Seven Spanish studios shortlisted as finalists for the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards.

Restaurant & Bar Design Awards is the world’s only event dedicated exclusively to accolade the best projects on hospitality design. The winners will be announced on 12th September during a ceremony at London’s Farmiloe Building. Among the finalists there are seven Spanish design studios.

Ikibana restaurant by El Equipo Creativo, featured on diarioDESIGN here.

Three Spanish studios compete for the Europe Restaurant Award: Ikibana, by El Equipo Creativo; Nicky’s Food & Drinks, by Óscar Vidal, and Le Sergent Recruteur, a project in Paris by Jaime Hayon.

Nicky’s Food & Drink, by Óscar Vidal. Read our post here.

Le Sergent Recruteur by Jaime Hayon. Read more here.

Also Sandra Tarruella Interioristas is in luck, as her interior design for the ice-cream parlor of Roca brothers, Rocambolesc, is one of the favourite candidates to win the European Bar Award.

Read the post on Rocambolesc by Sandra Tarruella here.

On the other hand, Teresa Sapey Estudio de Arquitectura competes together with other six international studios to win the Pop Up Award with her VIP Lounge, designed for the contemporary Art fair ARCOmadrid 2012.

VIP Lounge ARCOmadrid 2012 by Teresa Sapey. Read more about it here.

Finally, the Identity Award could go to another ice-cream parlor: the Eyescream & friends in Barcelona by Estudio M.

Read more about Eyescream & friends by Estudio M here.

Despite it’s just the fifth edition, the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards are highly celebrated among architects and interior designers worldwide. This year, 670 entries were submitted from UK and 60 other countries. diarioDESIGN has covered previous editions, read it here.