Open-air dining area at Ben’s Burgers West End featuring communal tables, a blue perimeter wall, and a basketball hoop above the courtyard seating.
Open-air dining area at Ben’s Burgers West End featuring communal tables, a blue perimeter wall, and a basketball hoop above the courtyard seating.
Ben’s Burgers West End bar and courtyard with white tiled counter, hanging greenery, communal seating, and filtered daylight under a retractable canopy.
Ben’s Burgers West End bar and courtyard with white tiled counter, hanging greenery, communal seating, and filtered daylight under a retractable canopy.
Minimal courtyard wall detail at Ben’s Burgers West End featuring hanging plants, white surfaces, and blue tiled bench seating beneath string lighting.
Minimal courtyard wall detail at Ben’s Burgers West End featuring hanging plants, white surfaces, and blue tiled bench seating beneath string lighting.

It was important with this project that the branding and space were not a replica of Ben’s Burgers in Fortitude Valley, but rather an evolution into a new, but inherently linked identity.

It was important with this project that the branding and space were not a replica of Ben’s Burgers in Fortitude Valley, but rather an evolution into a new, but inherently linked identity.

The outdoor dining area was inspired by nostalgic images of weekend sporting events; ordering food from a demountable tuck shop and watching the game from the bleachers with all your mates. Subtle details in tile setouts and greenery reference the previous space.

The outdoor dining area was inspired by nostalgic images of weekend sporting events; ordering food from a demountable tuck shop and watching the game from the bleachers with all your mates. Subtle details in tile setouts and greenery reference the previous space.

The outdoor dining area was inspired by nostalgic images of weekend sporting events; ordering food from a demountable tuck shop and watching the game from the bleachers with all your mates. Subtle details in tile setouts and greenery reference the previous space.

Credits:

Collaborators: Two Chiu Crew, Standing By Company
Photography: Standing By Company, Josh Maguire, Cieran Murphy

Media: The Weekend Edition, Broadsheet

Courtyard seating and bar detail at Ben’s Burgers West End with white metal stools, blue-tiled counter, hanging plants, and corrugated metal backdrop.
Courtyard seating and bar detail at Ben’s Burgers West End with white metal stools, blue-tiled counter, hanging plants, and corrugated metal backdrop.
Bar detail at Ben’s Burgers West End with blue tiled counter, leafy plant in the foreground, and beer taps and bottles lining the back bar.
Bar detail at Ben’s Burgers West End with blue tiled counter, leafy plant in the foreground, and beer taps and bottles lining the back bar.
Street-facing exterior of Ben’s Burgers West End featuring blue tiled window seating, white stools along the footpath, mural-lined side wall, and diners visible through an open service window under dappled tree shade.
Street-facing exterior of Ben’s Burgers West End featuring blue tiled window seating, white stools along the footpath, mural-lined side wall, and diners visible through an open service window under dappled tree shade.

It was important with this project that the branding and space were not a replica of Ben’s Burgers in Fortitude Valley, but rather an evolution into a new, but inherently linked identity.

The outdoor dining area was inspired by nostalgic images of weekend sporting events; ordering food from a demountable tuck shop and watching the game from the bleachers with all your mates. Subtle details in tile setouts and greenery reference the previous space.

Credits:

Collaborators: Two Chiu Crew, Standing By Company
Photography: Standing By Company, Josh Maguire, Cieran Murphy

Media: The Weekend Edition, Broadsheet

(Other works)