TURNING a mere 67 square metres of real estate into the height of luxury sounds a little like a tall order, but one that interior designer Cameron Woo accomplishes with ease.
Back in 2006, the Singapore-based Australian transformed a barely-there showflat that was the equivalent of the size of a 3-room HDB flat into the hottest seller at The Metropolitan, a 382-unit, high-rise condominium in the Bukit Merah area, a project that he counts as one of his biggest successes.
The two-bedroom space, dressed to the nines with glamorous mirrored walls and overhead displays, was presented by developer CapitaLand as a new-generation solution for nuclear families who could purchase adjacent units for their loved ones.
Says Woo: ‘We took what was probably their biggest liability (their smallest apartments) and turned them into one of their biggest assets: we communicated that an 800 sq ft space can feel large and actually work.’
The project, which won his firm, Cameron Woo Design, the CNBC Arabia Best Residential Interior Design Category for Asia-Pacific back in April this year, will represent the region in the international awards held in November. Continue reading
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