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it takes two
Celebrated designer Jordan

Mozer and master chef Michael Cordúa have
collaborated on four Houston-area restaurants,
including Américas and Churrascos Sugar Land
(shown). Their partnership is unique, based as
much on shared historical, literary, and cultural
interests as on cuisine and design. In a panel
on Wednesday, May 15th at 2:30 p.m., the two
will discuss their work, their friendship, and the
source of their mutual inspiration. Mozer shares
a bit here.

fan of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges
and the magical realist Gabriel Garcia Márquez.
We discussed the rich hybrid results of mixing
European, African, and indigenous American
cultures in parts of the New World. Working with
Michael reinforced ideas about hospitality design
as a form of walk-in magical realism.

the idea and come up with a series of design ideas
inspired by them.

books have you been
4 Whatone another recently? exchanging
with
Perhaps the most exciting anthropological
work we read together recently was 1491: New
Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by

1 How did you and chef Cordúa first
meet?

In the early nineties we were invited to Houston
to design a Mediterranean restaurant/nightclub.
We based the design on Shakespeare’s last
play, The Tempest, set on an enchanted island
between Italy and Tunis. The play’s themes
include service/servitude, enchantment, love,
escape. Michael came to visit Tempest as we
were finishing it up. He had leased a space at the
same complex. As we walked through he became
excited about the relationship of the narrative to
the design.
Michael was born in Nicaragua. He worked
for many years in the oil shipping business
but had a passion for cooking. He left the oil
business and opened a South American steak
restaurant. It was successful, but he wanted
to be more adventurous at his new restaurant.
Michael’s recipes employ foodstuffs indigenous
to the Americas irreverently applied to hybrid
European/Pan-American recipes, resulting in
American originals.
We had recently finished a Bay Area
restaurant which explored what ‘American’
design might be in an effort to find an appropriate
environment to promote California cooking and
wines. Working with Michael expanded our
ideas about what ‘American’ meant. It enlarged to
include the entire New World.

your shared love
2 Talk aboutand how it affectsof
literature
your
professional relationship.

When I met Michael I had never been south
of Mexico. We connected through our mutual
love of restaurants, modern South and Central
American literature, and cultural anthropology.
Before earning degrees in industrial design and
architecture I was an English major and a huge

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input does he
3 How muchhis restaurants?have on your
design of
Michael pushes us. We spend lots and lots of time
on the plan to make sure the room functions
well. Michael won’t approve a design element
for the front of the house if there isn’t a narrative
associated with it, a narrative consistent with the
restaurant concept and his philosophy. We have
designed four projects together. On the second
one he thought our designs were too tame and
he asked me if someone cut off my balls since I
saw him last. We work on the narratives together.
Michael will introduce an idea with a cultural
or anthropological source, and we will research

Charles Mann, a book that entirely rewired my
understanding of the Americas. We read it just
after we both completed Guns, Germs, and Steel
by Jared Diamond, one of my all time favorite
books. The most inspiring recent literature I read
for the new Americas restaurant in River Oaks
was Blood Meridian, a surreal novel about the war
between the Europeans, Mexicans, and Indians for
Texas by Cormac McCarthy. We have also drawn
inspiration from the flora and fauna of South
America, colonial mythology, and contemporary
South American popular culture. hd


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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - March/April 2013

Hospitality Design - March/April 2013
Contents
Online TOC
Projects
From the Editor
People CitySCENE: Atlanta
People CitySCENE: LA
People Design Spain
Perspectives
Sketchbook
Trends: Inns
Interview: Raymond Bickson
5 Questions for Dick Penner
Products
Profile: Lindsey Adelman
Trends: Emerald
Luxury
Bathroom
HD Expo Preview
From the Show Director
Trisha Wilson
Owners’ Roundtable
Jordan Mozer and Michael Cordúa
Radical Innovation
Products
Projects
Macalister Mansion
Alpina Gstaad
Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa
Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas
Le Sergent Recruteur
Corinthian Club
Ad Index
Back Space
Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Intro
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Contents
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Online TOC
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Projects
Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - From the Editor
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - People CitySCENE: Atlanta
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - People CitySCENE: LA
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - People Design Spain
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Perspectives
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Sketchbook
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Trends: Inns
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Interview: Raymond Bickson
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - 5 Questions for Dick Penner
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Products
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Profile: Lindsey Adelman
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Trends: Emerald
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Luxury
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Bathroom
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - HD Expo Preview
Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - From the Show Director
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Trisha Wilson
Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Owners’ Roundtable
Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Jordan Mozer and Michael Cordúa
Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Radical Innovation
Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Products
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Projects
Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Macalister Mansion
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Alpina Gstaad
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Le Sergent Recruteur
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Corinthian Club
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Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Ad Index
Hospitality Design - March/April 2013 - Back Space
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