Taking over three floors of the old Walkabout building on Quay Street, Columbo sought to restore the spaces to their original historic glory.

Adding a traditionally styled canopy and sympathetic oversized brass doors to the facade elevated the red-brick building, giving it a commanding presence on the street whilst staying true to its history.

The Ground Floor is dedicated to the Restaurant, Main Bar and Private Airstream space with WC’s and back of house on Basement and the First Floor becoming ‘The Concert Hall’ for club nights and live music.

Throughout the project, we endeavoured to use as much reclaimed materials as feasible, with the tin ceilings taken from a church in Brooklyn, the tiled floors from 18th Century European houses and a large amount of restored warehouse timber flooring used across the board.

A Columbo signature, we spent the year prior sourcing antique reclaimed stained glass from around the world, utilising it throughout each floor in backlit ceiling panels negating the need for spotlights and pendants whilst retaining a soft low glow.

The first floor of 13 Quay Street marries the industrial heritage of the city with the needs of a thriving late night scene. Designed to move seamlessly between dinner and live music to a raucous night out, the heavily layered and textured materiality will only get better with age.

Using a huge amount of reclaimed bricks, glass blocks, pavement glass grids and concrete we created a very layered design which provides a great backdrop to the Blues and Soul music the group is so known for. With oversized murals of famed Jazz & Blues artists painted directly onto the exposed brick, The Concert Hall is a homage and love letter to the greats that the Blues Kitchen ethos was founded upon.