The French Laundry Interior

Snøhetta, in collaboration with Chef Thomas Keller and Envelope A+D, has completed a new kitchen and courtyard renovation at The French Laundry in Yountville, California. Opened in 1994, Thomas Keller's three. The new 2,458 SF annex houses The French Laundry's support functions.

It includes offices, a conference room, the test kitchen, butchery, and a breakdown area for produce, as well as a wine. Since its opening in 1994, The French Laundry has been recognized as a beloved mecca for fine French cuisine. Now, the high-end restaurant is giving guests another reason to make a reservation.

After collaborating with design studio Snøhetta and San Francisco-based firm Envelope A+D, Chef Keller has recently unveiled the highly anticipated renovation for his exclusive Wine Country eatery. "The French Laundry is being redesigned to be a backdrop worthy of the restaurant's history," Thomas Keller said. "With the Louvre Pyramid as my inspiration, we wanted to find a way to juxtapose the historic and the modern while maintaining the high quality cuisine and service our guests have come to expect from The French Laundry.

Get a glimpse at The French Laundry's new renovation, which includes significant interior and exterior changes. The building was originally a saloon, but in 1906 Prohibition measures prohibited the sales of alcohol and a year later the Eagle Saloon was sold and became a steam laundry. The new architecture at The French Laundry is shaped by simple geometries that are both modern and reminiscent of agrarian architectural forms.

The pitched, low-slung roofs of the kitchen and annex allude to their utilitarian function. Flush at the corners where the eaves of the roof meet the siding, the kitchen's streamlined body is partly clad in charred wood. The familiarity and warmth of.

The recently renovated restaurant, designed by the international architecture firm Snøhetta, in collaboration with the California-based firm Envelope A+D, now features a state-of-the-art kitchen, an annex for the kitchen's ancillary functions and a walled garden for outdoor dining. The architecture, like Chef Keller's menu, is fusion of avant-garde style and culinary tradition, a recipe. A Look Inside The French Laundry's Stunning $10M Renovation 10of 12 The curved form of the kitchen ceiling evokes a tablecloth being gently unfurled across a table, patterned with delicate wrinkles in the gypsum fiber.

The new architecture at The French Laundry is shaped by simple geometries that are both modern and reminiscent of agrarian architectural forms. The pitched, lowslung roofs of the kitchen and annex allude to their utilitarian function.