BuckleyGrayYeoman Livens Up a Historic Building in Scotland with a Shipping Container Addition

<a href="http://www.nandos.com/">Nando’s Restaurant</a>, home of the famous Portuguese flame-grilled PERi-PERi chicken, just opened a new location in Dundee, Scotland, which was designed by London-based design firm <a href="http://www.buckleygrayyeoman.com/home/">BuckleyGrayYeoman</a>. The 100-seat restaurant was remodeled within two conjoining historical building in the heart of Dundee at Nethergate. The design not only helped to save and store a historical building, but it also incorporated sustainable and contemporary features that made the restaurant one of the most colorful around.

BuckleyGrayYeoman battled the challenge of designing the restaurant in a Grade II listed Victorian building in conjunction with the 1920s warehouse at its rear. Details in the Victorian portion of the remodel were restored through collaboration with conservation officers.

The restoration and renovation of the existing building also gave the design team at BuckleyGrayYeoman the creative freedom to think outside of the box and install a 40 foot shipping container in the new restaurant space.

Throughout the remodel the design team inserted an eclectic palette of materials and colors that kept with the brand of Nando’s Restaurant.

A mural depicting the rooster from which the restaurant gets its name stands over 15 feet high and greets diners as they enter the back room.

High above the diner’s heads is also a colorful pendant light sculpture.

This shipping container houses the kitchen at the heart of the restaurant, and speaks to the traditional roots of the Nando’s Restaurant brand. Nando’s Restaurant was born in South Africa and the shipping container is commonly used throughout the country to house restaurants and shops.