An Architect’s Home

“… brutally elegant…”

A contemporary take Brutalism.

MAIN ENTRANCE
Privacy is a key concern as the entrance faces the common lift lobby. The vertical slats are angled so that while it allows ventilation through, visual privacy is maintained.

ENTRANCE FOYER
The Entrance Foyer is a vestibule between the external corridor and the internal living space. It is accented by Peranakan inspired tiles – akin to those found along the 5-foot way of conserved shophouses with granulated pebble finish bordering the accent tiles continuing from the floor onto a wall acting as a backdrop to a feature shelf.

Threshold space between the external and internal. Bomb Shelter is hidden behind the cabinet doors.

Display shelves with granulated pebble wall finish as the backdrop.

LIVING ROOM
The Living Room floor is laid with 1.6m x 1.6m large format cement-look Italian tiles that visually magnifies the space. A dark-tinted mirrored wall forms the backdrop of the TV console allows a visual continuation of space. The electrical conduits are in galvanised iron and ceilings / walls finished in cement-textured paint to carry through the brutalist/industrial theme.

The Entrance Foyer is flanked by wooden panels that conceal storage spaces and the Bomb Shelter. The curved corners soften the edges of transition. Display shelves are accented in black wood-textured laminate.

Continuation of the Living Area into the Dining. The intentionally dropped black ceiling visually connects and elongate the 2 spaces, and also at the same time conceal services.

Tinted mirror backdrop visually expanding the space.

The coffee table has been finished in the same cement-look tile as the floor to create a sense of homogeneity – even the walls are finished in cement-look textured paint.

DINING / KITCHEN
The Dining and Kitchen is a combined space. The centrepiece to the space is a custom-designed island finished in black/gold Dekton Saint Laurent top. Fluted panels line the rear walls, with stone flower carvings inset into black recessed niches.

Dining island and fluted panels backdrop.

Centrepiece of the Dining and Kitchen space.

The recessed “black portal” in the background give hints of “more to be discovered”.

Lightness – Kitchen cabinet floats above the floor.

Recessed niche housing a flower carving.

STUDY ROOM
The size of the Study is deliberately reduced and compacted. The raised platform allows the space to become more intimate, yet at the same time allow the Living and Dining to visually extend into it. Concealed sliding doors encloses the room when privacy is needed.

Study room opening out to the Dining / Kitchen.

WALK-IN WARDROBE

MASTER ENSUITE

Master Bedroom sleeping platform finished in wood-textured laminate in contrast to the rest of the concrete finishes. Continuity: The ceiling downturns as a curve and becomes a curtain pelmet.

Specially selected lounge chair to match the colour palette of the bedroom.

Dresser integrated into the portal between the Wardrobe and sleeping area.

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