Winner: Residential interior (small) of the year 2025. L Architects designed the interiors of In a Park, a renovation project of an original three-bedroom flat located in the north-east region of Singapore.

In a Park seeks to explore the beauty of everyday life by picking up simple, evocative clues like an old park, while abstracting a humble and ordinary building and rediscovering its hidden values, rooted in simplicity.

In this project, the architects wanted to demonstrate that very ordinary, simple materials with good detailing can elevate the mundane and that "innovation does not necessarily mean using high-tech materials" and that they "still believe in the primitive aspects of old and forgotten materials," said L Architects.

"We decided to abstract a park setting for these plants. As we recall the older parks in Singapore, we realised that the double-bullnose brick was commonly used for outdoor benches, walkway edges and planters that were unique to park settings."

Judges comments: "This project offers a real living experience. It's very personal – you really sense the homeowner – but there is also something very cinematic and nostalgic about it. There's a tension in this combination of the bricks and the living plants, but there's also a softness and a sense of warmth."

Studio: L Architects
Project: In a Park