Lunch at the River Café, amid minimalist furnishings that must have once seemed
futuristic in the Richard Rogers —
designed space, is the sort of idyll that you'll do anything to
draw out (which is perhaps why the restaurant will remain open while the surrounding Thames Wharf development undergoes a major renovation).
Robert Orchardson's work
draws on a range of sources from modernist architecture and
futuristic design, including utopian manifestos, stage sets and details from science fiction films.