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Home as Retreats Residential House

Home as Retreats

This house is not only for the owner's temporary stay in a city but also a home to get a good rest for a heavy hitter during a busy trip. At the same time, it is also designed as a guest house for distinguished guests. How to define a guest house of the tycoon in this case? And what could be left after a banquet or a party? Good design should look back to people’s inner needs and make them satisfied. In this case, a guest house that offers a great experience on the owner’s journey. To see is to believe. The photos say themselves.

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Social Fun residential house

Social Fun

Social Fun is a residential interior design for a two-level home in Taipei, Taiwan. The design places dining at the centre of daily life. The first floor is inspired by the American bar and includes an L-shaped bar, a sofa, a fireplace and a display wine cabinet. Wooden shutters control the light and the privacy of the long and narrow plan. The second floor makes the kitchen the core, combining a dining table, a cooking area and a bar. A staircase links both levels. Shelves and cabinets fill the fragmented corners between the structural pillars.

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Residence of Hung Residential House

Residence of Hung

Residence of Hung is an interior design for a family home in Taiwan. The layout is open and planned for a young couple who often receive guests. One of the four original rooms was removed and rebuilt as a multi-functional room with glass sliding doors. When the doors are open, the public area doubles in size and can hold more than fifteen people. When the doors are closed, the room offers privacy. Wood pattern and concrete floors define the two sides. A red brick wall, green walls and a blue brick kitchen island shape the industrial style.

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Castle of Fairy Tale Residential House

Castle of Fairy Tale

Castle of Fairy Tale is a duplex apartment interior located on the fifth floor of a residential building. The original layout was closed and dark, so partitions were removed and rebuilt to form a tall hall. The hallway was moved to the exterior and the living room was extended horizontally through an arcade and grating lines that bring in sunlight. Part of the ceiling was removed to increase the vertical height and to create a semi-open attic on the second floor that serves as an extension of the study. Four arch windows in the attic wall hold artwork.

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The Gift Residential House

The Gift

The Gift is the interior renovation of a forty year old villa in a mountain area in Taiwan. The design is based on the idea of shared art. Hand drawn wall art is combined with framed views of the surrounding landscape. Windows and an entrance in three directions support natural air convection. A Nano Photocatalyst system is added to reduce harmful substances in the air. Slanting glass on the inner side of the aluminum grid facade drains rainwater and limits moisture. Floor height differences are removed and a wheelchair ramp is added for older residents.

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Nuanced Light Residential House

Nuanced Light

Nuanced Light is the interior design of a residential holiday villa in Taiwan, covering 413 square meters. The design reinterprets the Art Deco style of the 1920s. Repetitive geometric patterns appear on the wall decoration and on the light fixtures. Metallic details are set within large panels framed in black, white, silver and grey. Diamond-shaped marble on the porch floor echoes the wall decoration on both sides. Black hexagonal wood blocks with golden rims define the symmetrical living and dining rooms.

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RIN Residential House

RIN

Trend is a residential interior design for a house with a useful area of 580 square feet and a garden of 1,100 square feet. A glass corridor is used to make good use of the garden. Sets of movable sliding doors allow different combinations that connect the dining room, the master room and the garden. About half of the long hall was allocated to an open kitchen, and a bar counter was built for light meals. When the folding doors are opened, the indoor dining area and the outdoor sofas form a large guest area for dinners with friends.

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Movable Bookhouse Residential House

Movable Bookhouse

Movable Bookhouse is a residential interior design created for a family of three in an apartment of 220 square meters. The layout joins a play area for children with a comfortable long-term home. Two symmetrical wooden bookshelves take bookstores as a reference and give the open living space a sense of stability. Movable furniture keeps the floor free for activities. Concrete and marble textures form gray and white layers, supported by wooden tones. A cloakroom near the entrance, an open kitchen and double sound insulation add further comfort.

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Vigorousness Residential House

Vigorousness

Vigorousness is a residential interior design of 280 square meters in Taipei, Taiwan. The entrance uses a grid pattern that recalls the image of Chinese arches. Screens and bookcase doors combine traditional Chinese hand woven bamboo with western ironwork. The bamboo sticks are woven with cotton ropes at intervals of 3 millimeters and fixed in frames made of titanium plated stainless steel pipe. Cabinet doors are 2.9 meters high, close to the local floor height of 3 meters, which strengthens the sense of space. Black, white, indigo and blue recall traditional ink landscape painting.

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Smart Wall  Residential House

Smart Wall

Smart wall is a residential interior design project carried out in Changsha. Two inclined walls with folding lines narrow the view of a relatively large stairway and screen the dining area, leading guests directly to the living room on the left. A partition wall was added between the hallway and the dining area, and the stairway direction was turned to the left. The existing aisle was renovated to widen the projection wall in the basement, so the viewing distance became normal. The result is a clearer layout with improved circulation and several functions.

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Life Residential House

Life

Life is a residential interior design for a 247 square metre home in Taipei, Taiwan. The space is treated as a living organism. A vegetation wall based on the aquaponics concept is inlaid in the wall with a stainless steel base, and a fish pond is placed below. Water resistance, rust prevention, light, humidity control and insulation are addressed, and a drain pan eases cleaning. Pale white paving and silver fox marble extend from the entrance to the television wall, kitchen and dining room. Entry flow, aisles and door panels follow barrier free design.

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Space Approach Residential House

Space Approach

Space Approach is a residential interior design created for a home shared by one person and a cat. The unit is over thirty years old and was fully reorganized in Taipei, Taiwan. Three bedrooms were combined into a single room, and the remaining area was opened as a study. The living room, dining room and study are joined through flexible doors, walls and storage. A main wall of wood, double glazing and metal pieces serves as a bookcase and includes a low passage for the cat. Arched ceilings reduce the visual weight of the existing beams.

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