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Heting Barbecue Restaurant and Bar

Heting Barbecue

Heting Barbecue is a restaurant and bar interior located on the third floor of a commercial building in Jinan. The 360 square meter space combines barbecue dining, an izakaya, a music restaurant and a bar. Wood, stone, light and shadow are arranged in an architectural manner, creating varied views within a limited area. A dislocated background wall stands at the center of the dining area, where lighting reveals contrasts between different material surfaces. Old green bricks recall the historic character of the city.

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Sunac Emerald Coast Sales Center

Sunac Emerald Coast

Sunac Emerald Coast is a sales and experience center for a coastal property development in Wenzhou, China. The 4000 square meter interior contains a 1300 square meter sales space, a 2150 square meter life experience space and a 550 square meter auxiliary space. Independent functional areas are linked by a fluid circulation route, and each area has its own atmosphere. An ocean theme guides the design, with marine animal motifs used as decoration. Beige stone outlines the main structure, handmade glass bricks with rippled texture recall water, and the main hall ceiling is clad in LED panels.

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Vanke Metropolis Sales Exhibition Center

Vanke Metropolis

The project function of the space is a metaphor of the structure of life, then culture is the filler of life, and the parallel is the complete expression of space design from the inside out. The cultural and creative products in the retail area with the staircase library below, make the space not only to meet the functional needs but also to reach more in depth into the spiritual level.

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Qabalan Bakery

Qabalan

Qabalan is the interior design of a bakery of 440 square metres in Amman, Jordan. The space is divided into zones for Arabic sweets, foreign bread, pizza and pastry, and Arabic pita bread, with a central display for cakes, desserts and chocolate. Crystal glass display units are lit at 4000 kelvin. Shelf heights are adjustable and baskets can be removed for refilling and cleaning. Staff circulation is separated from customer circulation, and service access comes from the back, since the bakery operates twenty four hours a day.

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Shenzhen Invison Hotel

Shenzhen Invison

Shenzhen Invison is a hotel interior design covering 15368.8 square meters in Shenzhen. The theme is a search for lost time, drawing on local memories such as fishing villages and science and technology districts. Lingnan culture is combined with industrial metal materials to create a modern and detailed order. In the lobby, brick walls are laid in layers of uniform proportion, checked on site for both strength and visual effect. Extensive floor-to-ceiling windows bring natural light into the guest rooms and help reduce energy use.

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Encounter Office Space

Encounter

Encounter is an office space designed for a design studio in Fujian Province, China. The project places a quiet interior within a busy street block. The entrance is set back and opens laterally to create a buffer between inside and outside. A sunken reception and seating area gives a sense of visual dislocation and psychological enclosure. Curved door openings soften the straight lines of the plan. Glass walls blur the boundary between interior and exterior, and the space is supported by a single column. Materials include micro cement, steel plate and clear glass.

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