East Beach Café is a seafront cafe in
Littlehampton
Littlehampton is a town, seaside resort and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the English Channel on the eastern bank of the mouth of the River Arun. It is south south-west of London, west of Brighton and ...
, West Sussex, United Kingdom. It is owned by Jane Wood and Sophie Murray, who commissioned designer
Thomas Heatherwick
Thomas Alexander Heatherwick, (born 17 February 1970) is an English designer and the founder of London-based design practice Heatherwick Studio. He works with a team of more than 200 architects, designers and entrepreneurs from his studio in ...
to create an iconic building for the seaside town of Littlehampton.
Architecture
The cafe was designed by award-winning designer
Thomas Heatherwick
Thomas Alexander Heatherwick, (born 17 February 1970) is an English designer and the founder of London-based design practice Heatherwick Studio. He works with a team of more than 200 architects, designers and entrepreneurs from his studio in ...
, and was his first building. The unconventional silhouette was designed to protect views from a nearby conservation area while offering sea views for customers.
The structure is long, wide and high, and the side facing inland is windowless. It was built in Littlehampton, with steelwork by Littlehampton Welding ltd and site work by Langridge Developments, another local firm.
The building won a
RIBA
''Riba'' (, or , ) is an Arabic word used in Islamic law and roughly translated as " usury": unjust, exploitative gains made in trade or business. ''Riba'' is mentioned and condemned in several different verses in the Qur'an3:130 regional prize in 2008, judges describing it as "both strange and captivating; weird but lovable".
In 2009 the
Restaurant and Bar Design Awards
A restaurant is an establishment that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and Delivery (commerce), food delivery services. Restaurants ...
awarded East Beach Cafe winner of the Exterior Space category. East Beach Cafe was awarded Coastal Cafe of the Year by
National Magazine Company's Coast Awards in 2011.
See also
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List of bakery cafés
This is a list of notable bakeries. A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cakes, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who w ...
References
External links
* {{official website, http://www.eastbeachcafe.co.uk
Bakery cafés
Buildings and structures in West Sussex
Littlehampton
Coffeehouses and cafés in the United Kingdom