Akira Back

JW Marriott Hanoi, Vietnam — Japanese fine dining restaurant

  • Interior Design
  • Branding
  • FF&E
01 The brief

Tiger-meets-dragon. Born from chef's birth year (Tiger), surname meaning 'white', and the hotel's Vietnamese dragon architecture by Carlos Zapata. Interior references geometric structure of fish flesh from the chef's plating.

02 The craft

High above Hanoi, Akira Back layers the chef’s Korean roots and Japanese craft into a room of quiet drama — dark timber, worked stone and a ceiling that gathers the city’s light. Designed to move from a precise lunch to a velvet-hour dinner without changing its voice.

03 What it became

A space that keeps telling its story long after the room empties — designed to be lived in, not just looked at.

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The space

Designed to move from a precise lunch to a velvet-hour dinner without changing its voice.

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JW Marriott Hanoi, Vietnam · 21.0069° N, 105.8501° E

Akira Back

JW Marriott Hanoi, Vietnam — Japanese fine dining restaurant

Client
Chef Akira Back / JW Marriott
Discipline
Interior Design
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