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Tea Culture Exploration Hall

Song Han Exploration Hall Interior Friday, 22 December 2023

Tea Culture

Tea Culture is a small tea culture experience hall designed as a calm setting for tasting tea. Several horizontal and vertical spaces are joined into one continuous area where visitors can walk freely, meet one another or pause and look back. The layout was inspired by folded paper, and the resulting shifts of perspective give the interior both classical quietness and modern vitality. Slender grids replace the surface texture of paper. Each space is reduced to a simple function, so visitors can relax before the tea is served.

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Glass Core Lobby

Kris Lin Lobby Interior Thursday, 21 December 2023

Glass Core

Glass Core is a reception lobby designed for a community building in Jiaxing, China. The lobby is reached by an elevator that rises through an atrium of 18 meters in height. The elevator shaft is built with a steel structure that supports glass panels combined with LED lights, so the volume glows and marks the entrance of the building. The translucent glass is inlaid with metal, giving a texture similar to white jade with a gold rim. A rectangular staircase is placed around the elevator, so visitors can move by stairs or by elevator. The total area is 1000 square meters.

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Living Naturally Residential House

Hui Ting Wang Residential House Interior Wednesday, 20 December 2023

Living Naturally

Living Naturally is the interior design of a four-floor villa in Tainan, Taiwan, shared by three generations of one family. Modern style is combined with Japanese design techniques, and natural materials such as plain surfaces and stacked wood create a calm and comfortable atmosphere. The outer walls are solid to protect privacy, while large windows face the inner garden. Glass partitions, including a floor-to-ceiling glass wall behind the sofa, extend daylight and open views. A sliding glass door between the living room and the dining room can be opened or closed as needed.

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Enterprise Mansion Club

Jian Li Club Interior Tuesday, 19 December 2023

Enterprise Mansion

Enterprise Mansion is a clubhouse interior with a total area of 2185 square meters. The design is based on the traditional Chinese courtyard, a long-standing symbol of domestic life and culture. The layout follows the idea of unity between people, architecture and nature, placing gardens, trees and open sky within the built space. Materials include cassia siamea wood, river grey stone, dolomite, bronze stainless steel and hand-painted wired glass. The project began in Shanghai in October 2017 and was completed in Nantong in September 2019.

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Joelalli Resort Hotel Reception Center

Hongfei Yan Hotel Reception Center Interior Monday, 18 December 2023

Joelalli Resort

Joel Alli Resort is a hotel reception center located in the Moganshan Scenic Area in Deqing, China. The interior covers 580 square meters at the foot of a mountain. The design connects the building with the surrounding nature. Natural elements such as mountains, water, clouds and bamboo guide the layout. Ceiling heights and widths change according to the function of each area. Glass walls extend the view from cloud-shaped lanterns to the distant hills. The lobby desk is made of century-old wood, cut to show its original growth rings.

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Deer Academy Office

Qi Studio Office Interior Sunday, 17 December 2023

Deer Academy

Deer Academy is a cultural reading space designed inside a commercial interior of 2000 square meters. The design follows the concept of an atmosphere library, which joins the humanistic character of a traditional local academy with intelligent technology of the present day. Oriental aesthetics guide the shaping of the rooms, while contrast, openness, flow and mutual integration order the details. The quiet interior makes the commercial space feel warm and suitable for reading and rest.

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