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Eight offbeat bakeries and patisseries that provide playful backdrops for baked goods

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A dark green room with green floor tiles, curved green metal tables and a person sitting with a coffee and croissant

A steely space-themed patisserie displaying chunks of meteorite and a green monochrome pastry shop with squiggly furniture feature in this lookbook of unusual and unique bakery interior designs.

Architects and designers across the world have created bakeries and patisseries with striking interiors that provide a playful setting from which to collect baked goods to take home or enjoy while dining in with a tasty treat.

From a bakery with an open-plan kitchen that showcases the bread-making process to a cheese tart shop with a Lego display counter, here are eight offbeat bakeries and patisseries that have been featured on Dezeen.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring inviting entrance halls, minimalist Tokyo apartments and bathrooms with colourful sanitary ware.


Bakery interior with curved silver walls, white floors and silver tables and chairs
Photo is by Jonathan Leijonhufvud

Black Star Pastry, China, by Linehouse

For Australian chain Black Star Pastry's first Chinese outpost, design studio Linehouse created a space-themed interior filled with stainless-steel shelves displaying meteorites.

The shelving extends to the top of the walls and curves to form an arched ceiling. On the white-tiled counter, nine levitating cakes are displayed in glass containers.

Find out more about Black Star Pastry ›


Breadway Bakery by Artem Trigubchak
Photo is by Mikhail Loskutov

Breadway, Ukraine, by Lera Brumina and Artem Trigubchak

Designers Lera Brumina and Artem Trigubchak finished this cafe and bakery in Ukraine with colourful walls and upholstery.

Originally a dental clinic, the designers transformed the interior by combining pink and rusty hues with blue and grey tones to "emphasise the warm colour of bread".

Find out more about Breadway ›


Colour-block interiors of Madrid's Cara Mela pastry shop designed by Case Antillón
Photo is by Imagen Subliminal

Casa Mela, Spain, by Casa Antillón

The Casa Mela pastry shop in Madrid is made up of two rooms that Spanish studio Casa Antillón contrasted by completing one in white and the other in green.

Customers enter the shop via the all-white room, which features an angular stainless steel counter displaying the sweet treats on offer (pictured top).

In the green room, metal tables and chairs with wriggly edges provide dining furniture.

Find out more about Casa Mela ›


Croissants on a counter at Mintchi Croissant by Dezembro Arquitetos
Photo is by Carolina Lacaz

Mintchi Croissant, Brazil, by Dezembro Arquitetos

Architecture studio Dezembro Arquitetos was informed by pastry techniques when designing the Montchi Croissant patisserie in São Paolo.

The flooring, countertop and bench seating were made from perforated terracotta bricks, which were infilled with concrete piped from an icing nozzle.

Find out more about Mintchi Croissant ›


Cafe interior with polished concrete walls and sloping wall with concrete brick steps
Photo is by Kyung Roh

Café Teri, South Korea, by Nameless Architecture

Located at the base of a mountain in Daejeon, South Korea, the Café Teri bakery and cafe is made up of two buildings with exterior walls that curve towards each other to form an "artificial valley".

Designed by Nameless Architecture, the curving walls create a dramatic effect in the bakery interior and slope down to form stepping seating.

Find out more about Café Teri ›


Counter and bread shelf of Sofi bakery in Berlin by Mathias Mentze, Alexander Vedel Ottenstein and Dreimeta
Photo is by Volker Conradus

Sofi, Germany, by Mathias Mentze and Alexander Vedel Ottenstein

Danish architects Mathias Mentze and Alexander Vedel Ottenstein transformed a former brick factory in Berlin into the Sofi craft bakery with warm tones, wood finishes and red vinyl flooring.

At the centre of the space is an open-plan kitchen that the architects designed as a "production floor" allowing visitors to watch the bread-making process.

Find out more about Sofi ›


Bake by Yusuke Seki with a Lego counter displaying cheese tarts
Photo is by Takumi Ota

Bake, Japan, by Yusuke Seki

A counter made of Lego bricks forms the centrepiece of this cheese tart shop in Kyoto, which was created by Tokyo-based designer Yusuke Seki.

Bamboo latticework lines the walls on either side of the counter and an open kitchen at the rear reveals the process of baking the cheese tarts.

Find out more about Bake ›


Liberte bakery in Paris with arched alcoves displaying baked goods
Photo is by Jerome Galland

Liberté, France, by Emmanuelle Simon

Interior architecture studio Emmanuelle Simon added arched shelving coves and rounded furniture to the Liberté bakery in Paris, aiming to create a unique space that encourages visitors to stay a little longer than usual while on their bakery trip.

The rounded shapes were complimented with warm sandy colours and Raku tiles – ceramic tiles that were created by the ancient Japanese firing technique – cover the central island and back walls of the alcoves.

Find out more about Liberté ›

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring inviting entrance halls, minimalist Tokyo apartments and bathrooms with colourful sanitary ware.

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