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Bishkek Restaurant Hospitality Interior by Nilgun Kucukbicak Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Nilgun Kucukbicak of Motto Architecture for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ Bishkek Restaurant Hospitality Interior by Nilgun Kucukbicak of Motto Architecture, designed for Motto Mimarlik, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Bishkek Restaurant Hospitality Interior
Bishkek Restaurant is a dining interior of 2100 square meters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The design joins classical references with contemporary spatial clarity. Gold toned powder coated steel frames form repeated arches that set the rhythm of the plan. Natural stone cladding, oak veneer panels and ceramic flooring balance the metal surfaces. Recessed linear lighting and brass luminaires mark the ceiling. Large dining halls, private dining sections, bar areas and central planting zones are arranged along clear axes to guide visitors through the space.
About Nilgun Kucukbicak
Established eight years ago, Motto Architecture was founded on a singular belief: architecture is not just about building structures - it’s about building vision. Since then, we have grown into a multidisciplinary studio with a global footprint, serving as design and consultancy partner to numerous renowned hotels and international brands. We operate with a fully integrated approach, offering architectural design, interior design, structural engineering, electrical, and mechanical systems - all developed in-house. This enables complete creative and technical control across every stage of a project, from concept to execution.
About Motto Architecture
Motto Architecture is a project office led by Nilgün and Ömür Caner Küçükbıçak, specializing in the design and execution of five-star hotels on an international scale.
Award Record
This recognition makes Nilgun Kucukbicak of Motto Architecture a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2024 - 2025 to 2025 - 2026 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award
The A' Interior Design Award is an international interior design competition recognizing good interior designs by interior designers and architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Entries typically include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. Awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/182399
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/182399
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!182399
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/371302
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://mottomim.com/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Bishkek Restaurant Hospitality Interior
- Function
- Hospitality Interior
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Saddle Brown, Dark Olive Green and Sienna
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Motto Mimarlik
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Nilgun Kucukbicak
- Country
- Turkiye
- Brand
- Motto Architecture
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #182399
Credits
- Team
- Nilgun Kucukbıcak
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Bishkek Restaurant Project presents a refined synthesis of classical aesthetics and contemporary spatial clarity. Gold-toned metal frames reinterpret arches and symmetry through modern production techniques, reinforcing monumentality and rhythm. Minimal geometric surfaces, linear lighting, and simplified furniture balance this richness, creating a culturally rooted yet distinctly contemporary dining environment.
- Inspiration
- The project draws inspiration from the architectural language of classical symmetry and ornamentation, reinterpreted within a modern metropolitan dining context. Instead of directly imitating historic interiors, the design abstracts their structural logic arches, framing, axial repetition and reconstructs them using contemporary production techniques and material expressions.
- Research
- The project investigates how classical architectural references can be reinterpreted within contemporary interior design without becoming ornamental imitation. Through material abstraction and structural framing logic, the design tests whether symmetry, gold detailing, and arch modulation can coexist with minimal modern surfaces in a unified spatial system.
- Challenge
- The primary challenge was preventing the classical references particularly gold metal applications from overwhelming the space. Achieving balance required careful proportion control, material contrast management, and disciplined integration of modern linear elements. Maintaining elegance without visual excess while preserving cultural reference formed the core creative challenge of the project.
- Realization and Technology
- The project features a reinforced concrete structural system in compliance with local seismic regulations. Interior partitions are constructed with lightweight steel framing and gypsum board systems. Finishing materials include gold-toned electrostatic powder-coated steel frames, brass-finished metal details, natural stone wall cladding, oak veneer panels, ceramic flooring, and custom-made wooden furniture. The lighting system integrates recessed linear LED fixtures and decorative brass luminaires. HVAC is provided through a centralized ventilation and air conditioning system. Fire safety systems, emergency lighting, sprinkler installations, and CCTV infrastructure are fully integrated.
- Operation and Interaction
- The spatial flow is organized through rhythmic arch modules and axial framing systems, guiding visitors intuitively throughout the 2100 m² volume. Linear ceiling elements reinforce directionality, while central planting zones and curved seating arrangements soften the rigidity of metal and stone surfaces. The contrast between hard reflective materials and warm natural textures creates a layered sensory dining experience.
- Project Duration and Location
- Designed and developed in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
- Specifications
- The total interior area is 2100 square meters. The spatial organization includes large-scale dining halls, private dining sections, central landscaped zones, bar areas, service corridors, kitchen support areas, and sanitary facilities. Ceiling height varies according to spatial hierarchy and lighting integration. The project incorporates modular arch-based structural framing, custom-designed seating units, integrated lighting systems, and metal detailing throughout the space.
- Keywords
- Classical Modern Fusion, Restaurant Interior, Gold Metal Detailing, Symmetry, Contemporary Interior Architecture, Spatial Rhythm, Luxury Dining, Architectural Framing
