’s not my style but I think it works. At night.
John Blunt on 25 Apr 2010 at 8:45 pm #
Hey, give it a rest! It is marvelously overdone and appropriately gaudy, how would you know what the food and service is like?, who cares if it is “design”, and the mediterranean/arabian culture is strong enough to take it in stride.
If you asked me to LIVE in a place like this I would chase you away, however, it is a NIGHTCLUB, ladies and gentlemen, and I personally would enjoy an opportunity to indulge in overindulgence in this joint.
Are you all so enamored of correctness that you cannot see ANYTHING with a child’s eyes?
marshen on 26 Apr 2010 at 4:42 am #
I decided to check out the club’s website to view the pictures of the room with evening lighting and tables set up for dinner. It looks a little better mood wise in these photos but still ugly! With the low lighting, most of the reflective tile just disappears away into a dark pool. The only thing that stands out are the blue tables that don’t seem very appetite pleasing.
They have these giant six foot high fake ceramic potted plants with what looks like artificial weeds in them behind every booth. There are these tiny upholstered vanity stools that look like they came out of Vampira’s bedroom for extra isle seating in front of the booth tables. The dinnerware looks like it came from a local restaurant supply salvage, just plain white rectangular porcelain. These poorly chosen details lower the quality of the design enormously.
cattie on 13 Jul 2010 at 7:27 am #
How glam. The color scheme and “outre-ness” of the the whole thing reminds me of some of Verner Panton’s interiors.
bella jane on 11 Aug 2010 at 9:22 am #
this project was just voted included in the list of top ten nightclubs in the world.
etienne on 16 Aug 2010 at 2:51 am #
oh i thought this is in dubai. gaudy. i dont think this will appeal to the younger and more hip and cool conscious crowd.