Around The World

Uncovering the unique design language of architecture around the world, Habitus Living celebrates the exceptional architectural moments. What defines design and architecture from our region? Each story looks for the nuance and culture, and the things that tie it all together.

A Warm and Tactile Kitchen

Rather than being tucked away, this warm and cheery kitchen is the pride of the home and made for cooking, living and connecting.

Luwist Spatial Designs a Row of Fun-Sized Affordable Homes

A row of compact, breezy and light-filled homes have been developed by Luwist Spatial in Indonesia to help young people who “could barely afford to buy their own houses” enter the market.

Greenery and Grace

Brewin Design Office designs an apartment that feels luxurious without being opulent.

Creating a Sanctuary

While jetting off to tropical resorts and spas across South East Asia might not be as easy as it once was, a sense of escape can still be found in one’s bathroom, as Stephen Crafti reports.

Playful Pops Of Colour

With an open brief and the freedom to create, Insight.Out Studio serves up a home brimming with fun and relaxing vibes for an adventurous young couple.

Blurred Design Boundaries

Hong Kong-based interior and furniture design practice Studio Adjective has expanded to open a highly curated shop – Objective.

An Apartment With No Walls Pushes Liveability

A multifunctional platform winds through this unconventional and light-filled home in Singapore, helping it to redefine the term ‘open-concept’.

HYLA Architects Sculpts A House Into An Artwork

This house in Singapore by HYLA Architects attempts to remove distinctions between art and architecture.

This Void House In Singapore A-Voids Prying Eyes

How do you reconcile a proclivity for easy, open living with a compulsion for privacy in the middle of a dense single-dwelling neighbourhood? FARM Architects carves out a compelling solution with Void House.

An Inviting Home That Doubles As A Set Backdrop

When lifestyle influencer Joycelyn Thiang wants to snap a series of outfits, she can now choose to do so from one of the many appealing corners in her Singaporean flat.

Gentle Joyfulness in This New Delhi Apartment

Designed as a ‘home away from home’, this apartment by Aditi Sharma Design Studio offers its owners a hotel-like experience, while having the creature comforts of home.

A Minimalist Apartment With A Japanese Influence

AMP Design Co. borrows from Japanese design elements to fashion a pared-back apartment with a serene ambience for this apartment in Singapore.

A Sanctuary Made For Slow Living

Inspired by the Scandinavian and minimalist design philosophies, Vän Hus Interior Design transformed this resale flat in Singapore into a restful sanctuary.