C’est Bon by JDA Co.

◄ JDA Co. is deftly deploying design to reinvigorate the Stanley Street precinct of Brisbane’s Woolloongabba. Originally known as “Shop Row” and built in the early 1900s, the strip is now home to French restaurant C’est Bon, as well as a rooftop bar, JDA Co.’s studio and another office.

Inside C’est Bon, the original tongueand-groove timber ceilings and sandstone and brick walls were lovingly restored. The installation of an arched frame over the bar allowed JDA Co. to add lighting without compromising original materials. “I wanted to honour the precinct’s history yet enliven the strip in a way that introduces a new dynamism to the area,”says James Davidson of JDA Co.

Photography — Scott Burrows

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