March 6, 2021
By Georgina McWhirter
Hanging in the lobby of the YTL Corporation Berhad headquarters is Leaves, an installation of thousands of silver- and bronze-tinted aluminum shapes by Studio Sawada Design. Photography by David Yeow.
Headquartered in Singapore, with satellite offices in Beijing and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Ministry of Design has established itself as a top talent in the region. Its Vanke Triple V building, a triangle that projects skyward at a vertiginous angle, earned founder Colin Seah a reputation for daring architecture. With its LED dazzle camouflage, his Race Robotics Laboratory confirmed a gift for conceptual interiors. The architect’s latest endeavor encompasses 32,700 square feet of lobby and amenity spaces inside a Kuala Lumpur skyscraper by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates that serves as the headquarters of YTL Corporation Berhad, a construction conglomerate.
Offices and meeting rooms are nestled among tropical plants in this wealth management centre in Singapore by local studio Ministry of Design.
Conceived as a banking conservatory , the verdant scheme won an international competition launched by Citibank Singapore last year that invited entrants to reimagine the conventional interiors often associated with financial institutions.
Ministry of Design has created a conservatory within the Citi Wealth Hub
The brief set out by Citibank was to create a wealth management centre dedicated to its high net-worth clients, over an area of 2,787 square metres across floors six to nine of an office building on Singapore s Orchard Road.
Period presence
Located in an unlikely part of Kuala Lumpur, rather than gloss over the neighbourhood’s less salubrious history, The Chow Kit chooses to celebrate it with a hotel which has a mysterious speakeasy mood. Designed by Brooklyn-based collective, Studio Tack, who excel at reimagining retro spaces through a contemporary lens, The Chow Kit has a rich historical feel but with enough modern touches to ensure it doesn’t feel like a stuffy museum.
How this was done was balancing vintage features with clean modern touches. For instance, the lobby lounge which feels like the home of a well-heeled culture connoisseur with its mix of object d’art and antiques furniture. This motley mix looks cool and charming when set against the rawness of the unfinished brick floor. Wicker, a material which could easily go down the retro route is carefully chosen with clean lines or to accent sofa backs. The rooms have a undeniable moody vintage feel abetted further by the brocade lovesea
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SINGAPORE, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Figment is pleased to announce the launch of MONOCOT HOUSE & DICOT HOUSE, Figment s fourth and fifth additions to our flagship Case Study Homes series. The heritage shophouses, which bookend a row of five adjoining terraces on Tembeling Road, have been redesigned and adapted for shared living by award-winning local interior architectural firm The Monocot Studio.
Top Left: SHANG HOUSE Facade,Top Right: CANVAS HOUSE Facade,Bottom Left: SHANG HOUSE Suite, Bottom Right: CANVAS HOUSE Living Room
Top Left: SHANG HOUSE Living Room,Top Right: MONOCOT HOUSE Living Room,Bottom Left: STILL HOUSE Dining Room, Bottom Right: STILL HOUSE Suite