The Arch

Type: Private Home
Location: Kowloon
Client: Private
Size: 1,000sqft
Completion: 2022

A Harbour Whisper

This project marks the joyful inception of a first home for our young, newlywed clients. A home that gently unfolds their emerging preferences while cradling their future dreams.
Throughout the flat, walls and ceilings are enveloped in limewashed paint, its soft, chalky texture diffusing light with quiet depth and tactility. Paired with matching floor tiles in a harmonious warm tone, the material palette remains understated, soothing, low-maintenance, and subtly alive with organic variation.

At the heart of the home, a curvilinear marble dining table flows seamlessly from the open kitchen, its sinuous edge tracing a gentle, sculptural path that invites gathering and conversation. A rhythmic series of concrete pendant lamps casts soft pools of light against the fine fluted walnut wall panels, their vertical grooves catching shadow, creating a layered backdrop of natural richness and architectural precision.

Upon arrival, a bespoke entrance cabinet offers immediate, effortless storage, practical poetry for the ritual of coming home. Nearby, in the living area, a constellation of randomly arranged origami-inspired wall lamps glows softly behind the sofa. Their folded geometries serve dual purpose, bathing the space in ambient warmth while quietly directing the eye outward to the breathtaking panorama of Victoria Harbour, framing the view as a living artwork. The living room itself is oriented for effortless repose, they can seated comfortably before the linear fireplace, or they can watch television or simply let the gaze drift across water and skyline, the design dissolving boundaries between interior intimacy and external expanse.

Flexibility defines the study, where a large sliding door allow it to transform gracefully into a future nursery, adapting to life’s evolving chapters without compromise.
In the master bedroom, asymmetrical wall panels introduce subtle spatial choreography, their uneven rhythm, accentuated by a suspended pendant and a carefully placed wall sconce, heightens the distinction between the sleeping corner and the threshold to the ensuite bathroom. This deliberate asymmetry becomes an expression of quiet individuality, restful yet dynamic, mirroring the couple’s own unfolding story.

A new home is always exhilarating for the inhabitants who will fill it with memories, and for us, the privilege of shaping its first architectural breath.