Singapore

Step inside the Zen abode of an architect’s modern tropical home

Home to Felicia Toh of Quarters Architects, this modern tropical dwelling is an oasis of calm for rest and creativity to flow freely.

Zen house for simple pleasures

Maximising the squarish layout of an old HDB flat in Singapore, design studio Artistroom has created a zen dwelling that recalls a Japanese ryokan.

A home of “texture in stillness” for the daily rituals of life

“It’s always been the studios endeavour to design spaces of pause to elevate daily routines into tiny rituals of self-care…” Studio Gin&G designs an apartment that celebrates mindful living, guided by the minutia of the owner’s lifestyle and habits.

An apartment filled with art, texture and pops of pink

Takenouchi Webb’s dexterous ability to craft artful interiors is exhibited in this Singapore apartment.

Book review: When Modernism landed in the tropics with Concrete Jungle

What happens when rational, Modernist architecture puts down roots in a lush, tropical setting? Concrete Jungle, a new book by gestalten, explores locations across Asia and the world to find some of the most visionary residential adaptations of an international style to distinct local settings.

A stacked form that lets light flood inside

This tranquil house in Singapore by The Design Abode makes the most of the outdoors with a staggered layout and utilitarian aesthetic.

Life unfolds around a central box in this tiny apartment

Studio Wills + Architects has rethought living in a ‘shoebox’ apartment in Singapore.

Beige tones and limewash finishes make this a blissful wabi-sabi residence

Oblivion Lab transforms a maisonette into a blissful dwelling for two, complete with a generous kitchen island-dining zone.

Pocket-sized gardens give endless serenity at this Singaporean residence

A Singaporean family enjoys the outdoors via a miniature Japanese garden and green pockets on every floor of their residence.

Shed Studio designs an apartment with intention and conservation

Through thoughtful preservation and practical intervention, Shed Studio has transformed a 1949 apartment into a liveable home fit for modern lifestyles, all while paying homage to the past.