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Rosewood Bangkok Luxury Hotel

Rosewood Bangkok

Rosewood Hotel Bangkok is a luxury hotel interior located in Bangkok, Thailand. The 30-storey building takes its form from the wai, the traditional Thai gesture of greeting. The interior is conceived as one grand mansion, and each space reads as a chapter in the story of a well-traveled Thai family. Marble, timber, metal, lacquer, leather and bamboo panels are combined with local craft, including a carved wood reception counter. Water features refer to Bangkok, a city built on water. The total area is 35000 square meters, with 159 rooms.

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Sissis Wonderland Reading Space

Sissis Wonderland

Sissis Wonderland is a reading space for children, covering 108 square meters in Shanghai. The layout is inspired by the game of blowing bubbles, as rooms of different scales are joined together so that open and private areas overlap. Wood is the main material, combined with white paint and a soft grey floor finish. Stairs of varied heights, bookshelves that also serve as seats, zigzagging ramps and small arches are built to a child scale. Green plants grow where the spaces meet. The design turns the space itself into a large toy for exploration and play.

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Anxin Exhibition Center

Anxin

Anxin is an exhibition center designed to present forest farm resources. The curved form of wood shavings is the main inspiration for the interior. Curved walls of scattered and stacked logs surround the exhibition hall and create a quiet atmosphere. The large logs give visitors the impression of standing in a forest. At the entrance, a map shows the distribution of the forest farm resources of Anxin around the world. The map is made of log waste. A specially designed rotating plate adds interaction to the space. The center is built entirely from waste wood to support environmental care.

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Bluetown Taohuayuan Experience Center

Bluetown Taohuayuan

Bluetown Taohuayuan is an experience center and sales office covering 3620 square meters. The interior uses wood finishes and marble as the main materials, with natural wood tones and light gray colors. Simple and flowing lines outline a calm and functional space. Oriental aesthetics are combined with modern art, so the interior offers modern comfort while keeping the solidity of classical architecture. Dark red solid wood flooring is matched with minimalist tables and chairs in the negotiation area. Decoration is kept limited in order to highlight the function of each space.

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Lafonce Maxone Commercial Complex

Lafonce Maxone

Lafonce Maxone is a cultural and commercial complex located in Xi'an, China. The interior brings together a shopping mall, a bookstore and other business types under a single book theme. Two artistic book walls, 18 metres high and 240 metres long in total, hold hundreds of thousands of books and are built with steel structures and transparent glass. The glass allows light to spread into the void area of the building. The original structure had been left unused for three years, and its open volume was kept to create a strong sense of space.

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Mansions Design Inn Hotel

Mansions Design Inn

Mansions Design Inn is a hotel interior located on a commercial street in Chongqing, China. The project covers 800 square meters and uses the high ceiling of the original loft space to divide each room into two levels. The lower level serves as the public area, with a living room, a bathroom and storage. The upper level is the sleeping area, with a device for hanging clothes and hats and a second bathroom where space allows. Staircases act as the visual center of each room. Steel, dark red art paint, carpets and varied lighting express a modern factory theme.

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