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Chuan San Hao Train Hotpot

Chuan San Hao

Chuan San Hao is a hotpot restaurant built from genuine green-skinned train carriages. The carriages stand on parallel tracks laid along a wetland shoreline, so windows frame open views of the landscape. The original exteriors are polished and repainted to keep the authentic structure. The kitchen is placed in the middle carriage, linking passenger and private dining carriages to the north and south. An added intermediate space acts as an airlock, holding insulation, ventilation and a storage room for clothing. Private carriages include VIP and semi-private sections.

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Soo's 78 Residence

Soo's 78

Project Soo's 78 is a calm and timeless home designed with a slow living philosophy for a retired mother. Major makeover transforms this 20 year old terrace house into a delicate stylish home that emphasizes openness, lightness, and functionality. The design team's focus on the design was to ensure that the overall space has sufficient natural light, greenery landscape, as well as uninterrupted air flow throughout the entire home to provide an elderly-friendly living space with a warm, cozy and serenity atmosphere.

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Greenland Huangpu Center Office Working Space

Greenland Huangpu Center Office

Greenland Huangpu Center Office is an office interior located in Shanghai. The theme of the project is Office Plus, a concept that is people oriented, smart and innovative. The dynamic curve of the Huangpu River is abstracted into the space to strengthen the link between people and place. A low cost parametric design method creates an immersive setting. Thin wood panels are coated with translucent acrylic at the back and hold lighting elements inside, forming large corridor walls. The construction area is 1,980 square meters and the usable interior area is 1,580 square meters.

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Shimao Neijiang Cuican Yuefu Sales Office

Shimao Neijiang Cuican Yuefu

Neijiang Cuican Yuefu is a sales office interior located in Neijiang, China. The concept follows the theme of one river, one city, one courtyard. In the lobby, white grille screens and a dark ink toned floor recall the currents of the Tuo river and the river culture of the city. The sandbox area is based on the idea of the city, and white grille elements form its main feature. The ceiling of the sandbox area is shaped to bring in natural light through a skylight. Materials include silk cladding glass, lime marble and titanium plated stainless steel.

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Arup Taipei Office Interior

Arup Taipei

Arup Taipei is an office interior created for the regional office of an international engineering company in Taipei. The plan covers 283 square meters and includes a reception, an open working area with more than forty desks, meeting rooms, a pantry, a bar area and a breastfeeding room. Bright orange and red brand colors are painted on four columns near the entrance, where the company mark is placed. Cement-textured walls and hanging strip lights refer to design, engineering and construction. A green moss wall in the reception area expresses sustainable design.

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Opus One Sales Office

Opus One

Opus One is a sales office interior located in Hangzhou, China, covering 1300 square meters. The design takes the nearby Qiantang River as its theme and brings the element of water into the interior. Wired glass screens are arranged in an array, and their semi-transparent texture gives the space a light and open feeling. In the elevator hall, staggered geometric lines and vertical forms emphasize a technological character. The audio-visual room takes the shape of a spaceship. A waterscape in the reception hall turns the garden into an indoor landscape.

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After Life Restaurant

After Life

After Life is a themed restaurant and bar located in Downtown Dubai. The venue covers 500 square meters of interior space with an attached open balcony of 150 square meters. The entrance forms a tunnel with a mountain-like wall, engraved Babylonian script panels, burnt candles on a shelf and rock-shaped crystals hanging from the ceiling. A foyer with a driftwood tree and a large log chair leads into the main hall. The island bar appears carved from stone and is marked by a serpentine crystal installation of 30 meters. Rustic Indian sandstone covers the floor in a random pattern.

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Omakase Restaurant

Omakase

Omakase is a restaurant interior design for a kaiseki dining space in Shanghai, China. The design concept combines sakura petals and dewdrops within glass partitions, creating a clear decorative effect. Multiple layers of glass reflect light and shadow to form a dream-like setting. Pink sakura motifs contrast with a golden tatami room. The main materials are glass, paint and tatami, selected with environmental protection in mind. The building has two floors and a total area of 140 square meters. Central air conditioning, fire sprinklers and kitchen fittings support a safe dining space.

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Reading Tea Teahouse

Reading Tea

Reading Tea is a teahouse interior covering 380 square meters in Chongqing. The design joins traditional Chinese materials with a modern spatial approach. Natural logs are divided into wood pieces 100 millimeters wide and 5 millimeters thick. These flexible pieces are bent into curved forms that keep the character of wood and create a new spatial shape. Wood walls and stainless steel walls of the same tone connect the areas. Natural stone is polished into an uneven surface that suits the wood. Gray tones and rustic floor tiles complete the calm setting.

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Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel Hospitality Interior Design

Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel

Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel is a hospitality interior design project located in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China. The hotel contains 323 guestrooms and suites with skyline views and open-plan bathrooms, dining outlets and more than 4000 square metres of meeting and banquet space. The interior refers to the position of the city as a port on the Yangtze River, so water is a central element. Colours and forms taken from Chinese landscape painting guide the theme. Durable and non-toxic materials were selected, and the floor plan was reorganised to use the space efficiently.

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Human Haus TP Clothing Store

Human Haus TP

Human Haus TP is a clothing store interior in Taiwan that also sells beverages. The space covers 115.7 square meters on the ground floor of a 40-year-old building. Beige tones and water-based stone paint give the walls a finely textured surface, recalling a raw piece of fabric. Curves and linear lighting guide movement and set the fitting room apart from the sofa area. Two routes link the outdoor terrace, the semi-outdoor waiting area and the interior. Open gaps between the cabinets ease circulation and keep the garments in focus.

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The Unity of Zen and Martial Arts Tea Shop

The Unity of Zen and Martial Arts

The Unity of Zen and Martial Arts is a tea shop interior in Foshan, China. The design joins local culture with a brand culture based on new tea drinking. Foshan is known as a home of Wing Chun, and the wooden dummy used in Wing Chun inspired the spatial structure. Horizontal and vertical wooden members are joined with traditional mortise and tenon work, dividing the gray slate space into clear layers. Transparent acrylic boxes above the wooden posts hold dancing lion and pot wall symbols of Lingnan culture. A long central tea table recalls tea mountains.

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