Architecture

Two years of pandemic have altered hospitality and the beer industry in meaningful ways. Here’s a look at how COVID has—and hasn’t—shifted taproom architecture and design.

Every brewery aims to express its personality through its taproom. Understanding how patrons enjoy these spaces can make or break a design project. Kevin Deabler, principal and cofounder of RODE Architects in Boston, helps to demystify the process.

Rather than making the surroundings conform to the brewery, the team behind Lake Anne Brew House in Reston, Virginia, went back to a planned community’s roots and offer a glimpse of how things were and in turn give visitors a period experience.