Innholdsfortegnelse for June 2022 i Home Journal

Based on human-centric design, interior design firm Grande Interior Design recently remodelled an office in Tsuen Wan into a soothing green environment, where employees can work and collaborate happily with each other. A sprawling 8,000 square feet in area, the office is now home to a number of shared communal spaces and decked out in natural, organic elements “Because the office has a large footprint, balancing out the space proportions is no easy task,” says Matthew Li, creative director at Grande Interior Design. “This includes deciding on the work area locations, how much communal space we should include, how we can improve the facilities, etc. Efficiently segmenting the space was a big part of the brief. You need to be able to tell the work area and communal zones apart,…

Guided by the ancient history, geology, and flora and fauna of the Black Sea, Russian interior designer Natasha Popov has designed a family home in Crimea that celebrates the region’s history and surrounding landscape. Located in Balaklava, a settlement on the Crimean Peninsula that’s part of the city of Sevastopol, the 30-year-old, 6,358 square foot three-level house sits atop a hill that’s part of a canyon, overlooking spectacular views of nature and a nearby vineyard. “With this home, there was no need to go far in search of complex, nuanced colours for the design. It was enough to peer out through the windows at the landscape for inspiration,” Popov says. “The sandy tones of layered limestone, mossy, coniferous and olive-green hues, and the dark brown shades of tree bark and…

LOCATION: Battersea Power Station, UK Residential ARCHITECT Gehry Partners, LLP PRICE From £5.5m Sitting right next to the soon-to-open Grade II-listed Battersea Power Station on the south bank of the River Thames, Prospect Place is a twin-tower residential project that doubles as a work of sculptural art by acclaimed architectural firm Gehry Partners, LLP. The development is comprised of two buildings, offering a total of 308 homes of studios and one, two, and three bedroom apartments, alongside four bedroom town houses and penthouses designed by Gehry Partners, allowing each residence to stand out in its own right. All apartments enjoy access to either a winter garden or terrace, while most of them receive views of the iconic Power Station. But nothing draws the eyes better than its undulating façades, which…

LOCATION: Kifissia, Greece Villa PRICE €10,500,000 CONTACT Greece Sotheby’s International Realty Located in the upscale residential area of Kifissia, White Lavish is a four-bedroom villa that sits on 3,635 square metres of land surrounded by mature gardens. Melding old-world charm and modern furnishings, the two-storey property offers ample public spaces, a library, laundry room and an extensive garden fitted with barbecue facilities, a pool and open space, perfect to function as a tennis court that all together make for a paradise to entertain on a large scale. On the ground floor, the grand entrance opens to a marble-clad hallway that leads to the living and dining room connected to two atmospheric terraces, along with a retro-inspired kitchen and a study governed by burgundy. Upstairs, the master bedroom is fitted with…

The world’s biggest interior design and furniture fair is back in its 60th rendition with a sustainability focused theme. Held at Fiera Milano in Rho from 7 to 12 June, the colossal event, otherwise known as the Milan Furniture Fair, will feature more than 2,000 exhibitors, and unveil an eclectic mix of revolutionary designs, art and furniture. Noting the disruptions and changes brought about by the global pandemic over the past two years, Salone del Mobile Milano 2022 is looking ahead, showcasing best-in-class designs that promote environmental and human wellbeing, and spotlighting more than 600 talented young designers under the age of 35 who aspire to create more equitability and responsibility as the world battles climate change, environmental pollution, and humanitarian crisis. To this end, the fair has drawn up…

When YC Chen, founder of interior design studio hoo, started to work on a home in the lush Tai Po neighbourhood, he instantly knew he wanted to incorporate a mix of two styles: Japanese and Scandinavian design aesthetics. Using that exact combination, dubbed Japandi, he left no stone unturned to transform the three-bedroom hillside home. “The homeowners are a couple in their 50s who prefer a quiet and private lifestyle. They wanted a sanctuary that is comfortable and suits their living habits,” Chen explains. The Japandi style, included in Pinterest’s list of growing trends last year, has been making waves in home decor. An abbreviation for Japanese-Scandinavian, Japandi is a merging of the two worlds. One (Japanese) is rooted in a Zen-like environment that celebrates the beauty of imperfection, the…

In Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest and most cosmopolitan city, mother and daughter interior design team Dian and Elina Mussakulova of Interior Bureau Sdelaemremont. kz have completed the interiors of a 2,691-square-foot, two-story, five-bedroom house for a family of five women. Usually, the Mussakulovas oversee interior architecture planning for their renovation projects, but because this property had been built by another architect with many load-bearing walls that could not be demolished or altered, they had to find a way to work within the limitations of the existing floor plan to visually expand and modernise the interiors. According to Elina – the daughter – who led the project, attempting major alterations to spaces with load-bearing walls can often be costly. They helped their client circumvent this cost by rearranging the interior programme to…

The Japandi design style – a combination of Japanese Zen and Scandinavian hygge – has been on everyone’s radar in recent years for some good reasons. We desire a sense of balance and harmony now more than ever before. One way to achieve a Japandi look is to “let go”, which means only keeping the better quality pieces, while dropping the unnecessary ones, to generate a sense of contentment in your home. A style marked by a profound connection with nature, Japandi celebrates organic silhouettes, natural materials, and sustainability. Try layering fluffy furniture and textured accessories with sleek, minimalistic pieces to add volume and depth. Always a plus is to add pops of green from succulents and ferns to boost the mood. In terms of colour palettes, both the Japanese…

Perched on the east coast of Zhejiang Province, Taizhou is a beautiful, yet relatively unnoticed coastal city steeped in history, culture and nature. It is marked by a landscape of lush mountains, a river network rivalling that of Suzhou and Hangzhou, and a natural marvel, Tiantai Mountain, holy to both Tiantai Buddhism and “Northern” Taoism. Such cultural significance and natural beauty have deeply inspired this four-storey residence by Taiwanese interior designer T.K. Chu, where he has turned 900 square metres of land into the epitome of curved aesthetics combined with oriental charm. “I always study the culture of a place before I start a project,” says Chu, adding that Taizhou is a scenic city where brutalist and delicate, Taoism and Buddhism, as well as the past and present, coexist in…

LOCATION: Sydney, Australia Villa CONTACT Sydney Sotheby’s International Realty A sleek, modern five-bedroom family home, a stone’s throw away from Sydney Harbour, now up for grabs for the first time in 83 years. Perched in between the scenic Parsley and Vaucluse Bay, this waterfront sensation – billed Pt Seymour and which occupies some 1271 m2 of north facing land by the Sydney Harbour – boasts an unimpeded vista to the glistering water with direct access to the sandy bay. The property is a treasure trove of the P&O architecture – a building style characterised by a streamlined façade, curved walls, wide rounded balconies and flat rooflines dating back to the 1930s. It takes its cues from the silhouette of the then fashionable cruises, such as Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth,…