Company KLID (Kris Lin Interior Design)

Project Haneda Japanese Restaurant

Location Fuzhou, China

Project leader Kris Lin

Project designers Anda Yang

Haneda was conceived as a venue in which the quiet luxury and elegance of the interior design would complement its high-end cuisine to create the perfect combination of vision and taste, referencing the concept of yin and yang.

Spanning 6,000 sq-ft and boasting 16ft-high ceilings, the restaurant's interiors use very simple materials: steel, cement, laminated wood, gray stone flooring sourced from Jerusalem. Spaces are separated by steel tubing of varying lengths and welded together, to denote the different areas for the two VIP rooms. Further dividers of dark walnut wood add warmth to the main dining area.

At the entrance to the restaurant, guests are greeted by a rock sculpture through which water trickles, as well as steel candleholders inspired by Asian design elements. In the dining room, high-back chairs and shiny wood-top tables with geometric metal bases create different textures. Cement walls are polished in certain parts and left raw in others, while steel elements on the ceiling combine with light fixtures to lend an industrial edge to the space.

 

Company Design Spirits

Project The Nautilus Project

Location Ion Shopping Centre, Singapore

Project leader Yuhkichi Kawai

Project designers Design Spirits

Both façade and passageway are curved inward to create a welcoming, nonintimidating glimpse of what the restaurant has to offer. It also sets the tone for the restaurant's focus on creating an interactive experience for patrons.

 

Company Joey Ho Design

Project The Spaghetti House

Location East Point City, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong

Project leader Joey Ho

Project designers Momoko Lai, Yuki Leung, Ray Lau

The design aims to capture the essence of traditional Italian noodles, with the elasticity of spaghetti metaphorically expressed via fluid lines along the ceiling and through long, thin strips of mouldings and wallpaper. The concept was also formulated into strokes on the graphic mural wrapping the dining area.

 

Company Lotus Design Services

Project Keya Kainoosh

Location DLF Promenade, New Delhi, India

Project leader Ankur Choksi

Project designers Ambrish Arora, Arun Kullu, Ridhima Dasot, Navin Jha

Two adjoining venues - the restaurant Kainoosh and Keya, a bar/lounge - contrast and complement each other via various design inspirations such as classical Mughal architectural elements, Tom Dixon 'Beat' lamps, finely crafted screens in lacquered cement board and hand-blown glass 'raindrops' suspended from the ceilings.

 

Company Neri&Hu Design and Research Office

Project House of Wine

Location Shanghai, China

Project leader Lyndon Neri, Rossana Hu

Project designers Dirk Weiblen (Associate in charge), Sheng ling, Dana Wu, Shelley Zhang

A relatively novel typology in the Asian market, the wine bar is now becoming a popular social gathering space. Located on the top floor of the historic Three on the Bund building, House of Wine combines the intimacy of a wine cellar with the urbanity of a Shanghai rooftop bar.

 

Company SWeeT

Project Tsujita LA

Location Los Angeles, California, USA

Project leader Takeshi Sano

Project designers Takeshi Sano

A total of 25,000 wooden sticks were suspended from the ceiling and arranged to create a cloud effect, inspired by the Izumo shrine in Shimane, Japan. To increase the realism of the design, the focal length between the eyeline and the sticks was calculated, and placement of each stick varied to create a stereoscopic effect.

 

Company SWeeT

Project Rigoletto Spice Market

Location Tokyo, Japan

Project leader Takeshi Sano

Project designers Takeshi Sano

With a Garden of Eden and Parisian theme, the interior décor is inspired by the Age of Discovery, when Europe was in the thrall of the spice trade. Furniture has beautiful carved lines and tile decoration, along with layers of glass on main dining area walls and numerous spice displays.

 

Company Asylum

Project Johnnie Walker House

Location Sinan Mansion, Shanghai, China

Project leader Chris Lee

Project designers Cara Ang, Cherin Tan, Dymitr Malcew

Collaborating with creative agency Love, the Johnnie Walker House is an experiential, interactive space created to host 'Whisky Conversations'. Housed in the three-storey Sinan Mansion, located in the French concession of Shanghai, the space was conceived with the intent to engage and advocate loyalty among premium whisky drinkers.

The concept incorporates the history of Johnnie Walker and whisky knowledge alongside essential elements and building blocks of whisky into the spatial design. Based on the central theme 'Whisky Conversations', the space was designed in which multiple layered conversations are woven into the Johnnie Walker journey, complemented by graphic designs from Love.

Upon stepping into the Johnnie Walker House, raw ingredients as malt and peat are lined again the wall of the entrance, accompanied by copper lamps modelled after whisky stills. In the corridor, angled wooden floor strips resonate with the slanted label on the brand's bottle, along with a curved constellation wall.

A whisky glass ceiling installation on the second level leads to a contemporary faceted copper bar with hanging vintage decanters. Juxtaposing distinctive elements found in whisky-making alongside innovative fixtures, the Johnnie Walker House is not a typical space, but a state-of-the-art experiential centre that unveils the legacy of the brand.

 

Company Asylum

Project Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair - 'By the No.' exhibition

Location Ann Siang Road, Singapore

Project leader Chris Lee

Project designers Cherin Tan

The exhibition showcased an experimental collection of nine handcrafted pieces by by Swedish label Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair, displayed in the basement of a historical shop house. An achromatic interior was plastered with multifaceted mirrors to create a surrealistic experience that resonates with the complexity of the garment construction.

 

Company Benoy

Project Shanghai IFC Mall

Location Pudong, Shanghai, China

Project leader Chris Lohan

Project designers Ada Ng, Bo Ng, Eileen Kwok, Vincent Kwok (HK Design team) Richard Tang, Christopher Britto, Jacky Giam, Becky Leung, Tommy Wong, Simon Chan, Wei Wang (Shanghai Site team)

The design concept was inspired by the opulence of cut gems and jewellery, executed via the application of a delicate motif pattern used throughout the mall, including the curtain wall façade, feature walls, void edge spandrel, balustrade lantern to micro details such as the rubbish bins.

 

Company Design Systems

Project The Way Out

Location Hong Kong

Project leader Lam Wai Ming

Project designers Fanny Leung, Esther Yeung, Kent Wong, Yanny Cheung, Fang Huan Huan

The three main functional areas in this space - a meeting room, an openplan office, and a workshop for equipment testing, maintenance and demonstration - are well-partitioned, yet still closely interrelated, linked by an elongated corridor to facilitate communication between clients and staff and allow easy access to different departments.

 

Company DWP

Project SCB (Siam Commercial Bank) HQ Offices & Training Centre

Location Bangkok, Thailand

Project leader Siripan Amatayakul

Project designers Siripan Amatayakul

Pre-renovation, the original buildings that SCB took over were classic 1970s design, with unique hexagon floor plates. The new concept set about softening the edges in all areas around the core. The designers adopted and transformed an architectural design detail from the exterior throughout the project interiors.

 

Company Joseph Sy & Associates

Project Newport Performing Arts Centre

Location Newport City, Manila, Philippines

Project leader Joseph Sy

Project designers Eric Li, Raymundo Sison, Rica Marquez

Colour-changing LED lighting within the ceiling's coves, punctuated with hanging glass spheres, enhances the ambience and is echoed in the flooring, with multi-hued carpeting featuring lines and streaks. The hallway is kept dark, with asymmetrical lighting guiding patrons towards the main theatre.

 

Company Ministry of Design

Project Leo Burnett Office

Location Singapore

Project leader Ministry of Design Singapore

Project designers Colin Seah, Kevin Leong, Roberto Rivera, Lolleth Alejandro

Three unique environments were conceived to separately capture a different aspect of the total creative process in advertising, but still connect seamlessly in spirit and tempo: 'Space to Impress, Space to Interact and Space to Create', inspired by founder Leo Burnett himself.

 

Company The XSS

Project Starlit Learning Centre

Location Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Project leader Catherine Cheung

Project designers The XSS Design Team

The Starlit Learning Centre is designed to provide performance training in a relaxing learning environment for children aged two to six. Three guideline elements are the circle, a familiar shape for children; colours to tune children's mood; and 'secret space' to spark curiosity.

 

Company 天坊室內計劃有限公司

Project Dragon's DNA - Function Hall for the Orient Empire

Location Taichung, Taiwan

Project leader Chang Ching Ping

Project designers Wang Mei Zhi

Inspired by classic Oriental elements, a montage approach interprets the DNA of the dragon for the interior design via sculptural surfaces and architectural textures. Western design has also been internalised into the layout of the internal structure.

 

Company 天坊室內計劃有限公司

Project Yi Pin Yuan Sales Centre

Location Taoyuan, Taiwan

Project leader Chang Ching Ping

Project designers Liao Ho Ping , Lin Yi Ming, Chang Wan Li, Tu Su Mei, Lai Chih Yi, Lee Han Fang, Huang Xiao Yu

Through the use of simplified materials and a palette which is strongly white, the purity of the building body is intentionally maintained and followed with refined lines to display the aesthetics of the architectural surface.

 

Company Broadway Malyan

Project HSBC Fit-Out at Mapletree Business Centre

Location Singapore

Project leader Ian Simpson

Project designers Ivy Chiam, Jon Geaney, Aaron Panggabean

At Mapletree Business City, a Green Mark Platinum-rated building, the designers aimed to create a workplace to embody HSBC's global brand and core values as well as the 'HSBC@work' principles. The design of the office centred on providing space that was flexible, adaptable and permitted a freedom of movement.

 

Company Bugs

Project Ecols

Location The One, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Project leader Lam Chee Wai, George

Project designers Man Ying Lok

The use of space was determined mainly by the solution to the requirement for natural light, meant that the area at the back could not be blocked off for storage. The solution was to build a structure to house both the cashier and a store room, and to put storage inside the product displays.

 

Company Y I & Associates

Project Hong Kong Green Building Council headquarters

Location Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Project leader Yvonne Ieong

Project designers Javy Lok, Judith Ng

Openable windows play a key role in the design, providing both natural ventilation and light. Workstations are aligned perpendicular to the windows, with daylight reaching 70 per cent of the desks in the office. Translucent recycled plastic bottles - building blocks called Polli-brick - are used for screens and cubicle partitions.

 

Company Hirsch Bedner Associates

Project Siam Kempinsky

Location Bangkok, Thailand

Project leader Ian Carr, Connie Puar, Paula O' Callaghan

Project designers HBA Singapore office, project manager Page Kirkland

Placing Thailand's cultural heritage into Bangkok in an impressive and reinvigorated way was of prime importance to the owners, resulting in a design statement redefining the meaning of tradition in Bangkok, transcending mere style and trends with a quality and permanence typically unseen in commercial properties.

By starting with all that is culturally, historically and artistically Thai, the designers translated the shapes, forms, icons and colours of old Thailand into a new aesthetic. The lobby is punctuated with soaring vertical lines created by 15m columns clad in pale stone. Its ceiling is embossed in receding concentric steps, enhancing the sense of unlimited space. Floor-to-ceiling windows make the lushness of the gardens as much part of the design as the dramatically scaled, conical bronze scones that adorn the columns.

The light in guestrooms is a refreshing palette with a bright, resort-like feel. Signature Thai restaurant Sra Bua (Lily Pond) features customdesigned Thai silk panels with heavily articulated timber walls, while the high-ceilinged Whiskey Bar is a masculine space with a dramatic marble fireplace set in wood-panelled walls.

 

Company Cheng Chung Design Hong Kong

Project Raffles Hotel

Location Tianjin, China

Project leader Joe Cheng

Project designers Ken Hu, Bryan W Tarrant

The Raffles employs the concept of 'Translucent Jade' in its interior design. For the furniture and lighting, elements of Chinese cultural flavour are paired with modernistic glass, stainless steel and crystal, with natural light used to make use of city scenes and create a sense of continuation and harmony from interior to exterior.

 

Company Cheng Chung Design Hong Kong

Project Wanda Conrad Hotel

Location Sanya, China

Project leader Joe Cheng

Project designers Ken Hu, Bryan W Tarrant

Inspired by Mediterranean/French royal court resorts, open spaces are used in the spatial order to merge with gardens in the exterior. In public areas, a combination of simple European line formation, natural stones and dark wood blends with golden embroidered upholstery, fine art displays and crystal chandeliers.

 

Company Hirsch Bedner Associates

Project Hotel Indigo

Location Shanghai, China

Project leader Andrew Moore and Julian Coombs

Project designers Architecture project team: Han Qj and Tony Yin

The lobby entrance reflects Hotel Indigo's position on the river and the brand's commitment to nature, recyclables and ecologically sensitive design. A sense of an older Shanghai is evident in eclectic and whimsical artifacts and furniture, along with custom-designed silk print wallpaper and massive light fixtures.

 

Company Sanjay Puri Architects

Project Chrome Hotel

Location Kolkata, India

Project leader Sanjay Puri

Project designers Nimish Shah

The lower levels of the Chrome Hotel comprise the public spaces, and vertical circulation is punctuated by small 45cm diameter circular openings to allow in natural light during the daytime. Each opening is lit by colour-changing LEDs during the evening hours, making the building look like it is glowing.

 

Company Hirsch Bedner Associates

Project Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund

Location Shanghai, China

Project leader Ian Carr, Connie Puar, Paula O' Callaghan

Project designers HBA Singapore office team, HBA onsite coordinators and one outsourced site coordinator in Shanghai

Waldorf Astoria Shanghai On The Bund was originally an English Renaissance-style club completed in 1911. The designer was engaged to reenvision, restore, and elevate this grand heritage building into the Waldorf Astoria Club, creating an interior worthy of its namesake.

The team applied its joint expertise in historical restoration and in designing elegant interior architectures to transform a derelict building into a pristine and glittering destination that harmonises period authenticity with ultra-luxury. The result is an authentic space, true to yet far exceeding the original, and worthy of the Waldorf Astoria name.

The interior was adorned with period furniture and fittings, in jewel-tone fabrics, rich with tassels and trimming. The chandelier in the heritage skylight was removed to enhance the strong character of the space.

The Long Bar was recreated to original specifications, from dark timber panelling and white marble counter to rich, dark masculine furniture. The most intentionally romantic space in the heritage building, The Grand Ballroom is bathed in light by heritage-inspired crystal chandeliers while retaining its original warm, dark wood wainscoting, buff-painted plaster walls and intricate ceiling and wall mouldings.

 

Company Design Spirits

Project Niseko Look Out Café

Location Hokkaido, Japan

Project leader Interior designer : Yuhkichi Kawai

Project designers Design Spirits

The Niseko Look Out Café was originally built of wood 28 years ago. In renovating the property, the designer referred to the local barn house typology of the area. Construction was completed within 45 days, made possible by the use of only three types of materials - timber, paint, and wallpaper.

 

Company Hirsch Bedner Associates

Project Fairmont Peace Hotel

Location Shanghai, China

Project leader Ian Carr, Connie Puar

Project designers 14 designers in Shanghai and Singapore

A Shanghai landmark since the late 1920s, the design for the Fairmont Peace Hotel recalls Shanghai's renowned Art Deco heritage, combined with streamlined furnishings and state-of-the-art in-room facilities. The mechanical and electrical systems, including air ventilation, plumbing and heating, are completely overhauled and concealed.

 

Company Davidclovers

Project Tregunter Residence

Location Mid-Levels, Hong Kong

Project leader Davidclovers

Project designers David Erdman, Clover Lee, Jason Dembski, Mui Fuk Man, Katrina Lee, Spencer Mak

The volumes of this apartment were reworked by using the ceiling and the floor to produce variable sensations of compression and expansion, while maneuvering around air-conditioning units and structural beams. The ceiling integrates artificial light and various materials, re-orienting the apartment toward the exterior.

 

Company KLID (Kris Lin Interior Design)

Project Geometry Space

Location Shanghai, China

Project leader Kris Lin

Project designers Anda Yang

A column-free interior offered many variables and creativity for the design of this split-level structure. The main staircase is located in the middle of the interior space, while the left and right sides are split-level staircases, so a total of five different indoor staircase areas connect the space.

 

Company Mon Deco

Project Residence Purity

Location Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Project leader Leo Yeung

Project designers Athena Cheung, Ron Lau, Kowin Chan

To make the best use of a stretch of sea-facing curved windows, wavy lines were designed to present a 3D profile in the apartment, along with the restructuring of the interior layout, adopting 'simplicity in lines' as the basic principle.

 

Company Neri&Hu Design and Research Office

Project Chen Residence

Location Shanghai, China

Project leader Lyndon Neri, Rossana Hu

Project designers Debby Haepers, Jane Wang, Darcy Tang

Within the 210 sq-m area of a private home in the French Concession area of Shanghai, a differentiated material palette was used. Instead of breaking the public space into different compartments, a large space with a wooden wall was created as the main divider between the public and the private.

 

Company Neri&Hu Design and Research Office

Project Vanke Model Home

Location Shanghai, China

Project leader Lyndon Neri, Rossana Hu

Project designers Andrew Roman, Ann Mu, Jane Wang, Dagmar Niecke, Ivy Zhou, Darcy Tang, Christine Neri

For the design of two model homes, the designers represented 'modern Chinese' living within two unit types. The resulting design is an interpretation of modernised Chinese living for a traditional Chinese family structure, with Design Republic sourcing all interior furniture and decorative items.

 

Company Wams Design Limited

Project Apartment in Kowloon Tong

Location Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Project leader Wanson Wan

Project designers Isis Wong, Karen Mak

Gutting the interior of this old apartment to ensure it met modern living preferences, a minimalist approach saw a white palette and clean lines accentuated with black highlights and colourful displays to create a light, playful touch.