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Workplace designed as an urban sanctuary
Bean Buro discusses the design of Palatino Hospitality’s Hong Kong workplace, where biophilic design, warm materiality and hospitality principles combine to create a calm retreat within the city.
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Genso turns the racecourse into a cinematic city
Joyce Wang Studio transforms Sha Tin Racecourse into Genso, a retrofuturist dining and entertainment world with a cinematic atmosphere.
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Hong Kong Art Week wraps up for another year
Where East Meets West and where leading commercial galleries connect with global audiences in an energetic week of sales, conversations, programmes and cultural exchange.
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Sky Garden at Kai Tak: An archipelago in the air
New Office Works transforms a former airport precinct into a floating garden at The Cullinan, layering social and serene landscapes across two elevated levels overlooking Victoria Harbour.
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Mangrove garden: Bean Buro reimagines corporate culture in Hong Kong
Bean Buro transforms a financial office into a biophilic workplace using local art, hospitality design and wellbeing-driven spaces.
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Experiential design with a capital ‘E’
It’s bold, breathtaking and almost surreal – and for Alexander Wong, it’s a winning project that explores the depths of experiential design.
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Hong Kong welcomes a new ONE BEDFORD PLACE
ONE BEDFORD PLACE is the latest project from via. that combines beautiful design and ultimate function with outstanding results.
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Coffeelin’s coffee-to-cocktail concept grows in Hong Kong
JJ Acuña / Bespoke Studio partners with Coffeelin to inaugurate locations in Central and Fortress Hill.
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Naturally man-made
The latest project from via. speaks of the natural world and provides a place to work for the World Wildlife Fund in Hong Kong. The design is elegant and fitting for both staff and visitors as the surrounding habitat and the man-made sit comfortable together.
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A townplace for a bustling city
TOWNPLACE WEST KOWLOON is certainly the place to stay in Hong Kong. With refined aesthetics and functionality at its core, this is a hospitality destination that caters to the individual and does it with effortless style and panache.
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Precision in practice: Adventist Medical Centre – CWB by Napp Studio & Architects
Adventist Medical Centre – CWB is a pilot project in which a curated medical interior enriches user experience while addressing operational imperatives with precision.
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Far from the madding crowd, better health through great design in Hong Kong
The AIA Alta Wellness Haven offers the complete package for health and wellbeing away from the busy city life in Hong Kong and does it through a stellar interior design.
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Naturally minimal: The Kowloon Bay workplace balancing technology with wellbeing
SEE HOW GROUP has completed Ricoh HK with an emphasis on wellbeing, integrated technology and an overall tone of understatement.
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Aesop reopens on Hollywood Road in Hong Kong
The interiors referenced the metropolis’ culture and heritage, interweaved with contemporary vibrancy of the locale.
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ONE SOHO Clubhouse by via. blends historic arts and contemporary aesthetic
ONE SOHO in Hong Kong creates a home away from home and does it with infinite style and comfort.
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Landmark South enhances employee interaction and connection to nature
Located on the outskirts of Hong Kong, Landmark South designed by Bean Buro matches environmental focus with a design that is intended to foster communication, collaboration, and employee wellbeing.
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Weave Residences – Robinson: A Nordic-inspired rental apartment in Hong Kong
Weave Living, Asia Pacific’s premier lifestyle rental accommodation provider redefines urban dwelling with the introduction of its newest property.
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8 highlights from Harmony in Diversity architecture exhibition
The Kuala Lumpur-Nanjing-Hong Kong Roving Architecture Exhibition, which will move to Nanjing in October, explores the interconnection between people, spaces, and species.
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An elegant family home designed for work and play
While the home’s aesthetic is refined and elegant, it was imperative that the space be fun for the children, but acoustically robust enough to facilitate the owners’ ongoing need to work from home.
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This cliff-side complex is like a vertical green oasis
Brewin Design Office has completed the interiors for OMA by the Sea, a luxurious residential development set upon a unique cliff topography in Hong Kong.
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OMA by the Sea interiors done by Brewin Design Office
Brewin Design Office has completed the interiors for OMA by the Sea, a luxurious residential development in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.
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“The prospect is bright” for Denton Corker Marshall on its 50th anniversary
A firm that plays the “occasional ratbag to their own rule making”, Denton Corker Marshall has just celebrated its 50th anniversary. Explore the rules and ratbags that make this Australian-founded architectural practice truly exceptional.
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Future-focused and ready for business: LAAB Architects in Hong Kong
Designing for function, form and the experiential, LAAB Architects has achieved a new vision for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in a project that is both sophisticated and progressive.
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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange gets an upgrade
Designing for function, form and the experiential, LAAB Architects has achieved a new vision for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in a project that is both sophisticated and progressive.
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HUMANSA Hong Kong: A new way to health and wellbeing in the busy city
A new destination in Hong Kong provides all that is required to support health and wellbeing. PANORAMA Design Group has created a wonderful environment that is anything but ordinary.
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HUMANSA: A new way to health and wellbeing in the busy city
A new destination in Hong Kong provides all that is required to support health and wellbeing but in oh such a wonderful environment that is anything but ordinary.
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Yin Yang Tai Chi Centre repositions an ancient art for a new generation
Located centrally in Causeway Bay, and designed by ADRO, the Yin Yang Tai Chi Centre draws on everything from Ming Dynasty aesthetics to Bruce Lee movies for inspiration.
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Bean Buro creates a playful and porous workplace within Unicorn Stores headquarters
Drawing on traditional Japanese architecture as well as the designers’ own international backgrounds, Bean Buro has created an interior office space with a distinctly modern atmosphere.
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Playful and porous work: Bean Buro in Hong Kong
Drawing on traditional Japanese architecture as well as the designers’ own international backgrounds, Bean Buro has created an interior office space with a distinctly modern atmosphere.
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ADD+ restaurant by LAAB Architects adds so much more to art and the experiential
Leading the way in original thinking, LAAB Architects has created a new hospitality space in the M+ Museum that brings the art of dining in style to hungry patrons.
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Discover “digital nature” at Mosu Hong Kong
Indoor landscape meets animated digital lighting in Mosu Hong Kong by LAAB. Join us as we savour the interiors of this Korean restaurant.
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Technology meets nature at Mosu Hong Kong conceived by LAAB Architects
The M+ Museum is the place to visit for a cultural journey but couple this with fine dining in a beautifully designed restaurant and the experience is complete. Mosu Hong Kong is certainly the place to visit not just for superb cuisine but a design experience that more than complements the dining occasion.
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Contempo, via’s new design office is more than a workplace
With a brand-new studio, via. sets the tone for working in style the Contempo way. It’s bespoke and beautiful and certain to become the talk of Hong Kong.
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Warner Music unveils ‘music box-inspired’ Hong Kong office
While the recording company’s new home base ticks all the relevant boxes in terms of acoustics and usability, it also offers some interesting design surprises.
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4 progressive projects in Asia shortlisted for 2022 INDE.Awards
The INDE.Awards is unique in its celebration of the Indo Pacific, bringing together the most outstanding in architecture and design to celebrate that which defines our region. Together with Zenith, we explore the projects making a statement.
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3 stunning creations by André Fu for Hong Kong Palace Museum
André Fu’s design language derives from his desire to create a cross-cultural dialogue initiated by the Hong Kong Palace Museum, and now he revolutionised the concept of modern luxury articulation for the historical and artistic exchanges that comprise the institution.
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M+ Cinema, part of landmark visual culture museum in HK, now open
Designed by global firm Herzog & de Meuron with furnishings by Kvadrat, the new facility is set to broaden the possibilities for cinema-going Hong Kongers.
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Steve Leung Design Group reimagines contemporary living in China with its new design brand, SL2.0
SL2.0 provides high quality design solutions for mid- to high-end residential market in Mainland China.
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Craft and sustainability converge in KIN Food Halls
It’s bold and beautiful, contemporary and sustainable. Studio Adjective has created a food hall that we all want to visit – if only to enjoy the fine interior that creates the umami design effect.
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How the community can help architects design better neighbourhoods
Two Hong Kong design practices are encouraging people to take a pause and appreciate the spatial qualities of their local neighbourhoods.
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Bean Buro strikes a delicate balance
This agile, comfortable destination by Bean Buro puts the emphasis on a soothing and encouraging environment – the perfect place for learning about the retail trade.
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Bean Buro conceives a retail academy for the future
The latest design from Bean Buro provides a place of learning, a space to connect and the ideal environment to present the essence of iconic retail brands and it’s called Moulding Talent.
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Steve Leung Design Group transports diners from Hong Kong to Japan in God of Teppanyaki
Steve Leung Design Group curates an upscale ambience distinguished by Japanese design elements and thoughtful spatial plan that offers patrons utmost discretion.
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Steve Leung Design Group transports diners from Hong Kong to Japan in God of Teppanyaki
Steve Leung Design Group curates an upscale ambience distinguished by Japanese design elements and thoughtful spatial plan that offers patrons utmost discretion.
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JJ Acuna on hospitality design in Asia-Pac
Hong Kong-based designer and consummate cosmopolitan, JJ Acuna of Bespoke Studio, muses on the changing face of hospitality and design across Asia Pacific.
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Inside Hassell’s fit-out for HSBC Hong Kong
Hassell’s multi-faceted workspace for HSBC Hong Kong that feels as much like home as it does a place for entertaining.
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Atrium House: A clubhouse modelled after traditional courtyard houses
Atrium House by via. is an enviable clubhouse in Hong Kong that services its residences with luxe communal areas and picturesque mountain views.
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Hong Kong’s via. conceives an enviable clubhouse
Designed by Hong Kong multi-disciplinary studio via., Atrium House is a clubhouse that services its residences with luxe communal areas, including a pool, a banquet dining room, tea room and chess pavilion.
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The importance of biophilia in high-density cities
From urban biodiversity to architectural microclimates, MK Leung of Ronald Lu & Partners pens an essay exploring what the urban biophilia movement could mean for our planet’s future.
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Sim-Plex creates a hybrid office space within 31sqm
What use does the idle office have, if we’re all working from home? Sim-Plex Design Studio proposes an adaptive spatial solution for hybrid working.
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Adaptive space caters for hybrid work/life the Sim-Plex way
What use does the idle office have, if we’re all working from home? Sim-Plex Design Studio proposes an adaptive spatial solution for hybrid working.
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Zenith conquers new frontiers with showroom in Shenzhen
The new space makes waves in one of the most popular cities in Southeast China by showcasing the best in corporate and commercial furniture.
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Zenith advances its presence across APAC with a new showroom in China
The new space makes waves in one of the most popular cities in Southeast China by showcasing the best in corporate and commercial furniture.
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Instagram-worthy interstices complete this HK retail interior
In Hong Kong, Bean Buro rejuvenated common areas of a trendy APM shopping mall to appeal to its social media savvy habitués.
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A Focus On Designing For The Future As HK Partners With UK For BODW
Hear from leaders in the creative industries of the UK, Hong Kong and elsewhere as they address the theme ‘Design the Future, Create Tomorrow’ at Business of Design Week in Hong Kong in December.
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Steve Leung Reinterprets Vintage Flair For Today’s Consumer At SIXA
The retro charm of 1960s Hong Kong is given a fresh contemporary spirit at SIXA restaurant by Steve Leung Hospitality.
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La Maison Goutal: Asian Flagship Store By via architecture
Designed by via architecture, perfume house La Maison Goutal’s first boutique in Hong Kong is a graceful ode to the brand’s legacy and its founder.
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Hawker Reload: The social obligation of architecture
The winner of the INDE.Awards 2019 Influencer category (partnered by Careers Indesign) exemplifies the massive impact that a socially-minded vision can have.
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Colourful brise-soleil: Henning Larsen’s French International School of Hong Kong
Rather than relegating learning to only classrooms, Henning Larsen’s Hong Kong studio has designed the entire French International School of Hong Kong as a playground for exploration, education and eco-friendliness.
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Henning Larsen’s Pedagogical Innovation At The French International School Of Hong Kong
Rather than relegating learning to only classrooms, Henning Larsen’s Hong Kong studio has designed the entire French International School of Hong Kong as a playground for exploration, education and eco-friendliness.
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Multiple Narratives At Aesop’s Gough Street HK Store By March Studio
Aesop’s Gough Street store pays tribute to Hong Kong’s vertical urban character, as well as the store’s original printing press bones and the humble but effervescent glass brick.
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Online offline: AIM Architecture’s retail journey for Harmay
Designed by AIM Architecture, online cosmetic brand Harmay’s first brick-and-mortar store in Hong Kong is a curious, delightful counterpoint to the transactional straightforwardness of online shopping.
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A Rejuvenated Harbourside Experience At The Avenue Of Stars
It is not often that a landscape architect is asked to redesign a stretch of one of the most iconic harbours in the world. James Corner Field Operations has updated the Avenue of Stars promenade for the twenty-first century.
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Avenue Of Stars Rejuvenation: A New Experience Of The Harbourside
It is not often that a landscape architect is asked to redesign a stretch of one of the most iconic harbours in the world. James Corner Field Operations has updated the Avenue of Stars promenade for the twenty-first century.
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5 Minutes With… Chui Lai Judy Cheung Of Cheungvogl
INDE.Awards 2019 Jury member Chui Lai Judy Cheung, co-founder of Cheungvogl (with Christoph Hoelscher Vogl), tells us about poetic pragmatism, progressive clients and what she’ll be looking for in this year’s entries.
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Small In Size, Big In Effect: Taikoo Shing Apartment by Studio Adjective
There are many ways to tackle the constraints of small square footage. Studio Adjective’s clever space planning and use of materials for an apartment in Hong Kong makes an exemplary case study.
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The break down – Hong Kong Business of Design Week
Heading to Hong Kong Business of Design Week next week? Here are the five key events we’ve put in our schedules, as well as a discount booking code!
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The Break Down – Hong Kong Business Of Design Week
Heading to Hong Kong Business of Design Week next week? Here are the five key events we’ve put in our schedules, as well as a discount booking code!
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Hong Kong x Melbourne At Business Of Design Week
Will you be attending Business of Design Week this December? Here’s a quick wrap of what you can expect to see and hear this year from Indesign’s Melbourne-based Editor Alice Blackwood.
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Melbourne x Hong Kong at Business of Design Week
Are you heading over to Hong Kong for the Business of Design Week this December? Here’s a quick wrap of what you can expect to see and hear this year.
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A Flexible And Durable Home For A Growing Family By Bean Buro
How do you address the complex relationships between members of a growing family within their home? Bean Buro has created an apartment that appeals across generations.
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M+ Exhibits Isamu Noguchi and Danh Vo Works In Hong Kong
The ‘Counterpoint’ exhibition at Hong Kong’s M+ Pavilion sees Vo’s work in dialogue with that of the famed Japanese-American designer and artist. We speak to M+’s Chief Curator about the exhibition and how it came about.
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Joyce Wang Evokes the Peruvian Landscape At ICHU Peru
Peru’s changing altitudes inspired a richly textured interior experience at one of central Hong Kong’s newest restaurants.
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Modern Izakaya Fukuro By A Work Of Substance Is Brimming With Mystery And Character
Patrons can escape from the cacophony of Hong Kong’s bustling streets at Fukuro, which offers the intimacy of traditional izakayas but with a modern twist.
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Richardson Sadeki’s Sky-High Luxury At The Morgan Sky Duplex
A lavish interior has been unveiled for this exclusive two-storey apartment, which has its own private terrace overlooking the mountainside – a rarity in Hong Kong.
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The Murray by Foster + Partners Offers A New Social Space
For luxury hotel The Murray, Foster + Partners breathe life into a conserved building whose magnificent architecture provides the starting point for both intimate and public engagement.
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Shares Of Steve Leung Design Group Commence Trading On Hong Kong Stock Exchange
And it’s been a good start for the renowned interior design company. The first day of trading saw shares surge 30 per cent against the offer price.
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M+ Museum’s New Exhibition Explores Southeast Asia’s Diverse Creativity
The museum’s first interdisciplinary exhibition has opened at the M+ Pavilion in Hong Kong. It studies SEA’s vast assortment of cultural expressions.
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Philip Wong Joins LWK As Director
He will focus on healthcare and senior housing projects, drawing on experience in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
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M+ Goes In Search Of Southeast Asia With Its New Exhibition
The museum’s first interdisciplinary exhibition has opened at the M+ Pavilion, offering glimpses at the varied cultural expressions of Southeast Asia.
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The Murray by Foster + Partners Offers Hong Kong A New Social Space
For luxury hotel The Murray, Foster + Partners breathe life into a conserved building whose magnificent architecture provides the starting point for both intimate and public engagement.
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WilkinsonEyre Explores Boundaries In Hong Kong
The global architecture practice presents a selection of their work through a beautiful and unearthly new medium.
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Alexander Wong’s Futurama
The founder of Alexander Wong Architects has a vision for the world of the future. We take a look at how this comes through in a collective of his latest designs.
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Filling the Expanse: Quiet Grandeur in a Penthouse by Brewin Design Office
In a penthouse abutting Hong Kong’s Victoria Peak, Brewin Design Office ensures that the luxury of light, nature and space is felt at every turn.
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Addressing The Future Of China’s Rapidly Growing Cities At UABB
MVRDV, Atelier Bow Wow and URBANUS head to Hong Kong and Shenzhen for the 2017 Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (UABB).
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Homes Within a Home: Bean Buro’s Ingenious Design for a Family Apartment
Architecture and interior design practice Bean Buro makes space for three generations in a 2,500-square-foot flat in Hong Kong’s Jardine’s Lookout.
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Homo Ex Data: Is Technology Man’s Best Friend?
Red Dot Design collaborates with the Hong Kong Design Institute on an exhibition that considers how deeply data and technology are entwined with our lives.
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Big Names and Big Discussions in HK for BODW
Do names such as Herzog, Fuksas, Fujimoto, van Berkel and Bellini set your heart aflutter? Then you’ll want to pack your bags for Hong Kong’s Business of Design Week 2017. They’ll be there in December!
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Shine On, You Crazy Diamond! Prismverse Shanghai by XEX
When US skincare brand Dr.Jart+ commissioned Hong Kong designers XEX to create an interactive installation in Shanghai, they never could have imagined it would be this remarkable and outrageous.
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A Striking Retail Space Designed Around The Idea Of ‘Gift Boxes’
Designed by One Plus Partnership, the new retail experience store for jewellry house Chow Thai Fook in Hong Kong’s Yoho Mall uses the brand’s signature gift boxes as the driving theme.
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Shine on, you crazy diamond! Prismverse Shanghai by XEX Studio
When US skincare brand Dr.Jart+ commissioned XEX Studio to create an interactive installation in Shanghai, they never could have imagined it would be this remarkable and outrageous.
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Happy Third Birthday To Zenith In Hong Kong!
As Zenith celebrates their third anniversary in Hong Kong, we look to some of the brand’s landmark achievements in designing the Asia Pacific A+D world.
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André Fu’s Relaxed Luxury at Pacific Place HK
What’s a high-end mall to do to attract and retain the right customers in the age of e-commerce? Offer an exclusive membership, of course, and a luxurious designer lounge.
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This library of rare and exotic spirits is hidden treasure
Find it if you can. Clue: 64 Staunton Street.
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How Morty’s Delicatessen got an instant design upgrade
Simple materials + clever layout overhaul = an incredibly hip New York-inspired deli.
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What Makes an Interior ‘Entertaining’? Joyce Wang Explores in HK
Joyce Wang designs the Entertainment Suite at Hong Kong’s Landmark Mandarin Oriental hotel, striking a balance between intrigue and relaxation.
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Is this a home in Hong Kong or a loft in Manhattan?
When a nomadic, creative couple picks a raw, defunct warehouse amid the manic industrial vibes of southern Hong Kong as their home, you know that you’re in for some major #homeenvy.
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Landmark Mandarin Oriental taps Joyce Wang again
A 2,250 sqft suite with sleek surprised-filled cabinets, a movie-buff-approved entertainment system and a sculpture-like Palissandro bathtub? We’re sold.
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WeWork Hong Kong by NC Design & Architecture
The 60,000-sq-m space unfolds over eight floors and aims to encourage social interaction rather than a place to simply come and work in isolation. But outside of the obvious “collaboration stations” how are we designing spaces that actually make us want to get together?
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WeWork Hong Kong by NC Design & Architecture
The 60,000-sq-m space unfolds over eight floors and aims to encourage social interaction rather than a place to simply come and work in isolation. But outside of the obvious “collaboration stations” how are we designing spaces that actually make us want to get together?