Donut Stop Restaurant Store Interior in Amarillo, Texas by Workr

The fourth new Donut Stop store have been completed by designer Ashton Cates, son of Donut Stop owners Rosemartha and Jim Cates. Located directly adjacent to a major freeway, the new Donut Shop has soaring cantilevered roof and horizontal which reveals lend the building a dynamic shape. On another level, the architecture was conceptualized as carved from the forces of nature such as wind, water and ice.

Clad in stained cedar panels on the exterior, the Donut Store erects up 25 feet to the East, facing freeway. The woodn panels are held off the waterproofed wall by an inch, creating a double wall that is more energy efficient by dispersing the heat of the suns rays in the summer, which helps to keep the building interior cooler.

The interior carries the theme of horizontal stripes into the painted white walls. This was partly inspired by the horizontal striations in the walls of nearby Palo Duro Canyon. A structural brace on the East side of the building was left exposed and celebrated as the modern day equivalent of traditional ornamentation. This frame also allows maximum light through the soaring East window and a column-free interior. Custom white oak booths, stained and polished concrete floors and a rust colored Eurospan ceiling finish off the space.

“I wanted to create an appropriate landmark; appropriate as a well functioning donut factory but also as a landmark in the spirit of its related building typologies” says designer Cates.

Architects: Workr
Construction Area: 274 sqm
Budget: US $722,750
Contractor: Southwest General Contractors
Photographs: Ashton Cates