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Zhimu Spa Club

Chuanjin Sun Club Interior Wednesday, 21 June 2023

Zhimu Spa

Zhimu Spa is an interior design for a leisure club in Changzhou, China. The project covers 2400 square meters and contains 53 private rooms. The floor height is less than 3 meters, so part of the first floor was opened and a curved stair was added to connect the two levels. The stair stands above a shallow water surface, and the hall behind the stair rises about 7 meters. Stone, wood and fabric are combined. Small landscapes with plants and stones are placed beside the private rooms to link the interior with nature.

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Highpark Suites Interior Common Areas

MIL Design & Construction Interior Common Areas Interior Tuesday, 20 June 2023

Highpark Suites

Highpark Suites Common Areas explores the seamless integration of urban Gen-Y lifestyles with green living, business, leisure, and community. From wow-factor lobbies to sculptural sky courts, function halls, and funky meeting rooms these amenity spaces are designed for residents to use as an extension of their homes. Inspired by seamless indoor vs outdoor living, flexibility, interactive moments, and a palette of urban colors and textures, MIL Design pushed the boundaries to create a unique, sustainable, and holistic community where every space has the residents and tropical environment in min

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Smile Coffee Shop

Bryan Chang Coffee Shop Interior Monday, 19 June 2023

Smile

Smile Coffee is a coffee shop located in a busy city area. The interior follows the Danish idea of Hygge, which describes comfort and quiet happiness in ordinary days. The original cement texture of the building was kept, and recycled wood was used for new surfaces. A U-shaped bar and a long table face the entrance and support service and interaction. Stairs connect three levels, and a glass partition leads to the dining area on the second floor. Prussian blue appears on the outdoor canopy, the wall logo and the indoor sofa. Natural light fills the first floor.

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Space Stack Residential House

Yu-Wen Chiu (Vita) Residential House Interior Sunday, 18 June 2023

Space Stack

Space Stack is a residential interior designed as a vacation house in Taiwan. The home is used by a couple who return to the country and often host guests, so the plan offers hotel style accommodation with a dressing room and a bathroom for visitors. Space lines and colors are simplified, and the storage room, guest bathroom and bedroom entrances are set behind hidden door panels. The main wall of the living room is clad in grey marble, whose reflective surface extends the sense of space. Materials include stone, iron, solid wood, glass and mirror.

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Yunzhou Hall Banquet Center

Qiong Wang Banquet Center Interior Saturday, 17 June 2023

Yunzhou Hall

Yunzhou Banquet Hall is a banquet center located in Wuzhen, China. The interior design combines local traditional culture with contemporary elements, creating a setting for banquets and conferences. Features of the riverside town appear inside, including blue batik cloth, small boats, waterside pavilions and flower-drum opera. A caisson ceiling in the traditional Chinese manner is joined with multilevel spaces and crystal lamps. Main materials are Italian grey stone, blue lacquered wood veneer, wood grain aluminum plate and bronze stainless steel. The hall covers 43485 square meters.

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Hiyama Restaurant

Alvan Suen Restaurant Interior Friday, 16 June 2023

Hiyama

Hiyama is a Japanese restaurant interior designed around the ideas of nature, Zen and the traditional Japanese house. A bar near the entrance serves as a welcome area where guests can sit and wait with drinks. A bamboo path with mist creates the feeling of an outdoor garden. The dining areas are treated as separate houses, seen through the bamboo. A pavilion stands at the end of the path, followed by a main hall placed between a wooden veranda and a balcony facing the harbor. Each room is built as an individual structure with beams and columns.

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