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Belfast exchanges a bleak past for a Starck future

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2001 / September 9 2001: Belfast exchanges a bleak past for a Starck future

All of a sudden, and almost unnoticed outside the city, Belfast has fallen in love with design; interior design in particular. The new mood seems to have crystallised last year, with the opening of Box Architects' Tatu, a bar grill on the Lisburn Road. Much hyped and eagerly anticipated following a lengthy struggle to get planning permission, Tatu was immediately hailed as modern, minimal and slightly dangerous. One reviewer, detecting the influence of Philippe Starck, referred to "international chic, far beyond the reach of the province". Not any more it's not

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