claves designs a restaurant for the late hours

At Le Poisson Volant in Paris , dinner gradually gives way to a nightclub as the evening progresses. Large illuminated ceiling panels cast a soft glow over the dining room before the lighting becomes sharper and the music takes over. The venue opened on October 2nd at 5–7 rue Marguerite-Moret.

Designed by Parisian interior architecture studio Claves, the new restaurant and club occupies the former L’International music venue in the city’s 11th arrondissement. Its interiors bring together Brutalist geometry and decorative references drawn from Chinese restaurants of the 1980s, creating an atmosphere that changes considerably between dinner and the early hours of the morning.

The project was conceived by Bertrand Chauveau and Paul Henri, the founders of nearby restaurant Le Cornichon, in collaboration with chef Yanxin Yin.…