Different cultures have come together as a Persian restaurant has been designed to fit in an unusual Egyptian-themed space.
Designing an interior for the top of a pyramid is always going to be tricky.
In the case of Persia Persia, a restaurant at Wafi designed by Bishop Design Associates, the job had the added challenges of leaving the existing decoration and structure intact.
Venues at Wafi are defined by the pervading Egyptian theme.
It is seen in stained glass windows, murals, fixed décor and of course the pyramid itself. Up top, the restaurant had to be built into a single large open space, fragmented by an unusual floor plan.
"The whole space was very fragmented before, with no spatial interaction going on, just one open area within the huge apex of the pyramid," said Paul Bishop, Bishop Design Associates' project designer.
"We had to work around what we inherited and give it a more human scale."
"We couldn't touch the pyramid murals or other Egyptian elements. What we had to do was humanise it, bring it down to a scale people are comfortable with and bring the space together."
The brief was to create a Persian restaurant.
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