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  • Canvas House co-living space by Ministry of Design

    Canvas House is a co-living space in Singapore with all-white interiors

    Ministry of Design has created completely white interiors for this co-living space, which occupies a traditional shophouse in Singapore. More about Canvas House is a co-living space in Singapore with all-white interiors

    Natasha Levy | 11 March 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Interiors of Esora restaurant, designed by Takenouchi Webb

    Esora restaurant is set inside an old Singapore shophouse

    Minimalist interiors draw attention to the open kitchen of this Japanese restaurant, which Takenouchi Webb has created inside an old Singapore shophouse. More about Esora restaurant is set inside an old Singapore shophouse

    Natasha Levy | 2 February 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Townhouse with a folding-up shutter in Vietnam by MM++ Architects

    Vietnamese shophouse by MM++ Architects features a facade that folds open

    Vietnamese studio MM++ Architects has squeezed a contemporary shophouse into a four-metre-wide site in Ho Chi Minh City, with a facade that opens and closes like a giant shutter. More about Vietnamese shophouse by MM++ Architects features a facade that folds open

    Amy Frearson | 18 November 2015 | 3 comments
  • Niven Road Studio by WOW Architects

    WOW Architects opens art and design venue in converted Singapore shophouse

    Almost 20 years after buying a shophouse in a historic Singapore neighbourhood, local architect Maria Warner Wong and her team have converted the building into a new venue for art and design (+ slideshow). More about WOW Architects opens art and design venue in converted Singapore shophouse

    Amy Frearson | 21 October 2015 | 3 comments
  • Ministry of Design transforms five Malaysian shophouses into a boutique hotel

    Both original geometric tiles and contemporary machine-milled latticework decorate the reception of this boutique hotel in Penang, Malaysia, which occupies a row of traditional shophouses (+ slideshow). More about Ministry of Design transforms five Malaysian shophouses into a boutique hotel

    Alyn Griffiths | 28 June 2015 | 3 comments
  • Fai Fah by Spark

    Fai Fah by Spark

    Architects Spark have added a stairwell resembling a giant wedge of Swiss cheese onto two Bangkok shophouses they've converted into a youth centre. More about Fai Fah by Spark

    Amy Frearson | 20 September 2012 | 3 comments
  • The Pool Shophouse by FARM and KD Architects

    The Pool Shophouse by FARM and KD Architects

    Architecture studios FARM and KD Architects have converted a 1920s shophouse in Singapore into a residence with a swimming pool stretched along the ground floor. More about The Pool Shophouse by FARM and KD Architects

    Amy Frearson | 19 September 2012 | 11 comments
  • Hatched at Holland Avenue by Outofstock

    Birds' nests inspired the facade of this Singapore cafe by designers Outofstock, where eggs are served all day. More about Hatched at Holland Avenue by Outofstock

    Amy Frearson | 9 August 2012 | 1 comment
  • Inside awards: Bar Code by Ministry of Design

    Inside Awards: Bar Code office by Ministry of Design

    In this latest interview from our series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona, Dezeen editor-in-chief talks to Marcus Fairs talks to Colin Seah from Ministry of Design about the design of their own office, a former shophouse in Singapore where the rooms and the furniture within them are arranged in rows like a barcode. More about Inside Awards: Bar Code office by Ministry of Design

    Kate Cregan | 15 December 2011 | 1 comment
  • The Periscope by VW+BS

    The Periscope by VW+BS

    London studio VW+BS have designed an office building for Singapore that resembles a giant periscope. More about The Periscope by VW+BS

    Amy Frearson | 29 July 2011 | 9 comments
  • Shophouse Transformation by all(zone)

    Bangkok studio all(zone) added a patterned concrete facade to two disused Bangkok shophouses to create a live-work unit on each floor. More about Shophouse Transformation by all(zone)

    Catherine Warmann | 25 February 2011 | 2 comments
  • Shophouses – 4 x 8 m Bangkok by Peter Nitsch

    Shophouses 4 x 8 m Bangkok by Peter Nitsch

    German photographer Peter Nitsch has sent us a selection of his latest series of photos, documenting combined businesses and homes in Bangkok, Thailand. More about Shophouses 4 x 8 m Bangkok by Peter Nitsch

    Rose Etherington | 14 July 2010 | 7 comments
  • 55 Blair Road by ONG&ONG

    Architects ONG&ONG have completed a contemporary open-plan interior for the renovation of a terrace house in Singapore, merging the interior and exterior spaces. More about 55 Blair Road by ONG&ONG

    Brad Turner | 12 September 2009 | 42 comments

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