On the ground floor of METT Barcelona, next to the lobby of the historic Gran Hotel La Florida, 1925 Vermutería pays tribute to the Catalan culture of aperitifs and tapas, sourced from local markets. The name recalls the hotel's opening year as the starting point for the entire design narrative.
The interior design, by Astet Studio, draws on Mediterraneanism — an artistic reading of Noucentisme — to build an atmosphere that is both elegant and relaxed: earthy tones of olive green, ochre and red, combined with oak, leather and natural stone. The ceramics, inspired by the hydraulic floor tiles of Cerdà's Eixample, connect the space with Barcelona's urban history, while certain artisanal details evoke the Catalan Pascua Florida and its symbolism of renewal.
Martínez Otero's technical office developed and manufactured the fixed furniture for the vermutería based on that design.
The centerpiece is the bar: built on three levels, with a decorative arched oak front, an interior finish in artisanal tile, a bronze-finish metal base and footrest, and a natural quartzite stone top with a rounded edge. Alongside it, the back bar and service counter repeat the same arched oak paneling and shelving, with integrated LED lighting, so that the service front reads as a single piece over thirteen linear meters long. Next to the bar, the side unit in the bar area, with a backing in artisanal ceramic tile, completes the ensemble.
Alongside it, the back bar and service counter repeat the same arched oak paneling and shelving, with integrated LED lighting, so that the service front reads as a single piece over thirteen linear meters long. Next to the bar, the side unit in the bar area, with a backing in artisanal ceramic tile, completes the ensemble.
The planter benches, upholstered in an ochre-toned fabric from Kirkby Design's Spiral collection, reproduce in solid wood the lattice pattern that visually structures the room.
The artisanal ceramic fronts — double-chamfered pieces in bone, honey and crackled mustard tones, manufactured in Spain — and the aged mirrors framed in oak veneer complete a cladding scheme designed piece by piece together with the design studio.
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