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Hong Kong interior designi

The city's house-proud open their micro-flats and mansions to show how to live in style and comfort. We explore public and private spaces room by room, and discover the designers and architects behind some of the world's most creative projects. 

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  • Avocado is a colour currently on trend that is known for its soothing qualities – and it was the colour of choice for a Hong Kong apartment renovation
  • Its minimalist design leans on simple French elements throughout its open, airy layout – think mock wainscoting, open archways and timber flooring

This 510 sq ft retirement apartment in Hong Kong’s Tai Hang neighbourhood has been given a Bauhaus-inspired renovation that will allow its elderly occupants to age in place – and comfort.

A design journalist reflects on the house in a village in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung district she called home for 20 years, and how the homes she wrote about influenced numerous upgrades to its interiors.

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Harbour views are prized in Hong Kong, but a renovation of a flat with huge windows makes the most of its vistas of verdant hillsides to create a restful interior with notes of wood and stone.

A Hong Kong village house with a Balinese vibe brings Scandinavian, Moroccan and Japanese elements together seamlessly – and it all started with a single-line drawing.

Renovation of a seaside house for a family of four gives it a coastal vibe – think whitewashed walls, a timber staircase that funnels light down, and stone floors that ‘don’t show marks or pet hair’.

A minor update to an apartment in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels turned into a full-blown renovation. The results reflect the homeowner’s tastes and spin maximum satisfaction from a minimalist aesthetic.

The new Union Church has been designed to honour the congregation’s 180-year history in Hong Kong. Tree-like structural columns support a vaulted ceiling and the airy space is filled with natural light.

Architect Georges Hung and his wife lived for three months in their Discovery Bay home before deciding how to renovate it. He turned the apartment from cramped and boxy into an open, airy space.

Coming design trends, chosen by experts and an AI, include technology, statement towels, terracotta and bold marble, and biophilic design – including preserved plants and floral wallpaper.

A Hong Kong interior designer tapped her employees to turn the family’s three-storey private villa in Sai Kung into a colourful, light-filled home whose indoor and outdoor areas seamlessly connect.

Hong Kong is not lacking in shopping centres, but the latest, The Pedder Arcade, is unlike any other. On the fifth floor of the Pedder Building in Central, it is the passion project of Mark Cho.

Alexander Lamont’s Bangkok showroom is testament to the British designer’s approach of transforming once ‘bloody and smelly’ materials into ultimate and absolute luxury.

From an Eames dining chair to a Le Corbusier lamp, nothing but the crėme de la crėme of high-end designer items were good enough for the Hong Kong high-rise home of two discerning creatives.

Tastemakers like Kate Moss and Gwyneth Paltrow, and hip hotels and clubs around the globe, are excited by the trend in custom-made papers that help you stamp your character on your home like never before

After being gutted and renovated for the second time in a decade, a Hong Kong flat has gone from child-friendly home to minimalist grown-up space, and it’s a beautiful transition.

A Hong Kong-born couple looking to replicate their New York apartment in their home city found a Tsim Sha Tsui flat offering similar views. All they then needed was a bit of design magic to conjure up the same sense of space.

A couple turned a four-bedroom space in Yuen Long, in Hong Kong’s New Territories, into a bespoke home with lavish bedroom suite, space for entertaining and a natural, earthy vibe.

When the opportunity to buy a flat in their favourite Hong Kong building came up, a couple grabbed it, and set about turning the apartment into a well-rounded home that suits their disparate tastes.

Two flats, one above the other, were combined into a duplex for a family in Repulse Bay. The result is a home that makes the most of its sea views and has a white-on-white palette that gives a sense of tranquillity.

Long-distance design, made necessary by the Covid pandemic, were an extra hurdle for a professional show jumper’s renovation project, but physical changes to her Hong Kong apartment were kept to a minimum.

Bearbrick collectible toys, a built-in children’s playground with a treehouse-style bed and slide – there’s a playful vibe to this Hong Kong apartment.

An architect’s redesign of his and his wife’s small Hong Kong flat replaces walls with wardrobes, creates a split kitchen, turns two bedrooms into one and adds an en suite bathroom.

Six months of deep-dive online education equipped Daphney Ho with the skills to give practical life to her ‘perfect home’ vision – one that uses warm woods and soft curves for the ultimate Zen vibes.

Vintage chairs, local craftsmanship and Internet of Things technology – East really does meet West in the Hong Kong apartment of young business owners with a baby who like to host dinner parties.

Fifteen years after moving into their Hong Kong duplex penthouse, a family of three sought ‘a new living experience’. Renovation turned it from cavernous and showy to cosy and practical.