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Babylon by Hogg & Lamb

ocated on the rooftop level of Westfield, Sydney, Babylon Rooftop Bar and Restaurant designed by Brisbane-based Hogg & Lamb recalls the splendour of an ancient city. Specializing in Middle Eastern cuisine, the restaurant features elegant dining rooms and hanging gardens. Within the twelve-hundred-square-metre tenancy, built elements are layered with ruin-like colonnades, arches and plinths, creating a labyrinthine landscape of intimate and communal dining areas. Slatted timber ceilings, gold-beaded arches and opulent drapery enhance this rich and layered effect. These varied spaces recall the spatial qualities of a bazaar,

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