Circus – Covent Garden

This project, created in collaboration with Design Research Studio (Tom Dixon), transforms a Covent Garden venue into an immersive dining and performance space. A new large skylight allows performers to be suspended overhead, supporting the venue’s theatrical programme. Flexible elements—including a tiered stone monolith that shifts from table to stage—and a reflective, surrealist palette shape the atmosphere, while bespoke furniture and kinetic lighting reinforce the blend of dining, spectacle and social performance.

Client: Fuelbar Ltd.

Location: Covent Garden, London

Type: Restaurant Fitout

Role: Architect

Services: RIBA Stages 2 to 7 (Concept Design, Spatial Coordination, Design Development, Technical Design, Manufacture & Construction, Handover, In Use)

Construction: Cameron Black

Completion: 2011

Photography: Leon Chew