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Yearning for Home Residential

Yearning for Home

Yearning for Home is a residential interior that also supports work use. The original layout was opened up, leaving one bedroom connected to a secondary room, so the space feels wider. Grey cement paint covers the television wall and the trap doors of the bedroom, the storage room and the guest bathroom, and it shows changing layers of light and shadow. Curved forms soften the beams and columns, while linear lighting is embedded for the evening. A counter and a diagonal dining table serve as working surfaces. Preserved walls hold the client art collection.

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Greenwich Residential

Greenwich

Greenwich is a residential interior design for a small apartment in Taiwan. A mezzanine increases the usable area within the limited footprint. Glass and iron elements bring sunlight into every corner. Slender steel handrails and a staircase walkway divide the areas while keeping visual openness. The design recalls the iron staircases of Manhattan, where the owner once lived. The main materials are particle board, mineral water-based paint and stone plastic composite flooring, selected for low formaldehyde and low volatility.

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Silence in All Residential

Silence in All

Silence in All is a residential interior design created for a forty-year-old house in Taiwan. The home is arranged in shades of grey, using natural thin sintered stones, glass tiles, painted glass and grey mirrors. Reflective and transparent surfaces make the narrow and long plan appear wider. The layout is divided into a garage, a public area, a private area and a basement storage area. Wall cabinets, double-sided cabinets and glass cabinets add storage and display space. Waterproofing and moisture resistant materials address the flood and damp problems of the old building.

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Emerald Harmony Residential

Emerald Harmony

Azure Blue and Emerald Harmony is a residential interior design for a newly built 33-ping apartment on the fourteenth floor. The home holds four bedrooms, two living rooms and two bathrooms with natural light. Calm black, gray and white tones are combined with blue and gray soft furnishings. Thick black window frames present the park view outside like a picture. A semi-open layout with sliding gray glass doors in iron frames saves space. Recessed linear lights, wall lights, display lights and chandeliers shape the atmosphere at night.

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Chinese Brush Flow Residential

Chinese Brush Flow

Chinese Brush Flow is a residential interior design created for a home shared by three generations in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Planning began at the roughcast stage, which allowed a clear separation between public and private areas. Natural stone materials such as marble, granite and ruby stone are used on floors, walls and cabinet backboards. Rose gold titanium-plated metal lines and a curved ceiling soften sharp angles and reflect indirect light. Dark marble tops on coffee tables, dining tables and bar counters resist staining and simplify daily care.

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Reflections of Tomorrow Residential

Reflections of Tomorrow

Reflections of Tomorrow is a residential interior design completed in Taiwan in 2020. The layout links the entrance, dining room, living room and open study into one continuous public area, while a master bedroom, a second bedroom and a bathroom form the private area. Irregular beveled shapes cut across the walls, which combine wallpaper, cement board, tawny glass, black glass and metal plate. The ceiling is raised gradually from one corner to the opposite side to avoid the beams. Large windows draw daylight into the deeper parts of the home.

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Encounter Montmartre Residential

Encounter Montmartre

Encounter Montmartre is a residential interior design for an apartment in Taipei, Taiwan. The 63-ping home contains three bedrooms, two living rooms and three bathrooms. An open plan joins the living room, the dining room and the kitchen, so daylight from both sides reaches each area. Wooden walls and cabinets divide the interior and add space for display and storage. Rounded wooden cabinets at the entryway echo the corridor. Light gray, beige and wooden tones are used throughout to create a calm and consistent setting.

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Shadow Trail Residential

Shadow Trail

Shadow Trail is a residential interior design created for a young couple in Taipei, Taiwan. The home of 87 ping contains four rooms and is finished mainly in grayscale tones. Deep ink-play stone, white textured trim, stone and titanium bars are combined for a calm and layered surface. Orange accents, sculptural lighting and slim metal strips add vitality to the low-chroma palette. Low furniture keeps sight lines open and makes the rooms feel wider. Aluminum frames and gray glass on the bedroom cabinets add depth, while custom storage holds suitcases and large quilts.

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Sense of Peace Residential

Sense of Peace

Sense of Peace is a residential interior design completed in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. The plan is shaped by straight lines, square forms and a calm palette of grey, black and brown. The entrance joins grey and white tones with warm wood surfaces. The television semi-wall is finished with a special paint that suggests clouds, mountains and water, and the same wall divides the living room from the open study. A double-loaded corridor links the living room, study, kitchen and bedroom. Sliding doors replace swing doors to make each area feel wider.

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Purpose of Leisure Residential

Purpose of Leisure

Purpose of Leisure is the interior design of a five-story single-family house in Taiwan. Large windows on three sides bring daylight into the rooms, and scrim curtains soften the light. Selected marble covers the main wall of the public area, and the same marble continues into the dining area. Light gray and nude tones, with white and earth colors, are used throughout. The master bedroom has wooden flooring that matches the light tan curtains. A wraparound desk forms the main feature of the study on the top floor.

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Ombre Aplomb Residential

Ombre Aplomb

Ombre Aplomb is a residential interior design for a 160 square meter apartment. The plan includes an open living space, two bedrooms with private bathrooms and two functional rooms. A dual colour contrast is present in every orientation of the space. Bianco carrara and nero marquina marbles set a black and white scheme, combined with matte wall tiling and grey mirror paneling. The flooring mixes wood parquet and polished marble to separate the dining area from the shared space. The kitchen is placed in a separate room to suit Eastern cooking methods.

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Homestead of Pureness Residential

Homestead of Pureness

Homestead of Pureness is a residential interior design for a four-room home in Taiwan. The public area follows a semi-open layout, and glass screens with titanium-plated frames separate the zones while keeping the space visually open. A sliding door closes the kitchen to contain cooking smells during use. The master bedroom and the children's room were each reduced by 50 centimeters to enlarge the study. Grey, lavender and light wooden tones are combined with a marble television wall, and dark brown furniture balances the light surfaces.

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