Takibi restaurant

Firm Location, United States
CompanySkylab Architecture
Lead DesignerReiko Igarashi
Design TeamSabrina Chung (Project Director), Conor Wood (Project Architect)
ClientSnow Peak

Takibi offers a unique dining experience centered around an open fireplace, blending function and ambiance while bringing the outdoors in. All 75 seats face the hearth, framed by reflective Heath Ceramics tiles. Skylab reimagined a 1980s building with low ceilings, embracing the sunken grade to create a warm, earthy space. Low soffits nod to Japanese farmhouses, while century-old Douglas Fir beams, custom-milled and repurposed, honor traditional Japanese wood tectonics and form a striking retail fixture system.