McDonald’s – Batumi, Georgia

This new McDonald’s restaurant in Georgia’s Black Sea port city of Batumi, designed by Harvard-educated architect Giorgi Khmaladze is now one of the most incredible locations of the restaurant chain anywhere in the world. The exterior is covered by 460 glass panels, while the entire building is surrounded by a reflecting pool whose flowing lines mimic the jazzy shapes from 1950s wallpaper. The interior features dining areas that look out onto the reflecting pool and an open-air patio featuring a surprisingly large expanse of vegetation. As if all that isn’t impressive enough, the underside of the giant looming cantilever protects…