Interior Design News

Interior Design News

Interior Design News featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Hanhua Tianmashan Hotspring Resort

Hanhua Tianmashan Hotspring Resort is an interior design project in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, covering 1053 square meters. The design draws on nature and local customs. Black, red and cyan are used for the screens, flowers, porcelain, sculpture and silverware. Fabric weaving, rattan weaving and wood engraving shape an elegant cultural space. A large pendant piece inspired by local batik and weaving forms the visual focus. The intent is a calm and refined setting that links local culture with contemporary interior design.

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The Osmanthus Grace

The Osmanthus Grace is a sales center in Wenzhou, China, built on a site of 450 square meters. The linear building stands between Cui Wei Mountain and Ou River, with one part reaching the water. A series of connected sub-spaces of different scales leads visitors from dark areas to bright ones. Inclined ceilings lower sightlines toward the landscape, and a sunken area defines the meeting zone. Wide facades shaped like long paintings reduce the separation between indoor and outdoor. Wood, stone and plants are the main materials. The plan also allows future changes of use.

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Zhenlong Mansion

Zhenlong Mansion is a sales office in Beijing, China. The interior draws on the Directorate of Imperial Academy, a historic institution of ancient China. The layout follows the plan of a classical Chinese academy and is combined with a modern approach. Chinese red is used as the main color. Materials include wood, ancient wood grain stone, ceramic tile, metal and hand-painted wallpaper. The space covers 1270 square meters and contains a hall, a corridor, a negotiation area and a sand table area. The result is a calm, scholarly and artistic interior.

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Bodu Resort

Bodu Resort is a resort hotel located in Xishuangbanna, China. The hotel stands on a cliff forty meters above the ground and faces a rubber forest and a tropical rain forest. A suspended glass box extends from the building toward the surrounding trees and opens the interior to the landscape. Teak and old elm form the main structure. Brick, stone and woven bamboo, common in local villages, echo the regional culture. Local materials were selected to reflect local color and texture. The project covers 4000 square meters.

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Greenland Intercity Space Station

Greenland Intercity Space Station is an office interior located in Nanjing, China. The design covers an area of 5000 square meters and replaces the traditional standardized layout with an open and collaborative plan. The independent work areas are shaped as boxes stacked at different scales. Large light colored stone surfaces add a sense of depth. The lobby is high and spacious, and the floors have no clear boundaries. Staircases pass through the building structure and link the public areas, while stepped wooden stairs offer extra seating for meetings, lectures and events.

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Kanglaibo

Kanglaibo is the interior design of a resort hotel located in the Baianshan National Forest Park in Jiangxi Province, China. The hotel is a single building of 16,000 square meters with 19 floors. The first floor holds the lobby, bar and breakfast restaurant, floors two to four hold dining and meeting spaces, and floors five to nineteen hold guest rooms and suites. Hakka culture guides the interior, with local stone, ceramics and traditional woodcut artworks. A temperature controlled water system serves the hot spring baths and saves natural hot spring resources.

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