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A cantilevered canopy hovers over the bar
at Prime Seafood Palace in Toronto
Prime Seafood Palace's main dining room
sits underneath wood slat vaulted ceiling
The rear of Prime Seafood Palace is
crafted with a whitewashed pine that
evokes an Ontario country cottage
Vertical brass screens softly filter in sunlight
while providing a sense of intimacy for
diners at Prime Seafood Palace
For the ambitious Prime Seafood
Palace, Matheson reached out to Torontoand
Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Omar
Gandhi Architects via Instagram. " I
wanted somebody who had never designed
a restaurant. Omar was making beautiful
homes, cabins, and cott ages, and it caught
my eye, " explains Matheson.
Over a breakfast meeting, it became
clear to Gandhi that Matheson desired a
design rooted in Japanese and Scandinavian
minimalism that also paid tribute to the
architecture found in rural Canada, " so we
treated it like a house, " he says.
From the outset, Matheson was deeply
involved in the design process, weighing in
on everything from leather to wood grain to
cutlery. " Matt y moved his team of people who
were going to help right next to us. We shared
a wall and spent a lot of time on each other's
couches. Even when I wasn't there, he was in
our studio all the time bouncing ideas back and
forth, " adds Gandhi.
Matheson was keen to transform the
structure into " a wooden cathedral, " as he puts
it, and layer it with details that reminded him
of his grandfather's restaurant, wanting it " to
always look like magic hour, " he says.
Gandhi and his team responded with
elements of surprise throughout, enveloping
the warm space in white maple and vertical
brass screens. Diners sit underneath a dramatic
slatt ed vaulted ceiling; the bar is crowned
with a cantilevered canopy; and food is cooked
on cherry wood coals in the open kitchen.
Custom furniture-made in collaboration
with Mississauga, Ontario-based Coolican &
Company-includes booth tables reminiscent
of diner seating. Even the bathroom stands
out with a skylight that soars some 30 feet, a
bespoke concrete sink from Ozark Mountains
craſt sman Brandon Gore that takes cues from
a hydrological Lake Erie map, and swaths of
Bianco Carrara marble.
" It was about building a crescendo moment,
a dichotomy of the outer banal shell and the
interior form, where you enter completely
bewildered by what's on the inside, " says
Gandhi. " It's fi ne dining, but in an atmosphere
that doesn't limit the infl uence that people and
food have on the space. "
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - July 2024

contents
from the editor
behind the design
sketchbook
interview: michael pandolfi, nora liu-kanter + tim rooney
interview: owner-designer partnerships
interview: on our radar
hd expo recap
people
conference highlights
iid/hd product design awards
products
profile: morad tabrizi 
art
surfaces
lighting
bath
power players
the visionaries: ira drukier, sean macpherson + richard born
the entrepreneur: sam nazarian
the interdisciplinary designers: lyndon neri  + rossana hu
the urbanist: michael marshall
the unexpected hotelier: mary celeste beall
the educator: stephanie lin
the wellness gurus: sue + alex glasscock
the directors: dorothée boissier + patrick gilles
the trailblazer: bolanle williams-olley
the brand whisperer: mark eacott
the art ambassador: melissa chiu
the storytellers: tony + inii king
the restaurateurs: nathalie hudson + linden pride
the choreographer: paige harris
the merrymaker: john cohlan
ad index
back space: carlos franqui
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - Cover1
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - Cover2
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - contents
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - from the editor
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 10
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 11
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - behind the design
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - sketchbook
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - interview: michael pandolfi, nora liu-kanter + tim rooney
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - interview: owner-designer partnerships
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - interview: on our radar
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - hd expo recap
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - people
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - conference highlights
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - iid/hd product design awards
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - products
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - profile: morad tabrizi 
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - art
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - surfaces
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - lighting
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - bath
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 101
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 102
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - power players
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the visionaries: ira drukier, sean macpherson + richard born
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 105
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 106
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 107
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the entrepreneur: sam nazarian
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 109
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 110
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 111
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the interdisciplinary designers: lyndon neri  + rossana hu
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 113
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 114
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 115
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the urbanist: michael marshall
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 117
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the unexpected hotelier: mary celeste beall
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 119
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 120
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 121
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the educator: stephanie lin
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 123
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the wellness gurus: sue + alex glasscock
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 125
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 126
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 127
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the directors: dorothée boissier + patrick gilles
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 129
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the trailblazer: bolanle williams-olley
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 131
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the brand whisperer: mark eacott
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 134
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 135
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the art ambassador: melissa chiu
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 137
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the storytellers: tony + inii king
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 139
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the restaurateurs: nathalie hudson + linden pride
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 141
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the choreographer: paige harris
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 143
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the merrymaker: john cohlan
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - ad index
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - back space: carlos franqui
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