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Residence

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Mure Et Musc Residence

Mure Et Musc

Mure Et Musc is an apartment interior design completed in Taiwan. The 92.5 square meter home contains three rooms, a living room, a dining room and two bathrooms. The layout was altered to join the dining and piano areas into one multi-functional space, while a room partition was removed to create storage. A wide entrance adds further storage capacity. The television wall is finished with pore-textured diatomaceous earth. Crossroad brick tiles, wood veneer and glass soften the dark industrial palette, and RGB lighting adds depth.

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Whispers of Grace Residence

Whispers of Grace

Whispers of Grace is a residential interior design for a single family home of about 50 square meters. The original layout was inefficient, with oversized beams and columns. Solid partitions were removed, and curved elements and light strips were added at the entrance, above the living room beams and along the television wall. A raised floor and transparent glass sliding doors let natural light reach the interior. A kitchen island and a Japanese style room for tea, reading and meditation complete the plan.

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The Ori Residence

The Ori

The Ori is a residential interior design for an apartment of 112.3 square meters in Taiwan. The home includes three bedrooms, a living room, a dining area and two bathrooms. Light guides the layout. A Japanese pendant lamp marks the entrance, floor-to-ceiling windows frame the Yanshuei River, and a curved ceiling directs light toward the dining area. The curved ceiling also conceals kitchen pipes while preserving room height. Walls are finished in milky white mineral paint, and serpentine patterned ceramic tiles cover the entrance floor. Two storage rooms replace fixed cabinetry.

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Hollow Valley Residence

Hollow Valley

Hollow Valley is a residential interior design for a family of six in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. The home covers 900 square meters and is arranged to balance the lifestyles of two generations. The original building structure was cut and reorganized into geometric blocks, forming crisscrossing paths. A deconstructed staircase with misplaced treads carries light between the floors. The dining and kitchen areas are separated by an elongated central island that offers storage and acts as a gathering point. The island also guides movement through the space like a corridor.

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Everflow Residence

Everflow

Everflow is a residential interior design for an apartment of about 76 square meters in Taiwan. The home has three bedrooms, a living room and a dining room. A diagonal cut at the entrance widens the view of the foyer and conceals appliances and clutter. A curved metal cabinet softens the transition into the social area. The kitchen island is joined to the dining table with mortise-and-tenon craftsmanship, forming a central hub for cooking and gatherings. Matte velvet paint on the ceiling reduces the visual weight of the low beams.

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Timeless Residence

Timeless

Inside, the house is defined by two courtyards, one large and the other small, that are arranged in parallel. The main courtyard is on the south side and features a bamboo grove that draws the eye when one steps into the entryway. A smaller slit-shaped courtyard on the north side is also dotted with plantings and serves as a lightwell, filling the first-floor living room and entryway as well as a second living room upstairs with pleasant, diffuse light.

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Ink Moon Residence

Ink Moon

Ink Moon is a residential interior in Taipei, Taiwan, covering about 110 square meters. The palette of black, gray, and white recalls the soft gradations of traditional ink wash painting. Stone-textured panels, matte and titanium-plated metals, and indirect lighting keep the dark space softly luminous. The entryway holds a screen cabinet that combines a visual focal point with storage. Hexagonal floor tiles mark the transition between areas, and a dark wood ceiling anchors the living room. A curved display unit behind the sofa softens the heavy materials.

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Saint Peter House Residence

Saint Peter House

Designed from the philosophy of participatory design low tech high customization, this house is conceived from bricks, a material widely used in San Pedro Cholula region in an ancestral way from the knowledge of the local workforce in the construction system. The main skin of the house has 3 formats for accommodating the bricks; double wall, lattice, and spike from where its expressiveness starts, which are distributed in a functional way to close, gain natural light or ventilate the interior spaces with windows in openings and other times through a double semi-solid facade.

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First Bloom Residence

First Bloom

First Bloom is a residential interior design for a family home in Taiwan. The interior of 171.9 square meters contains four rooms, a living room and a dining room. The social area forms the core of the home, with looped circulation around the living room and the kitchen island. A grounded cabinet provides storage, display and concealment, while a curved television wall integrates niches and indirect lighting. Warm wood veneer, soft white surfaces, rattan and travertine counters were chosen for durability and easy maintenance.

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Clarity Motion Residence

Clarity Motion

Clarity in Slow Motion is a residential interior design of about 304 square meters in Miaoli, Taiwan. The home follows a minimalist Scandinavian approach, with soft colors and visible wood grain. Wooden louvered curtains adjust light and airflow and define spatial layers. Public areas use a grid pattern of wooden flooring that also absorbs sound. A solid wood staircase in South American teak connects the two floors and is built without metal supports, secured with dowels and nails. Ventilation ducts and breathable components reduce moisture.

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Ink Shadow Residence

Ink Shadow

Ink Shadow is a residential interior design for a 33 square meter apartment in Taiwan. The layout follows an N-shaped wall arrangement that separates social and private zones. A desk, a sofa and a display area form the social space, while a bedroom with a dressing area sits at the rear. Curved walls guide circulation between the two areas. A raised seating platform adds a sense of ritual. Dark marble, biomorphic stone and metal set a deep tone, while laminate flooring and textiles add warmth. Smart lighting adjusts color and brightness.

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Cat Waltz Residence

Cat Waltz

Cat Waltz is a residential interior design for a 99.1 square meter apartment shared by a couple and their cat. The original two plus one bedroom layout was reworked into two bedrooms, freeing one room as an open cat playroom linked to the master bedroom by an arched passage with a safety hatch. Curves shape the home, and a large structural beam is absorbed into a folded television wall. A butter yellow entry uses patterned tiles made from laminate flooring to meet building codes. Non-toxic coatings and low-formaldehyde carpentry support a healthy interior.

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