# Vaulted Fabric Rooms Paul Kaloustian Designs an Innovative Interior for MYU Restaurant By Katherinev123 | Published 2011-11-22 | Business Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/myu-restaurant References: [retaildesignblog.net](http://retaildesignblog.net/2011/11/21/myu-restaurant-by-paul-kaloustian-beirut/) & [plusmood](http://plusmood.com/2010/08/myu-restaurantbar-paul-kaloustian/) Designed by Paul Kaloustian, the MYU restaurant is located in an old liquor factory in the nightlife district of Beirut and offers night owls a cool, aesthetically pleasing place to eat and party. Kaloustian has employed a room-within-a-room concept, creating two separated spaces for the restaurant and bar. Each space is a vault, shaped by swathes of stretched, translucent black fabric and connected by a large "window" that provides patrons of either the restaurant or the bar with a view of the other. According to the [Retail Design Blog](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/reimagined-piercing-service), the original space -- the old liquor factory -- has not been changed; indeed, graffiti has been left on its walls and ceiling. The MYU restaurant and bar also employs indirect cold cathods lighting, which can be dimmed to define or obscure the space. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.1/10 - Popularity: 69% | Activity: 47% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Business](https://www.trendhunter.com/business) > [Retail](https://www.trendhunter.com/retail) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Room-within-a-room Concept:** Opportunity for creating immersive and distinct spaces within larger environments. - **Vaulted Fabric Spaces:** Opportunity to utilize stretchable translucent fabric to shape unique environments and create visual connections between separate areas. - **Indirect Cold Cathode Lighting:** Opportunity to use dimmable lighting techniques to define and transform spaces. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Hospitality:** Disruptive innovation potential to create memorable dining and entertainment experiences in restaurants and bars. - **Interior Design:** Opportunity to push boundaries and explore new materials and techniques in creating captivating interior spaces. - **Lighting Design:** Potential for innovative lighting solutions to enhance ambiance and create customizable environments in various industries. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Intimate Warm Interior Restaurants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/casavant.md) - [Earthy Warm Ambiant Restaurants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/muse-1.md) - [Elegantly Minimalist Retail Environments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/retail-environment.md) - [Curvaceous Restaurant Interiors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/4space.md) - [Canopy Restaurant Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/millo-restaurant.md) - [Minimally Designed Revamped Restaurants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/etch-restaurant.md) - [Grotto-Like Punctuated Restaurants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cibaria.md) - [Retro-Tinged Montreal Restaurants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/buvette-daphne.md) - [Subterranean Social Spaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/william-vale-hotel.md)