Luo Jingmei

December 20, 2023

Habitus Christmas Gift Guides 2023 – The editor’s picks

Whether hunting for the perfect present for a loved one or simply doing some window shopping of your own – this is the definitive guide to the most covetable design products for the festive season.

September 15, 2020

Escape To The Urban Jungle

Tasked with creating a refined and relaxing occasional house out of this Singapore condo apartment, Parenthesis channelled a Japanese sense of Zen.

February 24, 2020

Greening, Screening And Ageing Well

Biophilic design may be trending but for HYLA Architects, it has always been an integral part of design in the tropics. This house in Jalan Harom Setangkai, Singapore, is a fine showcase of such an affinity.

May 27, 2019

Tropical Modernism: 80ADR-House By ONG&ONG

ONG&ONG expands on the Modernist language of a house, and adapts it for a multi-generational family in Singapore.

May 16, 2019

Park + Associates Steps Up Semi Detached House Design

In the Assembled House, Park + Associates’ ingenious response to challenging authority regulations results in an engaging, light-filled semi detached house defined by its circulation and layering of internal volumes.

April 30, 2019

Gabriel Tan On Longevity In Design

Every aspect of the Grange Garden Apartment – down to the furniture – has been crafted by multidisciplinary designer Gabriel Tan to prioritise light, storage and the occupants’ way of living.

April 11, 2019

K2LD Architects Experiments With Density In Collection XI

Can the same spatial benefits of a standalone dwelling be appropriated for the multi-residential model? K2LD Architects attempts to answer that question with Collection XI in Melbourne.

March 5, 2019

Onion Reinvents Resort Architecture With Sala Samui

Resort architecture takes a curvilinear route in the sculpted Sala Samui Chaweng Beach Resort, courtesy of Thai design studio Onion. The result is a tempered yet inspiring series of spaces.

February 4, 2019

Taikoo Shing Apartment by Studio Adjective

There are many ways to tackle the constraints of small square footage. Studio Adjective’s clever space planning and use of materials for an apartment in Hong Kong makes an exemplary case study.

December 11, 2018

History Reinvented In House With A Loggia

This home by RT+Q Architects proves that the works of 16th century Venetian architect Andrea Palladio is more than relevant in the design of a modern house in the tropics.

December 4, 2018

Sala Ayutthaya In Thailand Works Magic With Material And Mood

Thai architecture firm, Onion, breathes into Sala Ayutthaya an alluring sense of poetry as it introduces contemporary form into a historic setting.

October 18, 2018

Luo Jingmei On Habitus House Of The Year

A seasoned architectural writer and former editor, Luo Jingmei shares her unique insights into the Singapore architecture and design scene, and the projects that made the cut for the first ever, Habitus House of the Year initiative.