Southern District Residence, a Modern Home Homes Feature

The text below is a translation of the original Modern Home feature.

Written by Janette Mak with images supplied by Artwill Interior Design House, this HOMES-section feature in a Hong Kong home magazine looks at a Southern District flat of about one thousand square feet of usable area. The original two-living-room, three-bedroom layout is home to a couple who love to gather and entertain, so Regina Kwok, founder of Artwill Interior Design House, replanned the flow so that the combined living and dining area opens up around hosts and guests alike, a sense of welcome the photographs carry throughout.

The magazine pays close attention to the materials and palette. Drawn to natural stone for the quiet, textured sense of luxury it brings, Regina Kwok built the scheme around grey and a generous use of marble. The floor is laid in two tones of stone, deep grey and pale grey interlocking across the plan, with an abstract patterned wall as a focal point to lend an artistic mood. Beyond the living room, she set carved artistic-glass doors to one side of the dining area to draw in daylight; the article notes that four different relief-glass patterns are used through the home, with curved glass trimming the dining room's outer wall so movement through the space feels more fluid.

The report also dwells on the bedrooms. To free up more room for cooking and circulation, the doorways to the kitchen and corridor were shifted back to make space for a cloud-grey cabinet run, while a display-and-storage 'third wall' television partition was added between living and dining so the sofa could be turned to sit against the window and face the light. As the larger master suite already had a dressing area, Regina Kwok extended the bay-window zone into the suite and reworked it into wardrobe space, keeping timber finishes and marble as the lead materials so the bedroom reads softer and warmer.

From deep-grey marble to carved glass and a bay window reborn as a wardrobe, this Southern District project shows how Artwill Interior Design House uses material and partition to hold both hosting and everyday living under one roof. To see how each space resolves in full, you are welcome to visit our Southern District residence project page.

Originally published by Modern Home, June 2024 . Homes feature