有一种记忆叫十里洋场，有一种风情叫老上海。 坐落于旧时法租界内的黑石公寓，以折中主义的风格标记上海近现代建筑经典之作，以奢华的配置享誉当时上海的“最豪公寓”，又以名流显贵的住户被追捧为当时炙手可热的社交场所。 黑石EXCHANGE的设计语言就是取自黑石公寓所处的上海30年代所特有的浮华绚烂而又慵懒神秘，特立独行而又内敛自持；接受着西方文化的浸润，却又倔强地保持民族文化的痕迹。 酒吧入口设置在建筑一侧，通过铺设着马赛克瓷砖的悠长的走道，仿佛褪去了浮华世界的喧嚣。主人似乎只寻知音，所以在门外设置了机关，找到通关的密匙之后，门才缓缓打开。 通过走道的欲扬先抑，进入酒吧后入目的是全开敞的对称空间，顶部弧线造型又暗合黑石公寓建筑外立面颇具标志的弧形阳台。木质调酒吧台后的墙面上，装饰着各式各样的巴洛克柱头，在斑驳红砖的应衬下竟生出些许时空错乱的感觉，仿佛置身意大利的家族小酒馆里，神秘而有历史感。 整个空间的视觉中心是中轴线上舞台中央的金色转盘，造型暗合银行金库的转盘，以点明酒吧“交易所”的特质所在，然而转轴上却镶着一瓶瓶威士忌，这荒诞纸醉金迷的一幕犹如一个漩涡不禁让人沉沦。而更令人意想不到的是，这个金色转盘的双面视线不同，从舞台往后视线无法穿越，而从转盘背面的卫生间却可通过转盘窥得大厅各角落，隐秘而又刺激。 大厅一侧吧台后的两个包厢设计一个取自西方保险库，一个取自中式账房。走廊被打造成保险库的长廊，不锈钢的一个个暗格中存放着各自客人的存酒；而另一侧的中式包厢墙面饰以满墙的算盘，光影通过算珠所形成的的氤氲之感，让包厢的氛围在纸醉金迷之外又平添几份神秘。 从入口的机关老报纸到铺满硬币的餐桌，从舞台的金库造型到保险库和账房的两个私密包厢，酒吧无一处不在告诉你“交易所”的场所标识和酒吧主人的渊源；然而这份纸醉金迷之外的神秘矜持感又仿佛把你带到30年代上海的鼎盛时期。上海滩，近一百年的时光，将这里改变了很多，又似乎什么都未曾改变。
There is a memory called the Bund, and a style called Old Shanghai. The Blackstone Apartment is in the former French Concession. It marks the modern architectural classics of Shanghai with an eclectic style. It was known as the "most luxurious apartment" in Shanghai at that time for its luxurious configuration. It was also sought after as the most popular social place for its famous and distinguished residents. The BLACKSTONE EXCHANGE takes its design language from the traces of Shanghai in the 1930s, where it is located. It was flashy and gorgeous, lazy and mysterious, unique and unusual, introverted and self-sustaining. It accepts the infiltration of the western culture but stubbornly maintains the national tradition. The entrance of the bar is set on the side of the building. The long walkway paved with mosaic tiles seems to fade away from the hustle and bustle of the flashy world. The bar owner seemed to only search for friends thus setting up a mechanism outside the door. After finding the key to pass, the door slowly opened. Through the long walkway, the fully open symmetrical space after entering the bar makes people suddenly enlightened. The top arc shape coincides with the iconic curved balcony on the facade of the Blackstone Apartment. The wall behind the wooden bar is decorated with various baroque stigmas. Under the background of the mottled red bricks, a sense of chaos in time and space is created. It makes people feel as if they were in an Italian family tavern. It feels mysterious and historical. The visual centre of the entire space is the golden turntable. It is the centre of the stage on the central axis. The shape coincides with the turntable of the bank vault, which illuminates the "exchange" from its name. However, there are only bottles of whiskey on the axis. Like a whirlpool, people can't help but sink. What is even more unexpected is that the double-sided sights of this golden turntable. The sight from the stage cannot be crossed. However, from the bathroom on the other side, each corner of the hall can be seen through the turntable. It is secret and exciting. The two boxes behind the bar on the side of the lobby are extracted from banks. One is from the western vault, and the other is from the Chinese account room. The aisle becomes a long corridor of the vault. Stainless steel compartments of the "vault" store the wines from patrons. The wall of the "account room" is decorated with abacuses. The abacus beads form the cloudiness through the light and shadow area. This feeling adds a few more mysteries to the atmosphere of the box. The bar is everywhere to tell you the name "exchange" and the origin of the bar owner. It tells from the old newspaper at the entrance to the dining table covered with coins. It also tells from the vault shape of the stage to the two private boxes of the vault and the account room. This mysterious reservedness beyond the extravagant seems to take you to the heyday of Shanghai in the 1930s. Nearly a century changed Shanghai a lot. Even so, nothing seems to have changed.