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Tomson Riviera Penthouse

Ben Wu Penthouse Interior Wednesday, 28 February 2024

Tomson Riviera

Tomson Riviera is a penthouse interior located in the Lujiazui financial centre in Shanghai. The design covers 649 square metres and was completed in July 2019. The main hall has a limestone wall six metres high, with softly curved corners and an arch that forms a stove. The facing wall is wrapped in leather. The staircase is finished in dark oak on the outside and white cowhide on the steps, and it opens to a view of the Huangpu River. Six rooms, five suites, a storage system of about 120 square metres and a movable dressing room support daily family life.

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Oath Of The Sea Banquet Space

Wei Zhang Banquet Space Interior Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Oath Of The Sea

In traditional Chinese culture, high hopes are placed on loyalty. The bride and groom need to sign a covenant before they can get married, which is called each other. But this is just a vision that is not easy to achieve. Have you ever thought that you can really swear in the sea and make a covenant in front of the mountain? This wedding banquet space is to create, creative and interact with a vision that is not easy to achieve, presenting an undersea and mountain wedding covenant that highlights the immersive experience.

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Fairy Tale Forest Amenity

Hsu Fu Chu Amenity Interior Monday, 26 February 2024

Fairy Tale Forest

Fairy Tale Forest is an amenity space of 950 square meters in Taichung, Taiwan. The interior follows a loop layout that makes the narrow area varied and interesting. Arcs of different sizes divide the space by function and form the public art theme. An arc-shaped flower stand of black-grey stone greets people at the entrance. Water features, greenery and animal sculptures create a storybook setting. Multi-layer planting balances humidity and temperature, lets air circulate and brings in sunlight, so the use of air conditioning and lighting is reduced.

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Dunes Auditorium

Muhammed El Sepaey Auditorium Interior Sunday, 25 February 2024

Dunes

Design aims to attract students through offering both traditional and modern attitude, to strengthen student's belonging to the campus and constant aspiration for success. The entire palette of materials was chosen to suit the historic surroundings, inspired by the Kingdom historical heritage, the Arabian Desert and sand dunes that express the beauty and dynamic movement of the wind. Machs visitors are welcomed by big lobby with an iconic dome and medical art wall full of chemicals and medicine symbols by many languages of science, to create interactive spaces to be part of students' memories.

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Mecha Uma Restaurant

Jorge Manuel Yulo Restaurant Interior Saturday, 24 February 2024

Mecha Uma

Mecha Uma is a restaurant interior designed as a culinary performance venue in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Metro Manila. The 64 square meter space serves creative Japanese cuisine to two sets of ten guests each night. A counter surrounds the open kitchen, and seating is arranged so that the chef and the guests meet at the same level while each dish is introduced. The material theme is raw, with concrete, steel, copper, glass and wood. A light sculptural cloud hovers above the kitchen, recalling a thought cloud drawn in comic books.

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Dreamland Highlight Product Innovation

Unique Store Fixtures Highlight Product Innovation Interior Friday, 23 February 2024

Dreamland

Dreamland is an exhibition booth designed to present quartz stone surfaces in an unexpected way. The installation turns heavy stone slabs into soft shapes such as clouds, a rainbow and a lightning bolt. Waterjet cut quartz is combined with computer cut plywood bases and welded steel frames, which support cantilevered and suspended elements. LED lighting is fitted to each stone piece, and the wiring is hidden below a raised floor. Visitors walk through the space and see a familiar material in a light-hearted way.

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