Zachary Bruell, Chinato

Chinato is a 130 seat restaurant located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The setting is the first floor and basement of a turn of the century loft structure. Formerly a jewelry store, the former improvements to the space had been demolished prior to initiation of the design, revealing a backdrop composed of concrete floors and ceilings, and a series of dendriform columns positioned on a 15'-0" center to center grid. The...

Zachary Bruell, L'Albatros Brasserie

L'Albatros is the second restaurant designed by Westlake Reed Leskosky for noted chef Zachary Bruell. Housed in a pair of connected, turn of the century carriage houses in University Circle, the design interprets and reimagines the setting of a Belle Époque brasserie. To invoke the characteristics of café society, and to provide choice in ambiance for clientele, there are two distinctly different moods established in the five rooms; the red...

Zachary Bruell, Parallax

Definitions of the name "Parallax" presented on a glass panel in the restaurant's vestibule set the stage for a sophisticated dining experience in a remerging inner city neighborhood. Creating a carefully scripted environment, the minimalist architecture serves as the backdrop for renowned chef Zack Bruell, and transforms the street level of the former mercantile building into an urbane destination that injects a new vitality and interaction with the street scene....

Select Restaurants, Pier W

In reimaging this seafood restaurant, the challenge was to create a sophisticated, urbane environment reflective of the cuisine and lakeside setting without relying on cliché. An aqueous palette of materials including heavily veined marble, rippling cast glass, ice-like resins and upholstery evocative of wet suit material is combined and modulated by transformational theatrical and LED lighting. The ceiling and floor planes appear to be extensions of the lake and sky...