Sushi Kodawari

Sushi Kodawari is an intimate restaurant in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, built around an owner's midlife dream, a former lawyer who left the practice to open a bespoke sushi experience. He wanted a space that was quiet, warm, quily luxurious, and that resonated with the seriousness of the food. MSA Architects designed it; Hurst built it; alongside Thomas Design Build, whose CNC shop fabricated the components of the lamella arch , a suspended wood structure that vaults the ceiling and pays quiet homage to the wood-joinery traditions of Japanese architecture.

The materials carry the rest of the atmosphere. Hinoki cypress was imported for the counters; wood accents are detailed throughout to keep the space warm without ever turning precious. Every joint, every reveal, every transition got the kind of attention you'd expect from a chef preparing a course, which is the only right way to build a project of this scale. The result is a space that speaks to the intimate and luxurious nature of the restaurant  and to the partnership between craft and design.

_{Photography: Bob Greenspan}

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