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Open plan is out at this historic villa turned restaurant in Changzhou’s Tianning District, which instead offers up a succession of 16 individually designed dining rooms.
Bob Chen Design Office oversaw the transformation of the 100-year-old Songyun Villa, maintaining its existing structure but bringing in new colours and materials such as marble, velvet and leather to give it a second life.
Patterned wallpaper, ceremonial tea sets, bonsai trees and antique pieces all add to the restaurant’s layered interiors and atmosphere.
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Guests enter the restaurant via an imposing stone gateway, which leads through to a lobby blending Chinese design elements with glossy art deco touches – including a golden archway and interlaced, black-and-white tiled floor.
Songyun Villa offers open-air dining in the villa’s courtyard and a large dining space in what was once a ballroom, as well as a series of private rooms. Each is subtly different from the next, although all are steeped in the same richly detailed aesthetic.
Take a closer look at the decadent dining rooms in the gallery above.
No. 53 Yanling West Road Tianning District Changzhou China
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