We bring you the world’s best interior designers who’ve been making headlines thanks to their lust-worthy residential designs sure to give you some home décor inspiration.
Soo K. Chan
Background: The 55-year-old Singaporean architect is the founding principal and design director of multi-disciplinary practice, SCDA Architects, established in 1995. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the inaugural Singapore President’s Design Award, Singapore Designer of the Year, the SIA-Getz Architecture Prize for Emergent Architecture in Asia and two RIBA International Prizes. With over 120 employees in offices in Singapore, Shanghai and New York, his portfolio ranges from luxury residences and private homes spanning Asia/Oceania, Africa, Europe and America to master planning, resorts and hotels, and commercial and institutional buildings. Behind various high-rise condominiums and houses across Singapore that reinterpret urban tropical living, he is currently exporting his expertise to Sanya in China, working on the landscapes and interiors of the residences of The Sanya Edition, and Chelsea in New York City near the popular High Line park, designing all exteriors, interiors and landscaping of the 11-storey Soori High Line, including an exclusive Soori Living furniture collection with Poliform. His first US project, with 31 apartments featuring an unprecedented 16 private pools and generous terraces inspired by resort living, it is set to open in the spring.
Style: Taking a holistic approach, SCDA combines architecture, landscape, interiors and product design. Its projects express tranquility and calmness qualified by space, light and structural order, producing architecture and interiors shaped by cultural and climatic considerations and integrating nature and water features (lush gardens, water courts and air wells), which blur the line between inside and outside. Most of Chan’s clients are familiar with his design esthetic prior to engaging him, seeking a timeless, comfortable and well-integrated final product. More than just creating a set of drawings and specifications, he crafts a total lifestyle for them.
Projects: Leedon Residence, Cluny Park Residence, Nassim Park Residences, The Marq, TwentyOne Angullia Park, The Lincoln Modern, SkyTerrace@Dawson, HarbourView House, Andrew Road House, Mint Toy Museum, Bodhi Art Gallery, National Design Centre and Rang Mahal restaurant in Singapore, One KL condominium in Kuala Lumpur, Heeren Street Shophouse in Malacca, The Sanya Edition hotel and residences in China, Alila Villas Hadahaa resort in the Maldives, Alila Villas Soori resort and private villas estate in Bali, 118 East 59th Street, 515 High Line and Soori High Line residential towers in New York City.
Quote: “Authenticity, simplicity, warmth and elegance are qualities I strive for in residential projects. A well-designed space is as much a quiet refuge as it is a place of entertainment; it is a balanced whole that brings peace as well as new energy to its users. Ultimately, good design should move the human spirit. I strive to surpass the purely functional aspects of my work, and fill the space with quiet yet uplifting beauty that will stand the test of time.”
Check back next week for Part 4 showcasing a fourth interior designer making waves in the design world.
