Kaffe Landskap
Location / Denver, CO
Project Type / Restaurant - Interior Architecture
Size / 2,345 SF interior / 917 patio
Completed / 2019 - Completed while Principal at Roth Sheppard Architects
Photography / James Florio
A flagship coffee and bakery concept beside the Union Station tracks, built around fika — the Swedish habit of pausing to eat, drink, and talk. Solid white oak furniture sits on white oak flooring like timbers resting on the land the name refers to. A massive wood shelving canopy runs the length of the L-shaped bar, standing in for a forest lattice and bringing down the scale of a tall, glassy room. The bakery floors and walls are clad in Swedish cement tile, a nod to the Kakelugn stove that once anchored the Swedish living room.
The vertical-acting glass door opens the café to the plaza and the community beyond.
Solid white oak furniture rests on the floor like an arrangement of Swedish toy blocks.
Views of the RTD railway form the backdrop to the kaffe experience.
The suspended shelving canopy recalls the lattice of a forest tree canopy.
The white oak service counter sits beneath the shelving canopy, pastry case to one side.
Swedish cement tile in colorful, organic patterns clads the bakery floor.
Pendants are set low to create intimacy within an otherwise open space.
Custom pieces are playful and heavy, yet smooth to the touch.
Oak block stools and counter-height tables line the glazed facade.
From the patio, the open glass wall reads as a threshold rather than a boundary.
Interior and exterior furniture are the same, blurring the line between the two.
Large wooden slabs are stacked like tree logs to form the patio seating.
The café in the evening, communal tables and sage pendants under a darkening sky.
The patio sits directly across from the train, bus, and light rail station.
Exploded assembly — custom furniture was detailed for concealed assembly and floor anchorage.
Site plan — sited at the southwest corner of the Coloradan, opposite Union Station.
Floor plan — 2,345 SF of tenant interior finish with a 917 SF exterior patio.