The capital of Lebanon is experiencing a construction boom. Although many regret that the city of the twentieth century is disappearing, Beirut is being actively rebuilt and flaunts fashionable hotels, restaurants and spectacular private interiors.

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The new restaurant Kaléo is designed, invested and managed by the Found’d Group (the company has existed since 1979 and also owns seven restaurants, a bar and a tapas bar). The institution is located near the waterfront and the historic center of the city. Interiors were handled by local professionals David Raffoul and Nicolas Mussallem (architectural bureau david / nicolas). They are in demand and well known far beyond Lebanon. Just by order of Carpenters Workshop Gallery, they have designed space for the gallery at the TEFAF fairground in New York, and the Milan gallery Nilufar sells their chair.

At the heart of the style is a light vintage flavor. The palette of the restaurant is built on blue and green tones, which looks spectacular in daylight. The wall above the bar in the spirit of the 1970s is painted by hand. restaurant toilets are equipped with spectacular lighting. The authors of the interiors are architects David Rafful and Nicholas Mussalem (david / nicolas architectural bureau).

For the restaurant Kaléo they invented an ingenious mix of mid century modern and elements of traditional architecture. The teeth and zigzags, preserved on ancient monuments, became the unifying motif of the interior. Of course, the palette of the restaurant is focused on the abundance of sunlight. Contrast colors, while complex. Green, blue and marsala tint guarantee the guests of the restaurant high spirits and pleasant pastime.

The jagged ornament characteristic of Assyro-Babylonian architecture is involved in the design. Branded "teeth" are repeated in the lamps. Natural stone shells gives the surfaces a trendy monochrome. On the mirror corporate zigzag.