2024 Winner
Category - Interior Design - Restaurant & Lounge Bar
Manoj Kumar Sharma, Abhishek Jain & Nishtha Gupta
Spaces + Partners Architects
Spaces + Partners Architects is a multidisciplinary design firm rooted in the philosophy of crafting soulful, timeless spaces that prioritize the human experience. Based in India, the firm specializes in both architecture and interior design, delivering cohesive solutions that seamlessly blend form, function, and emotion. Whether it’s a residential home, commercial complex, or mixed-use development, the studio approaches every project with a holistic mindset, ensuring that beauty, sustainability, and user well-being remain at the forefront.
Led by Manoj Kumar Sharma, an architect whose internationally acclaimed thesis set the foundation for the firm’s design ethos, Spaces + Partners has grown into a recognized name in contemporary Indian architecture. With over 30 notable projects completed under his leadership—many of which have received both national and international accolades—the studio is known for its deep attention to context, materials, light, and natural elements.
Manoj’s vision of architecture as a symphony of nature, light, water, sky, and material guides the firm’s creative direction. As Managing Director, he fosters collaboration across disciplines and geographies, ensuring every project reaches its fullest potential through a unified and innovative design approach.
Spaces + Partners Architects is committed to designing enduring architecture and meaningful interiors that enhance the way people live, work, and connect with their environment. By combining architectural expertise with user-centric interiors, the firm creates spaces that are both elevated in design and grounded in purpose.
Area: 4000 sq ft
Perched across an expansive dual-level layout with both indoor and terrace seating, Kiona – Patio & Bar is a sensory experience designed for visual indulgence, social connection, and a refreshing escape from the cityscape. The design takes inspiration from Kintsugi, the Japanese art of embracing flaws, seamlessly integrating cracked glass patterns, ceiling fragments, and textured surfaces that reflect this poetic philosophy.
The ground level’s plush interiors lean into the 2024 Pantone Color of the Year—Peach Fuzz—infusing the space with a soft yet confident charm. Against this backdrop, classical columns, sculptural features, and vertical gardens combine to form an inviting lounge that’s both bold and calming.
Upstairs, the rooftop terrace unfolds in three immersive zones. At its heart lies a luxurious central canopy seating, designed to be the crowd magnet. A standout highlight wall, visible from every corner of the upper deck, acts as a magnetic backdrop for selfies and group moments. The use of backlit installations and patterned glass panels adds a layered sensory appeal, especially during twilight hours when the space truly comes alive.
Spaces + Partners Architects, led by Manoj Kumar Sharma, Abhishek Jain, and Nishtha Gupta, is a multidisciplinary architecture and interior design practice known for experiential design thinking and nuanced spatial storytelling. Their work often marries context, culture, and client aspirations—evident here in the balance of concept and comfort at Kiona.
Kiona is more than just a bar—it’s an invitation to linger, to notice the beauty in details, and to engage with a space designed to delight. Every corner is curated not only for aesthetics but for connection—with the space, with people, and with oneself.
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