Traditional Brick Kilns Inspired The Decor Inside This Vietnamese Restaurant

January 7, 2021
A modern restaurant with large sculptural cylinders made from wood bricks.

ODDO architects have designed Landmark 72, the latest location in Hanoi, Vietnam, by restaurant chain Pizza 4P’s.

Inside the restaurant there’s a generous ceiling height of 16 feet (5m), which enabled the designers to be creative, resulting in large cylinders that help create defined zones in the space.

A modern restaurant with large sculptural cylinders made from wood bricks.

The inspiration for the cylinders arose from the spatial experience of traditional kilns for firing Vietnamese terracotta bricks.

Vietnamese traditional brick kiln.

The seven wood cylinders of different sizes are anchored and suspended from the reinforced concrete slab of the upper floor.

A modern restaurant with large sculptural cylinders made from wood bricks.

They are also structurally supported by T- columns as well.

A modern restaurant interior with large sculptural cylinders made from wood bricks.

Wooden blocks, similar in size to traditional bricks in northern Vietnam, have been used to create the cylinders.

A modern restaurant interior design with large sculptural cylinders made from wood bricks, and contemporary wood furniture.

The wood blocks were assembled without glue so that the wood can expand itself and allow for changes in humidity.

A modern restaurant with large sculptural cylinders made from wood bricks.

A combination of other local traditional materials such as wood, rattan, tanned wood surfaces, sanded terrazzo, and steel elements, were all used throughout the restaurant interior as they are low cost and local materials.

A modern restaurant with a curved concrete bar.
A contemporary restaurant with stained black wood walls.
A modern restaurant with black wood walls and a glass display cabinet.
A contemporary restaurant with wood furniture.
Photographer: Hoang Le | Architects: ODDO architects – Nguyen Duc Trung, Marek Obtulovic, Nguyen Manh Cuong, Mai Lan Chi Obtulovicova, Doan Quoc Dat