A wave of entrepreneurs, creatives and social innovators — from new-age hawkers to upstart product designers — is shaking up the status quo in Singapore and creating demand for a new breed of private members’ clubs. Enter The Straits Clan. Housed in a heritage shophouse, the club provides an environment conducive to creative connections.

In Queensland’s Noosa National Park, Mim Design has crafted a family retreat fully immersed in the surrounding treescapes and seascapes

A bespoke home in Hong Kong’s up-and-coming Tsueng Kwan O neighbourhood designed by JJ Acuna / Bespoke Studio

Foolscap Studio delivers a high-luxe design for Domaine Chandon in Australia’s Yarra Valley

An elegant new office space for Changsha-based China Resources Center finds harmony between modern aesthetics and traditional values

Clever rejigs and a deftly applied colour scheme set this Singaporean HDB flat apart from the pack

Australian practice Matt Gibson Architecture + Design have revamped a 130-year-old Victorian home, with an audacious twist

In the heart of Seoul, a new restaurant by Flack Studio with marble, terrazzo, brass and leather refers to 1950s-era Italian design as reinterpreted through an Australian eye

India’s little-known Modernist movement is very much on display in drawing rooms and government offices across the subcontinent

A Melbourne classic receives a contemporary redesign

In Ho Chi Minh City, MIA Design Studio is defining a new vernacular for modern tropical living

A family apartment in Mumbai strikes a dynamic balance

In Ahmedabad, a holiday home provides a quiet escape in a laidback setting

London-based design practice Waldo Works has created a discreet retreat with calming sea views for a fashion model and her screen-acting husband

Designed by Decus Interiors, this Sydney home is an ode to how to live like a fashionista

An oasis of fine dining and fine taste in Mumbai

Lean living gets elevated in this Hong Kong loft

A residence in Taichung by RIS Interior Design achieves modern minimalism through materials

A bit of Indochina charm in Hong Kong

Three generations eschew India’s quintessentially ornate aesthetic for understated luxury in a new seaside home