Commercial Architecture | Distillery Design | Adaptive Re-Use and New Construction
Durham, North Carolina
Project Description
For a new craft distillery in downtown Durham, pod a+d recycled a ca. 1930 one-story, brick industrial structure originally used as a tobacco packing house and warehouse. The architectural idea focuses on the entry, a bar, and how visitors experience the distillery. Inside the 3400-square foot building, a custom-designed, multi-functional "furniture bar" accommodates a host of distillery needs: tasting, retail displays, bottle sales, and casual seating. The bar also creates a visual and physical separation between guests and the production process. Aesthetically, the textural contrast between the clean lines and smooth wood of the furniture bar and the unrefined nature of the old brick building is part of Liberty & Plenty’s appeal
Credits
Architecture and Interior Design: Doug Pierson, AIA, and Youn Choi, pod architecture + design
Photography: pod architecture + design; TREY THOMAS PHOTOGRAPHY