Buck and Breck is a bar shaped by intimacy, precision and restraint. Hidden in the heart of Berlin Mitte, it was conceived as a place where guests meet the bartender on a highly personal level and experience cocktail culture in a calm, concentrated setting. The original interior, designed in 2010 by Ingo Strobel in 2010 responds to this closeness by creating an atmosphere that feels warm, composed and deliberately removed from the city outside.

In 2015, Hidden Fortress was commissioned to design the extension of the bar, adding a second room while preserving the distinctive character and intimacy of the original space. Rather than repeating the same gestures, the new room reinterprets the experience through a different spatial language. A large upholstered seating landscape brings guests together in a more relaxed way, forming folds and smaller groupings within one continuous sofa island. It allows for both privacy and interaction, preserving the closeness of the front room while giving it a new expression. 

The bar itself continues this idea of direct encounter. Instead of reinforcing distance, it is conceived as a piece of serving furniture placed openly within the room, reducing the threshold between bartender and guest. The result is an interior that supports Buck and Breck’s distinct approach to cocktails: precise, understated and deeply focused on the experience itself.