Client: Bukit Kiara Properties
Location: Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur
Project: Verve Suites Mont Kiara
Description: To design 14 unique apartment types centered around modern, urban community living
Award: World Gold Winner for Residential High Rise - FIABCI Prix d'Excellence Awards 2015
Our role: Interior design, interior styling, architectural finishes, lead designer
To create a sense of community within the overall development including 14 different fully furnished types for a total of 931 units centered around modern, urban living. We were able to influence some architectural structural decisions, helping to maximise space within the already compact apartments.
Space was the key and we brought in secret rooms, moving panels and added extra storage wherever possible. The bathrooms featured sunken baths, something rarely found in a small home.
The brief included the buyers’ strong preference for our bathroom design, which we brought to the front of the apartment, making it a feature.
As functionality is key, we created a dual purpose dining table. The area is located parallel to the kitchen worktop, allowing meal preparation if required. It is designed on casters to slide away revealing additional living area space.
A soft colour palette of gold and graphite grey with an off white base was chosen to reflect openness, whereas the material selection was determined by light and warmth. Our choices therefore were maple laminate flooring, maple re-constituted timber veneer joinery, tinted mirror glass and fabric wall panelling.
A play on contrasts, soft and hard, warm and cold, dark and light, followed by added texture gave the finishing touches to a harmonious home.