Timber pillars and PVC pipes were left bare to blur the boundaries between the interior and exterior of this cafe and sweet shop in Funamachi, Japan, designed by Schemata Architects. Named ...

A mural outside an Altadena coffee shop was part of a plan to celebrate public art and artists. But neighbors find the violence in the latest mural offensive.

See inside “Designing Coffee: New Coffee Places and Branding,” a coffee table book that — no pun intended — puts the world’s most photogenic, eccentric cafés and roasters on display.

Despite outcry from neighbors and local community organizations, the owners behind a coffee shop mural causing a stir in Altadena say the artwork is here to stay.. On Wednesday, March 29, the ...