Maximiliano Restaurant / FreelandBuck

Maximiliano Restaurant / FreelandBuck - Table, ChairMaximiliano Restaurant / FreelandBuck - Table, Chair, CountertopMaximiliano Restaurant / FreelandBuck - Door, Windows, FacadeMaximiliano Restaurant / FreelandBuck - SteelMaximiliano Restaurant / FreelandBuck - More Images+ 11

Los Angeles, United States
  • Architects: FreelandBuck
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2200 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Nils Timms

Text description provided by the architects. Maximiliano is an Italian restaurant and pizzeria for chef Andre Guerrero that opened in October 2011 in Los Angeles. The 2,200 sqf tenant improvement is atmospherically distinct; a unique triangular dining area infused with color and evocative of the rich and refined menu.

Floor plan

A large mural on the large south wall creates a strong graphic and spatial identity, evoking the rhythmic yet varied shapes of Guerrero’s handmade pastas. The rhythm of embossed white stripes shifts from evenly parallel at the ceiling to randomly wavy at the seats, giving a gravitational weight to the wall and infusing the space with vibrant color and pattern.

Maximiliano Restaurant / FreelandBuck - Table, Chair, Beam
© Nils Timms

Descending over a door to the patio is a deep porous soffit that undulates over the bar, filtering natural and artificial light and housing the restaurants wine collection. The brightly painted slats animate the space with local and varied color intensities creating 3d optical effects as the viewer moves that recall the visual instability of 1970’s Op Art.

Maximiliano Restaurant / FreelandBuck - Table, Chair
© Nils Timms

Text provided by FreelandBuck

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Address:Los Angeles, California, USA

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Cite: "Maximiliano Restaurant / FreelandBuck" 26 Nov 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/184967/maximiliano-restaurant-freelandbuck> ISSN 0719-8884

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