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"Rooftop Bars Restaurants Design\nFind the perfect perch to enjoy a summer cocktail while taking in incredible views at these extraordinary spots around the world\nVenezuelan architect and interior designer Alejandro Barrios-Carrero's scheme for this 10,000-square-foot restaurant, which is named after the Brazil-nut tree, recently received the James Beard Award for design. Occupying the penthouse level of a sculptural concrete-and-glass mixed-use complex by Herzog &amp;amp; de Meuron, the space offers expansive scenes of Miami Beach and is outfitted with furniture and lighting by Patricia Urquiola, Piero Lissoni, and Thomas Patterson. The terrace features a retractable roof and a fountain surrounded by banquette seating, as well a 22-foot-tall living wall by French botanist Patrick Blank that creates a vibrant focal point.\n\njuviamiami.com\nThe restaurant and bar that tops the Hotel Grande Bretagne boasts nothing less than the Acropolis as its backdrop. Still not impressed? Turn your gaze to Kalimarmaro Stadium, the site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Michelin-star chef Asterios Koustoudis serves an inspired Mediterranean menu in a covered open-air dining room and terrace.\n\ngrandebretagne.gr\nThere's no better place to unwind after a day of exploring this magical colonial Mexican city than the tapas bar crowning the luxurious Rosewood San Miguel de Allende hotel. The view of the town's historic district and the magnificent neo-Gothic church, La Parroquia de San Miguel Arc\u00E1ngel, designed by self-taught architect Zeferino Guti\u00E9rrez, is unrivaled.\n\nrosewoodsanmiguel.com\nSet on the rooftop of the Centre Pompidou, Le Georges provides sweeping vistas of the surrounding Beaubourg neighborhood and beyond. Parisian designers Dominique Jakob and Brendan MacFarlane chose a spare, contemporary look to complement the art center's iconic modern architecture by Renzo Piano and Sir Richard Rogers.\n\nbeaumarly.com\nIts position above a Formula 1 racetrack makes this bar at the Yas Viceroy hotel a highly sought after locale on race days, especially with the view of the desert landscape and Persian Gulf beyond. Designed by New York architecture firm Asymptote, the lounge is enveloped in a striking steel-and-glass structure that creates a unique canopy space on the roof. Asymptote partnered with design firm Jestico + Whiles to devise a sleek lounge area next to the rooftop pool.\n\nviceroyhotelsandresorts.com\nThe penthouse discotheque and rooftop bar at the first New York outpost of Andr\u00E9 Balazs's Standard hotel is quite possibly the hippest place to take in panoramas of the Hudson River and downtown Manhattan. Set atop the 18-story concrete-and-glass tower designed by New York's Ennead Architects that straddles the High Line park, the turf-covered roof boasts a plunge pool and a cr\u00EAperie.\n\nstandardhotels.com\nFrom your perch on the 63rd floor of the Lebua hotel, dine on chef Cl\u00E9ment Pellerin's Mediterranean fare at the Sirocco restaurant or enjoy a cocktail at the adjoining Sky Bar. The elegant spaces, fashioned by architecture firm DWP, are finished with sandstone, timber veneers, gold-leaf touches, and Thai silks.\n\nlebua.com\nJust steps away from the Piazza Navona, chef Jean-Luc Fruneau reimagines traditional Mediterranean cuisine at the multilevel rooftop garden at the Rapha\u00EBl Hotel's restaurant, which faces the Bramante cloister in the church of Santa Maria della Pace. The terrace also overlooks many of the Eternal City's architectural wonders, from the Pantheon and St. Peter's Basilica to Castel Sant'Angelo and Giuseppe Sacconi's 1885 war memorial.\n\nraphaelhotel.com\nBritish interior architect Keith Hobbs seamlessly blends the classic with the contemporary on the rooftop terrace at the ME Madrid Reina Victoria hotel. The bar itself is built into a stone wall, and sofas add to the relaxed atmosphere. Located in the Plaza de Santa Ana, the hotel looks onto the heart of the city.\n\nmemadrid.com\nA factory turned hotel on the waterfront of Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood proves the ideal setting for taking in the Manhattan skyline across the East River. Located on the sixth-floor roof terrace at the buzzy Wythe Hotel, the bar offers seasonal cocktails with an emphasis on locally made spirits.\n\nwythehotel.com\nArchitect Mahmut Anlar of the Istanbul firm Geomim employed furnishings from the 1950s and '70s to infuse this restaurant with a cool retro vibe. Its prime position atop the Marmara Pera hotel in the Turkish city's historic Pera district affords wide-ranging perspectives of the Hagia Sophia and the Topkapi Palace below.\n\nmiklarestaurant.com\nMont Blanc provides a dramatic backdrop for this seasonal\u2014it's open from June 15 through September 15\u2014casual eatery adjacent to the Le Br\u00E9vent cable-car station, a short distance from Chamonix in the Rh\u00F4ne-Alpes region. Mulled wine, local cheeses, and a plate of pasta add up to the perfect lunch after a morning of hiking.\n\n011-33-4-50-53-44-11\nFrom high atop the Mamilla Hotel you can see the Old City walls and the Tower of David. The hotel's contemporary design, by Israeli architect Moshe Safdie and Italian designer and architect Piero Lissoni, is carried up through the rooftop's casual brasserie and lounge.\n\nmamillahotel.com\nRecently refurbished by Florentine architect Michele B\u00F6nan, the rooftop bar at the Ferragamo-owned Continentale hotel is a chic spot to sip Italian-style aperitifs while gazing at the Ponte Vecchio and Brunelleschi's Duomo. The polished new scheme was inspired by the Italian film-and-fashion scene during the 1950s and includes a fireplace and heated benches for cool summer nights and year-round use.\n\nlungarnocollection.com\nUnobstructed prospects of the bustling Indian metropolis are yours at this high-energy restaurant and lounge occupying the entire roof of the Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai. Snack on international tapas\u2014think goat-cheese-and-pistachio truffles and whiskey-smoked salmon\u2014while a DJ spins jazz, funk, and house music. Located on the hotel's 34th floor, the bar is the city's highest.\n\nfourseasons.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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