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On Bali’s Tranquil South-eastern Coast, A Home Built on an Ancient Grid System
For Cave Urban co-founder Jed Long, whose practice explores bamboo and adaptive reuse, designing his Bali home became an opportunity to test many of the ideas that have shaped the studio's work over the past decade
A Multigenerational Bungalow in Kuala Lumpur Finds Calm Through Contrast
Wuuu Studio kept this Damansara home’s old colonial shell and reworked it from within, opening up the cramped rooms and shaping a dining space around unexpected structural columns
A Rammed Earth Farmhouse Designed for a Family, Three Horses and A Mango Tree
In this home by Neelesh Chopda Architecture, rammed earth construction and views of an orchard shape a way of life where nature is ever present
This Nanjing Apartment Brings Tranquillity to City Life
A reimagining by design firm Adda Di’An focuses on light, material expression and a soft, cloud-like ambience
The Singapore Penthouse That Traded Stark White for Moody Jazz Bar Vibe
Amy Lim of Pupil Office has reimagined a Tanglin penthouse, transforming what was once a stark gallery-like space into a textured, clever home for a young family.
How an Awkward Floor Plan Became a Forest-Facing Home
Singapore design studio Medium Specific employs colour, light and nature to transform an awkward layout into a beautiful home.
In This Jakarta Home, A Growing Art Collection Finds its Canvas
Drawing on Californian minimalism, the home by Aedi Design Bureau is deliberately stripped back, using natural materials and minimal intervention to create a calm backdrop for the homeowners’ growing art collection
A Singapore Home That Captures the Feeling of a Japanese Ryokan
Rather than recreate traditional Japanese interiors, the home draws on the atmosphere of ryokans and tea houses to create a calm and grounded retreat.
A Fortress-Like Family Home in Indonesia’s Rain City
Revealing little to passers-by, this Bogor home by Wiyoga Nurdiansyah Architects fluidly transitions from a guarded geometric shell to a generous interior anchored by a central courtyard
A Family Home in Khao Yai, Raised Above a Garden for the Cows
IDIN Architects elevates a single-storey family home in Pak Chong, reinterpreting the traditional Thai house on stilts in concrete and timber
A Shanghai Flat That Takes Its Cues From 2001: A Space Odyssey
Adda Space Architecture has designed a home with a playful, retro-futuristic allure, tailored to the lifestyle of a couple and their four pets
Going, Going, Home: The Auctioneer’s Home Balances Presentation and Comfort
For a Hong Kong client whose profession is selling other people's treasures, Via Architecture has designed a home calibrated to display his own — and to house a family at the same time
Enough Is Enough: A 1950s Singapore House, Rebuilt Without Starting Over
Goy Architects extends a single-storey house with restraint, preserving its scale, materials and closeness to the ground while drawing nature inward through a central courtyard
Inside One of Geylang’s Last Art Deco Bungalows
Monocot nip-tucks a conserved structure for family life while the owners add their own personal touch with art, colour and timeless furniture
In a Home in Rajasthan, A Windowless Facade Lights Up the Whole Village
Studio Urban Form + Objects has designed a new ancestral residence for a multigenerational family, addressing concerns of privacy and security while maintaining a dialogue with the facing village square
Why This Nishijin Machiya Looks Different Every Time You Enter
In Kyoto’s Nishijin district, a century-old machiya unfolds through shifting thresholds and materiality, where space, light and movement are shaped over decades in devotion to the ritual of tea
Three Generations, One House, No Compromises
For a growing family in Surabaya, KantorGG composes a multigenerational home where spatial hierarchy and landscape work in tandem to blur the line between indoors and out
A Hidden Bar, an Inherited Sword and an Antique That Gave a Designer Pause
When a Hong Kong couple asked Lim + Lu to house a lifetime of collecting — Chinese antiques, African objects, Southeast Asian heirlooms — the brief was simple: make it feel like home
In Singapore, One Sliding Door Reshapes Three Different Rooms
Studio Rascal’s 107-square-metre HDB flat in Pasir Ris trades the standard cellular layout for open, connected living — held together by a single sliding door and three decades of exposed concrete
A Taipei Apartment That Echoes Its Natural Surroundings
A young couple transformed a blank-canvas Taipei apartment into a warm, inviting oasis. By embracing natural light, custom storage and earthy materials, Horizontal Studio designed a remarkably spacious urban sanctuary