Multidisciplinary design practice Lim + Lu has refurbished the interior of this 167-square-metre apartment in metropolitan Hong Kong to make it feel like an "elegant yet quaint summer home".
Designed for a nature-loving Japanese and British couple with two children, the interior has subtle, neutral colours and finishes that are intended to place focus on the greenery that fills the space.
Top image: the apartment was outfitted with a home office. Above: Calacatta marble features on the kitchen island and work surfaces
Located on the first floor of a 1950s building, the apartment's windows are perfectly in line with the palm trees that surround it. To enhance this connection to the outdoors, Lim + Lu replaced all of the existing, small windows with larger aged-steel windows that bring in more natural light and make the space feel larger.
"The black wooden blinds and delicate brass details accentuate the feeling of an elegant yet quaint summer home," said the Hong Kong-based studio, which is headed by Vincent Lim and Elaine Lu.
"Altogether, these elements work in tandem, ensuring the family residing within can live not only in understated luxury but at one with nature as well."
The living room opens up onto the balcony via an aged-steel doorway
The designers wanted to create an open-plan layout in the apartment's social areas, so that movement between the kitchen, dining, living room, study and balcony flowed easily.
In order to do this, the ori...