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Six Quick Ones with Celeste Asfour

Inside a 1911 industrial complex on Saarbrücker Strasse in Berlin, Celeste Asfour designs Strom, a seasonal courtyard cafe built around cherry wood, rose marble, and wood-fired terracotta.

In the heart of Berlin, a quiet courtyard sits framed by historic properties that once thrummed with the energy of industry. Here, on the ground floor of a 19th-century building, you’ll find Strom—a café where reverie meets play, conceptualised by Berlin-based architectural multihyphenate Celeste Asfour.

STROM: DAS NACHBARSCHAFTS-CAFÉ, VERSTECKT IM INNENHOF DER BACKFABRIK

Neueröffnung in Berlin-Mitte: In diesem Café lässt es sich wunderbar den grauen Tagen entfliehen

Eco-brutalism: when angular concrete meets the wonder of nature – in pictures