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Liberty & Plenty Distillery
Liberty & Plenty Distillery
Durham, NC, United States
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Liberty & Plenty Distillery
Durham, NC, United States
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2023
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
pod architecture + design (pod a+d), an interdisciplinary design firm based in Chapel Hill, NC, has completed its most recent spirits distillery, Liberty & Plenty, a start-up craft distillery in downtown Durham.
The project included a companion Cocktail Bar with a tasting room -- a casually stylish prelude to the complex craft of producing premium small-batch rums, whiskies, vodkas, and gins. Solely owned by head distiller Tina Williford, MSc, of Raleigh, Liberty & Plenty called for the adaptive re-use of a one-story, brick and steel industrial warehouse built in 1938.
Within the historic building's 3400-square-foot space, pod a+d partners Doug Pierson, AIA, and Youn Choi were challenged with accommodating the equipment and processes for producing Williford's handcrafted spirits while allowing ample space for the new CocktailBar and tasting room. The bar would also need space for displaying the distillery's products and conducting bottle sales.
The distillery's distinct ambiance begins on the exterior. Against the backdrop of old brick, metal railings surround the outdoor seating "porch" and steel I-beams support the extended roof overhead. Weather permitting, huge doors from the building's warehouse days roll up to reveal the bar's interior to guests on the porch and passersby.
Maintaining the original character of the 85-year-old building was imperative to Williford and her designers. To touch the patina of the industrial envelope as lightly as possible, the pod a+d partners exercised the innovation that informs this firm's ethos: They designed a modern, multi-purpose component that could be placed within the open interior space, effectively separating the cocktail bar and tasting room at the front of the building from the working distillery beyond it, yet leaving the distillation process visible to guests.
Crafted in simple, smooth, pale wood, this interior component demarcates the Liberty & Plenty Cocktail Bar, providing the necessary display and retail space with bar service and seating. It also creates the visual charm of a new establishment within historic surroundings -- of smooth wood (and plush seating) against the worn, raw texture of old brick, steel, and concrete.
The former warehouse's huge doors (two that roll up) open to merge Liberty & Plenty's indoor and outdoor spaces and to allow guests to enjoy prevailing breezes in both seating areas.
[Photography by Trey Thomas.]
The project included a companion Cocktail Bar with a tasting room -- a casually stylish prelude to the complex craft of producing premium small-batch rums, whiskies, vodkas, and gins. Solely owned by head distiller Tina Williford, MSc, of Raleigh, Liberty & Plenty called for the adaptive re-use of a one-story, brick and steel industrial warehouse built in 1938.
Within the historic building's 3400-square-foot space, pod a+d partners Doug Pierson, AIA, and Youn Choi were challenged with accommodating the equipment and processes for producing Williford's handcrafted spirits while allowing ample space for the new CocktailBar and tasting room. The bar would also need space for displaying the distillery's products and conducting bottle sales.
The distillery's distinct ambiance begins on the exterior. Against the backdrop of old brick, metal railings surround the outdoor seating "porch" and steel I-beams support the extended roof overhead. Weather permitting, huge doors from the building's warehouse days roll up to reveal the bar's interior to guests on the porch and passersby.
Maintaining the original character of the 85-year-old building was imperative to Williford and her designers. To touch the patina of the industrial envelope as lightly as possible, the pod a+d partners exercised the innovation that informs this firm's ethos: They designed a modern, multi-purpose component that could be placed within the open interior space, effectively separating the cocktail bar and tasting room at the front of the building from the working distillery beyond it, yet leaving the distillation process visible to guests.
Crafted in simple, smooth, pale wood, this interior component demarcates the Liberty & Plenty Cocktail Bar, providing the necessary display and retail space with bar service and seating. It also creates the visual charm of a new establishment within historic surroundings -- of smooth wood (and plush seating) against the worn, raw texture of old brick, steel, and concrete.
The former warehouse's huge doors (two that roll up) open to merge Liberty & Plenty's indoor and outdoor spaces and to allow guests to enjoy prevailing breezes in both seating areas.
[Photography by Trey Thomas.]
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