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Essence of Exorbitance Residential Apartment

Fu Ying Huang Residential Apartment Interior Thursday, 15 June 2023

Essence of Exorbitance

Essence of Exorbitance is a residential apartment interior in Taoyuan, Taiwan, covering 209.6 square meters. The entryway is finished with kosmus marble, and the floor is made of three-dimensional concrete panels with a rough texture. In the living and dining area, a marble television wall suggests the form of a waving sea. The wall cabinet doors carry a hand-painted rose image in beige kiln lacquer. Titanium sheets and gold-lacquered cabinets balance the colors and add storage. The master bedroom includes hidden storage for daily needs.

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Where The Root Is Office

Carlie Ling - K.D Hsu Office Interior Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Where The Root Is

Where The Root Is is an office interior located in a historic building in central Shanghai. The root of a tree serves as the core design concept. Dark walnut timber lines cross the flat ceiling to suggest interwoven roots. Patterned timber flooring and wooden grille screens mark circulation and use, while the open screens allow light and air to pass through. A tea reception area greets guests and professional partners. Grey carpet and wool wall covering give the working area a calm tone, and the supervisor office is separated to ensure privacy.

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Extra Time Cinema and Gallery

Xu Studio Cinema and Gallery Interior Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Extra Time

Extra Time Cinema is an on-demand cinema and gallery located on the second basement floor of a shopping mall in Shanghai. The interior covers 800 square meters. A bar stands at the center of a semi-circular space with a radius of 9 meters, so the area can serve as a cafe, a lecture salon, a stage for dance performances and a venue for product launches. The outer wall is wrapped in folded mirrored stainless steel, and the reflections change as people walk past. Curved stainless steel grooves hold light strips and plastic sunlight panels, which glow in blue, green and rose red.

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Tailong College

Black Lv College Interior Monday, 12 June 2023

Tailong

Tailong is a college interior of 12000 square meters located in Hangzhou. The college is divided into three parts: an administrative office area, a teaching classroom area, and living quarters for teachers and students. The design follows the theme of sound and color. Gray tones set the keynote of the teaching block, where acoustic measures reduce noise and control vibration, focusing and standing wave effects. Geometric structures enrich the spatial layers, and color blocks form part of the structure and set the tone of each space.

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Jianjing Office and Cultural Space

Gaofeng Zhu Office and Cultural Space Interior Sunday, 11 June 2023

Jianjing

Jianjing is an office and cultural space of 160 square meters in Suzhou, China. The interior uses calm and elegant colors with natural, plain materials, and takes inspiration from an old tree. A courtyard landscape is created inside the enclosed space, so the seasons, a gentle air flow and comfortable temperatures can be experienced indoors. Tall wood grille walls divide the plan into three halls of different sizes and uses, and grille details continue in other areas. Floors are raised to different heights to support the flow of air.

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Elizabeth's Tree House Dining Hall

McCauley Daye O'Connell Architects Dining Hall Interior Saturday, 10 June 2023

Elizabeth's Tree House

A demonstration of architecture’s role in the healing process, Elizabeth’s Tree House is a new dining pavilion for therapeutic camp in Kildare. Serving children recovering from serious illnesses the space forms a timber oasis in the middle of an oak forest. A dynamic yet functional timber diagrid system includes an expressive roof, extensive glazing, and a colorful larch cladding, creating an interior dining space that forms a dialogue with the surrounding lake and forest. Deep connection with nature at all levels promotes user comfort, relaxation, healing, and enchantment.

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