The Pelican Room
Bars & loungesA supper club in a Bywater icehouse - velvet booths, pleated lamps and a stage the room pretends not to watch.
Ten hotels, restaurants and bars designed by the studio - each one photographed after dark, the way it is used.
A supper club in a Bywater icehouse - velvet booths, pleated lamps and a stage the room pretends not to watch.
A 34-key hotel in a dry-goods warehouse - brick, limewash and a lobby bar that outdraws the courtyard.
A Creole bistro rebuilt to look untouched - zinc, bentwood and a checkered floor worth fighting over.
A rooftop bar over the CBD - cane, terracotta and festoon light, engineered to survive the weather.
An eighteen-key inn in Natchez, rewound rather than renovated - shutters, plaster and lamplight.
A ninety-seat dining room over the marsh at Bay St. Louis - whitewash, linen and storm lanterns.
An oyster hall on a marble counter - white tile, brass rails and a number board painted by hand.
A grand brasserie in Baton Rouge - globes, mirrors and a mosaic floor laid by two brothers from Mobile.
A narrow Uptown wine bar - oak shelves to the ceiling, a rolling ladder and candles in wax-covered bottles.
A twelve-room inn at Ocean Springs whose dining room seats everyone at one walnut table.