Utrecht’s first new dope smoking destination in 20 years, Hi/Lo needed to deliver a modern vision of the traditional Dutch “coffeeshops”, breaking the stag-night-stoner mould that is one of the leading factors in increased criticism of the world’s only legal pot-puffing establishments. Local architects Workshop of Wonders have indeed delivered; presenting the coffeeshop as an altogether new and positively agreeable concept; the ‘smoking club’.

Whilst we’re unsure of the connotations that the Heaven & Hell bipolar concept – that lies at the heart of their interiors – may offer up, the execution is utterly delightful and we for one hope that this new approach can revive what was once one of the country’s proudest lifestyle models…