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Home Quartet Residence

Home Quartet

Home Quartet is a duplex residential interior designed for a family of four in Taiwan. The 158.6 square meter home places the living room, dining room, kitchen, and a co-reading area on the first floor, forming one open social space. A round dining table and the adjacent couch invite gatherings, while a rattan hanging chair by the window serves both children and elders. Blue is the main color, set against white walls, large tiles, warm solid wood furniture, and a leather sofa. Tall rear windows bring daylight into the shared areas, and the upper floor holds bedrooms and a study for privacy.

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Orient Original Residence

Orient Original

Orient Original is a residential interior design for a 500 square meter home in Beijing, China. A sunlit underground atrium forms the center of the plan, linking two lower levels and blurring the boundary between above and below ground. The sunken area can serve as a tearoom, a lounge or a cinema. A glass roof, glass brick walls and mirrored panels increase daylight and widen the sense of space. Dark wood veneers meet light timber and natural stone. Custom furniture and storage support daily family life and social gatherings.

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Urban Zen Residence

Urban Zen

Urban Zen is a residential interior design for a home of 115.7 square meters in Taiwan. The project combines modern city living with Japanese Zen aesthetics. A snow-viewing window with adjustable openings controls daylight and framed views. A tatami room offers a quiet place for guests and meditation. Warm wood tones are lighter in the living and dining rooms and darker in the bedrooms. Materials include formaldehyde-free cabinets, calcium silicate panels, solid wood and high-pressure laminate. A pet walkway and a tree are built between the cabinets for the resident cat.

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Between Realms Residence

Between Realms

Between Realms is the interior design of a four-story house in a city center. The site covers approximately 254 square meters. The first floor holds the living, dining, kitchen and reading areas, while bedrooms and multipurpose rooms occupy the upper levels. A television is suspended on a metal frame with adjustable aluminum louvers, so the floor-to-ceiling window and the Japanese garden behind it remain visible. Grilles, mirrors and cabinets replace solid walls to define zones. Gray-scale stone, matte metal and marble-pattern slabs let daylight and shadow shape the rooms.

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CR Park Lane Manor Residence

CR Park Lane Manor

CR Park Lane Manor is a residential interior design for an apartment of about 190 square meters in Shantou, China. A private elevator opens into a gray entrance hall, where a vertical shaft of light sets a calm mood. Warm oak surfaces flow across doors, cabinets and windowsills, and the flooring shifts from dark to light wood to define zones. Structural beams were recessed by 30 centimeters to hold lighting and storage. Sliding partitions let the study join or separate from the living area, and a long dining bar serves both meals and conversation.

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Rippling Continuum Residence

Rippling Continuum

Rippling Continuum is an interior design for a 208 square meter duplex residence. The 35-year-old home was renovated around soft lines and layered light. A spiral staircase clad in gray-white stone and white-coated metal forms the visual core, paired with a chandelier hung below a skylight. Curved ceilings integrate ducts and lighting, resolving the low ceiling heights. The open first floor links the living, dining, and kitchen areas, while four bedrooms and three bathrooms form the private zones. Flooring combines polished black marble and wood.

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Togetherness Residence

Togetherness

Togetherness is a residential interior design covering approximately 132 square meters in Taiwan. The entrance uses a reeded glass screen and a matte grey storage wall to form a calm buffer between the street and the home. The layout was reorganized into three plus one rooms with a living room and a dining room. The kitchen, dining and living areas are merged into one open social space, with the sink repositioned so cooking faces family activity. Materials include reeded glass, grey ceramic tiles, acrylic, railway tiles and wood textures. Linear ceiling lighting brightens the interior.

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Prologue in Ink Residence

Prologue in Ink

Prologue in Ink is a residential interior design for a 132.2 square meter apartment on the sixteenth floor of a high-rise building. The palette centers on ink-toned wood veneer with visible natural grain, combined with stone, titanium, glass and leather. The television feature wall layers stone with metal accents, while the study wall pairs dark shelving with light panels. An open study joins the living room, forming a continuous axis that links living, study, dining and kitchen areas. Linear and indirect lighting defines edges and softens the dark tones.

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Sumu Yakushima Residence

Sumu Yakushima

Sumu Yakushima applies Regenerative architecture, a new approach developed that combines traditional Japanese civil engineering with contemporary technology. Designing the underground environment and engaging the buildings in a constructed mycelial network promotes biodiversity in the soil. Promoting the flow of air and water The buildings and decks are raised, dispersing wind flowing between the mountains and the sea without blocking it.Off grid energy from solar power and firewood.

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Moon Spills Residence

Moon Spills

Moon Spills is a residential interior design created by merging two separate apartment units. The interior spans about 382.4 square meters and includes three bedrooms and three bathrooms. A curved ceiling in the living area softens a large structural beam and column. At the entrance, a round light inspired by a skylight recalls the moon and casts shifting shadows. Hidden doors are aligned with the television wall to create a clean entry. The palette combines beige, walnut wood and white with subtle rose gold, while brushed wood veneer, architectural concrete and metal add texture.

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Waltz of Light Residence

Waltz of Light

Waltz of Light is an interior design for a 96 square meter apartment in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, planned for a family of four. Curved forms flow from the ceiling to the walls and floors. A metallic ceiling arc in the living room forms the main focal point, set against milky brown, light gray and dark wood tones. A continuous light band links the foyer, dining area and semi-open study. Stone-pattern surfaces, spray-paint finishes and mirrored textures guide the light along the curves. Lighting, air conditioning and curtain tracks are concealed within the curved forms to save ceiling height.

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White Sequence Residence

White Sequence

White Sequence is a residential interior design for a 99.1 square meter apartment in a high-rise building. The layout was opened to link the kitchen, dining and living areas, and a round table guides circulation. Curved edges on the television wall and at transitional points soften rigid angles, and indirect lighting follows the curves. Storage is consolidated into L-shaped cabinetry along the corridors to preserve openness. Italian mineral coating, white oak grain and matte panels shape the calm white palette.

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