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Elizabeth's Tree House Dining Hall

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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Industrial Bank Office

Industrial Bank

Industrial Bank is a bank interior design covering 890 square meters in Changchun. The concept draws on Song Dynasty landscape painting, and traditional Chinese references are expressed through lines, colors, forms and textures instead of literal ornament. Neutral tones such as moonlight white, tea white and rice gray create a calm atmosphere, with accents of dark blue and turmeric. The front desk is formed by simple splicing, and niche elements divide columns and walls. A semi-open calligraphy and tea area is softened by linear lighting.

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Interesting White Office

Interesting White

Interesting White is an office interior that also serves as a showroom for imported glass partitions. The 80 square meter space is located in an office building in Shenzhen, China, with views of the Hong Kong coastline. A sunken multifunctional reception area supports relaxed meetings, new product presentations and flexible work. Light boxes, mirrors and a guidance system direct attention to the glass partitions and extend the sense of space. Materials include wooden flooring, Mongolian black stone, ultra-white glass and lacquered board.

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Saline Fusion Sale Center

Saline Fusion

Saline Fusion is a sales center interior located in Tianjin, China, covering 1166 square meters. Salt and water are used as themes, and are abstractly transformed into the color, texture and shape of the space. White covers a large part of the facade to suggest salt, giving a clean and light feeling. A large installation in the lobby combines many water droplet shapes into a radial artwork. A droplet-shaped pendant hangs above the sand table. Books and art objects on the shelves add a cultural atmosphere.

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Tanyue Mansion Sales Center

Tanyue Mansion

Tanyue Mansion is a sales center for a residential property in Nanning, Guangxi, China. The interior covers 680 square meters and follows a symmetrical layout inspired by ancient oriental academy buildings made of wood, stone and brick. The plan moves from the sand table to the negotiation area and then to the book bar. Screens recall the roof structure of the Zhuang, one of the minority groups in China. Two art installations, one based on calligraphy and one on water, mark the secondary lobby and the reception desk. The design joins local cultural elements with modern space functions.

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Eatime Space Dining and Working

Eatime Space

All humans are entitled to be linked with time and memory. The word Eatime sounds like time in Chinese. Eatime space offers venues to encourage people to eat, work, and recall in peace. The concept of time interacts with workshop closely, which has witnessed changes as time goes by. Based on the workshop style, the design includes industry structure and the environment as basic elements to construct space. Eatime pays homage to the purest form of design by subtly blending the elements lending themselves to both raw and finished decor.

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