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DB STUDIO JV TREELINE DESIGNZ INFUSES CAFÉ AYLANTO IN ISLAMABAD WITH TROPICAL GRACE.
By: Israr Ahmed
Landscape Architect The Gol Market located in a posh area of Islamabad is a popular venue for fast food and other restaurants. The building was in a poor shape because of multiple structural renovations. Moreover the site at the dead end was considered jinxed. The previous restaurant there, which closed down because of loss in business, strangely had all the good ingredients: nice parking lot, posh location and an open air frontfaced dining deck surrounded by lush old trees. The grapevine had it that the eatery before that also had to close down early because of bad business. Sobia
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Nazir, a leading fashion designer, determined and optimistic by nature, saw this as a great opportunity to create an unparalleled fine dining restaurant in Islamabad. DB Studios in joint venture with Treeline Designz was appointed to design the restaurant at this site. The pressing challenge for the designers was to transform this disorderly-jinxed building into a leading classy restaurant that would attract the elite of Islamabad. Studying the site thoroughly, the design team decided early to retain and build on the strong positive feature- the tropical environment created by
