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14/10/2025

We’re honored to be nominated for the Interior Architecture Prize at the Romanian Architecture Biennale 2025 for PERL, out of 159 submissions.

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Thank you to everyone involved!

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06/09/2025

PERL | Interior design for a café / bar in Bucharest.

The spatial diversity, the different degrees of reflection of the materials, the conversations of the ambient light, the carefully selected non-fixed furniture that embodies the harmony between simplicity and quality, compose the framework of atmospheres where every detail tells its own story.

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Styling: .iulia.circei

24/08/2025

PERL | Interior design for a café / bar in Bucharest.

The palette of materials and textures is based on the tension between modest and refined. Soft and hard shells arranged in a combination of classic, minimalist and industrial elements: monolithic brushed stainless steel bar - cool to the touch but able to reflect the evening lights; oak veneer - whiskered and gloss-finished, brings warmth to classic tones; mineral plaster - hand-applied in pearly tones, diffuses light on the curved walls, giving fluidity to the room; micro-cement flooring - creates a neutral and continuous backdrop; fabric curtains - with sinuous folds, evoke the delicate timeless elegance while the coffered ceiling made of stiff felt slats - gives rhythm and round the whole.

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09/08/2025

PERL | Interior design for a café / bar in Bucharest

In the evening, the space undergoes its own metamorphosis: the bar’s cold, industrial presence is softened by the ambient choreography of the light; a luminous display-wall changes the metal to golden tones and the perfectly round cutout in the screen-wall pours yellow light meant to simulate a second facade of the room; the lighting is designed as an adaptable mise-en-scène and allows the space to be transformed to create different scenographies.

Project: PERL
Interior design: unuArchitects
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General contractor: Mobilierium
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Furniture: Intro, vormen
Lighting: Demco Lighting, Moir, Psmlighting, CristofaroLuce
Finishes: Concrete Art, Poem Boem
Curtains: Milleformis
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02/08/2025

PERL | Interior design for a café / bar in Bucharest.

The space is defined by the central bar which, through its placement, organizes the circulation. The initial room is remodeled to compartmentalize two restrooms and restore centrality to the space. A screen-partition wall along the entrance masks one of the reinforcing pillars but also “cuts out” the bathroom space. The reinforcing pillar of the opposite wall is “dissolved” by being integrated into a niche with fixed furniture. These gestures offer the possibility of accommodating 45 seats and their diversity allows the space to be experienced from different positions: at the bar or in the wall niche, on the window sill or at the high table in the back, at the counter near the entrance or on the back bench.

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26/07/2025

PERL | Interior design for a café / bar in Bucharest.

The central bar, through its low height, eliminates the visual barrier, becoming a catalyst for interaction between staff and users but also between users from different seating areas, who thus become spectators to the way the activities are carried out, the whole space becoming a stage for social interaction.

Project: PERL
Interior design: unuArchitects
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Styling: Studio Iulia Circei

General contractor: Mobilierium
Metalworks: Puntoidea
Furniture: Intro, vormen
Lighting: Demco Lighting, Moir, Psmlighting, CristofaroLuce
Finishes: Concrete Art, Poem Boem
Curtains: Milleformis
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23/07/2025

PERL | Interior design for a café / bar in Bucharest.

Light reveals the layers of the space, unfolding crafted details in every corner. By day, sunlight washes over raw concrete, warm wood, and almost matte metal, inviting quiet moments of morning reflection.

Project: PERL
Interior design: unuArchitects
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General contractor: Mobilierium
Metalworks:
Furniture: Intro, vormen
Lighting: Demco Lighting, Moir, Psmlighting, CristofaroLuce
Finishes: Concrete Art, Poem Boem
Curtains: Milleformis
Acoustic ceiling:

21/07/2025

PERL | Interior design for a café / bar in Bucharest.

The space is defined by the central bar which, through its placement, organizes the circulation. Through its low height, the bar eliminates the visual barrier, becoming a catalyst for interaction between staff and users but also between users from different seating areas, who thus become spectators to the way the activities are carried out, the whole space becoming a stage for social interaction.

The diversity of seating places allows the space to be experienced from different positions: at the bar or in the wall niche, on the window sill or at the high table in the back, at the counter near the entrance or on the back bench.

Project: PERL
Interior design: unuArchitects
Photo:
Styling: Studio Iulia Circei
General contractor: Mobilierium
Metalworks:
Furniture: Intro, vormen
Lighting: Demco Lighting, Moir, Psmlighting, CristofaroLuce
Finishes: Concrete Art, Poem Boem
Curtains: Milleformis
Acoustic ceiling:

20/07/2025

PERL | Interior design for a café / bar in Bucharest.

A compelling study in duality - a café during the day always replaced by the intimate, late-night atmosphere of a bar, PERL is the expression of an ever-changing destination.

Project: PERL
Interior design: unuArchitects
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Styling: Studio Iulia Circei

General contractor: Mobilierium
Metalworks:
Furniture: Intro, vormen
Lighting: Demco Lighting, Moir, Psmlighting, CristofaroLuce
Finishes: Concrete Art, Poem Boem
Curtains: Milleformis
Acoustic ceiling:

17/07/2025

PERL | Interior design for a café / bar in Bucharest.

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