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For RADS director Chris Rowlands, the focus began with the consideration of thresholds – how people enter, pause, transition and return. \u201cWe were working with two very distinct currents,\u201d he says. \u201cThere\u2019s the street-facing espresso rush, where everything moves quickly, and then there\u2019s the internal rhythm of the lobby<\/a> – slower, quieter, more observational. The design needed to hold and accommodate both without compromising either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the street, Reno\u2019s Bistro presents as a deliberate interruption to the commercial<\/a> fa\u00e7ade: polished steel, sculptural lines and a warm glow that signals activity from mornings until late in the evening. The bar<\/a> itself sits directly on the threshold between the street and the building, operating as its own attractor. \u201cIt was important that the caf\u00e9 didn\u2019t feel hidden within the tower,\u201d Rowlands notes. \u201cThe grab-and-go bar is positioned to encourage pedestrians to be drawn inward – even if their destination isn\u2019t the offices upstairs. There is a balance between being seen, while also being subtle enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inside, the tone shifts from the street \u2013 and away from the remainder of the re-invigorated building, designed by Studio Nine. A combination of heightened gloss timber<\/a>, polished stainless steel<\/a> and chrome details and the ripples in the tiled walls help to set the scene of Italian-inflected nostalgia. As a subtle transition from corporate lobby to hospitality<\/a> venue, the material palette forms its own boundary and cocoons the space without the need for encasing walls. \u201cWe wanted people to feel the shift immediately [once inside],\u201d Rowlands explains. \u201cWhile still remaining part of the building at large, Reno\u2019s Bistro has its own register, its own temperature.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The lobby then becomes a mediating device. A combination of generous volumes are compressed near the floating light box, reducing the scale of the lobby and creating a feeling of separation and seclusion from the front-of-house and broader circulation paths. Smaller pockets of banquette booth seating facilitate everything from informal meetings to quiet retreats, with generous proportions to stay and linger, and not feel rushed. “The design was about creating places where you can choose to be visible or to remain discreet,\u201d Rowlands says. \u201cThat duality is central to how the space works.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By operating across these threshold layers and acknowledging them in the approach to the design – street to bar, bar to lobby, lobby to tower – Reno\u2019s Bistro also expands its role beyond servicing commuters and instead becomes an anchor for the building – as the place to arrive before work, reset between meetings, or return to at day\u2019s end. In a city recalibrating its relationship with office life (post-pandemic), Reno\u2019s Bistro demonstrates how hospitality can reshape the identity of a workplace – not as an add-on, but as a cultural offering in its own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Simon Cecere<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Designed by RADS, the space redefines the lobby not as a point of passage, but as a destination in itself: a lobby bar, a caf\u00e9, and a small urban hinge-point that shapes and enhances the daily rituals of those who move through it. 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