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Lucid Dream Residence

Lucid Dream

Lucid Dream is an apartment interior design created for a couple in Taiwan. The home covers 132 square meters on the eleventh floor of a 15-year-old building. The original four-room layout was changed into three rooms, releasing space for a larger social area and foyer. Titanium-plated metal bars wrap the ceiling beams, while braided panels, patterned tiles, marble and wood grain join technical and artistic materials. Mineral paint walls, display areas and custom storage cabinets allow artwork and collectibles to be shown.

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Wedge House Residence

Wedge House

Wedge House is a three-story residence built on a narrow site with a steep slope in Ikeda City, Japan. The wedge-shaped cross section places the largest floor at the top and the smallest floor below ground, so that no added force is applied to an old retaining wall. The two upper floors are made of wood and the basement is made of reinforced concrete. The east and west walls are finished with silver coated steel plates that support the cantilevered floor and frame the view to the south. The living area on the second floor opens to a terrace with a wide view.

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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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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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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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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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Twilight Elegance Residence

Twilight Elegance

Twilight Elegance is a residential interior design for a family of four in Xinzhuang, Taiwan. The 148.76 square metre home is thirty years old and was renovated into three bedrooms, a living room, a dining room and one bathroom. A kitchen island anchors the plan and links four concealed doors to bedrooms and dressing areas, creating open circulation. Materials include stone, large porcelain slabs, dark wood veneer and artistic paint. Wood veneer wraps the beams and ceilings for visual continuity, and a consistent light temperature of 3000K keeps the mood calm.

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Beyond Hustle Residence

Beyond Hustle

Beyond Hustle is a residential interior design for a four-story show home of 158.6 square meters near a riverside in Taiwan. The residence contains three bedrooms, a living room, a dining room and three bathrooms. Full-height windows in the second-floor living room frame riverside greenery. A curved sofa allows flexible seating, and sliding panels conceal the television, storage and the electrical box. A built-in daybed at the entrance links the dining and living areas. Materials include wood veneer, textile-textured panels and low-saturation coatings.

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