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Gather Residence

Gather

Gather is a five-story family residence in Taiwan, covering 1,256.2 square meters with nine suites. The layout serves an extended family of ten. Social areas occupy the first floor, while private suites fill the upper levels. A seven-meter-high stone wall anchors the double-height living room. Curved ceiling light bands link the living and dining areas, and a ginkgo-leaf chandelier marks the dining table. Stone with blue-green veins is the main material, softened by wood veneer panels and solid wood furniture. Japanese mineral wall coatings help regulate moisture.

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Xiyuan Teahouse Hospitality Space

Xiyuan Teahouse

Xiyuan Teahouse is a teahouse interior located beside West Lake in Hangzhou, China. The 1500 square meter space includes an elevated central tea platform, eight private rooms, a sculptural bronze staircase with inlaid greenwood railings, and a water feature integrated with the landscape. Handcrafted wood veneers and light toned plaster walls are used throughout. Custom framed windows open views toward the lake. A loop circulation path guides guests slowly through the rooms. The design reinterprets traditional Eastern aesthetics for a modern hospitality setting.

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The Mordin Hotel Ghuangzhou Furnishings

The Mordin Hotel Ghuangzhou

The Mordin Hotel Ghuangzhou is a five star business hotel located in China Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City. The interior follows a modern minimalist style and frames views of Phoenix Lake. Low saturation neutral tones such as off-white and light gray form the base, while deep gray accents and light blue details add contrast. Glass curtain walls, matte light gray stone and fluorocarbon coated metal profiles shape the building. Business and leisure areas follow parallel circulation, and the multifunctional banquet hall adapts to meetings or dining events.

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Style Kitchen Restaurant

Style Kitchen

Style Kitchen is a restaurant interior located in Kutchan cho, Hokkaido, Japan. The long and narrow space covers 785 square metres and is divided into three zones. Antique wood and stone near the entrance create a casual mood, while the rear zones are more private and quiet. Semi private rooms recall traditional snow huts, and the pendant lights resemble snow crystals. An open kitchen at the centre refers to the Annupuri mountain range. The curtains grow darker toward the back and also improve thermal insulation.

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Kaisen Viking Iroha Restaurant Interior

Kaisen Viking Iroha

Kaisen Viking Iroha is a high capacity buffet restaurant that redefines dining as a spatial and urban experience. A centrally positioned buffet counter organizes circulation into a continuous loop, reducing congestion while enhancing clarity. The design integrates panoramic views of Tokyo Dome City as an active component of the interior, transforming the city into a dynamic backdrop. Natural stone and end-grain wood introduce durability and material depth. The project elevates buffet dining into an immersive spatial system.

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Puer Community Real Estate Sales Center

Puer Community

Puer Community is a real estate sales center located in Pu'er, Yunnan, China, an area known for tea culture. The interior covers 2,700 square meters beneath a roof 10 meters high. The building has a curled tea leaf shape and glass exterior walls. Inside, a suspended wooden installation shaped like a tea leaf runs through the space, acting as the visual focus and guiding the functional layout. Sunlight passing through the glass roof meets the wooden structure and creates changing patterns of light and shadow.

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Red Brick Hotel

Red Brick

Red Brick is a hotel interior at Qinglong Mountain, created through the adaptive reuse of an old wharf. Reclaimed red clay bricks form a light permeable screen instead of a solid wall. The bricks are perforated and held by a concealed stainless steel system, so no wet mortar is used on the facade. Daylight passes through the small openings and casts changing patterns on the interior surfaces. The dry assembly protects the fragile bricks, reduces water use and allows later disassembly. The project reuses heritage material as an active building element.

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Portobella Symphony Restaurant

Portobella Symphony

This project features a rare combination of hand crafted stucco ceilings covering the entire space and an open kitchen concept that brings transparency and theatre to dining. Every ceiling ornament and column detail was sculpted by artisans, giving the restaurant a museum like quality. Together with crystal chandeliers, pastel walls, and bespoke furniture, the design merges classical grandeur with modern hospitality, creating a refined yet welcoming atmosphere.

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Industrial Bank of China Bank Commercial Space

Industrial Bank of China

Industrial Bank of China is an interior design for a bank branch covering 1680 square meters. The space is divided into three zones: a lobby service area, a business transaction area, and a VIP area. Universal service counters stand at the front, while teller and advisor workstations are placed in back office zones. Smart guidance, queuing systems, and digital displays support the service flow. Dedicated areas serve seniors, visitors with limited mobility, and children. Low VOC paints, reclaimed wood, recyclable metals, and prefabricated modules are used.

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Echo Oriental Showroom

Echo Oriental

Echo Oriental is a design reinterprets traditional Chinese cosmology through a contemporary architectural lens. A central double height sand table area serves as the heart of the project, positioned beneath a celestial stretch ceiling that symbolizes the sky over a square floor plan. A signature golden vaulted ceiling with leaf embossing adds tactile richness, while a palette of green marble and warm wood facilitates a sensory dialogue. The spatial choreography utilizes compression and release to guide visitors through a progressive ritual of thresholds.

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Plastic Box  Supermaket

Plastic Box

The project is an example of minimalist brutalism. The space redefines the shopping experience through bold aesthetics and innovative functionality. Conceived as a concrete shell with straight lines and geometric volumes, it conveys a sense of strength and permanence. The most distinctive element is the ceiling, composed of more than a thousand recycled plastic crates arranged in a modular, meticulously aligned manner.

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Mengtai Group Hardtech Pavilion

Mengtai Group

Mengtai Group Hard Technology Pavilion is a corporate exhibition interior located in Ordos, Inner Mongolia. The pavilion covers about 4,500 square meters and includes a showroom, public artworks and outdoor sculptural installations. Display boards and scaled models are replaced by a spatial language drawn from industrial production lines. Walls are assembled from aluminum panels, and the floor uses anodized, custom shaped aluminum elements with seams controlled within 0.2 millimeters. A naked eye 3D system and a 22 meter long CAVE theater guide visitors through a cyclical narrative.

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