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From stylish furnishings to smart appliances to neighbourhood guides, Better Living curates everything you need to create the perfect home in Hong Kong.
Italian company Minotti has been in the furniture design business since 1948. Photo: Handout
Architecture and design

Q&A | Italian family-run furniture designer Minotti’s growth to a global brand

Third-generation steward Susanna Minotti discusses the company’s heritage, design philosophy and Hong Kong’s influence on its vision.

Architecture and design

London-based designer Faye Toogood on her humanist, playful approach

Architecture and design

Gilded interiors draw improbable luxury from the forest floor

Architecture and design

Light. Views. Flow. How designers scored a trifecta in a young family’s home

Craft of Both revamps a Discovery Bay, Hong Kong, apartment around one key feature: curves.

The living room of the renovated apartment in Discovery Bay, Hong Kong, designed by Craft of Both. Photo: Patrick Stefanus
Architecture and design

Animal print interiors: expert tips on how to keep them classy

Long tied to glamour and excess, animal prints are back – here’s how to use them to add energy and character to modern homes.

Interiors

Even the cat matches the decor in this chic, Parisian-inspired flat

After a two-year search, a Hong Kong couple finally found a rare, light-filled flat – and transformed it with calm, clever design.

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How art transformed a Hong Kong home

A designer refurbished a four-storey house in Chung Hom Kok to showcase the owners’ extensive collection of art and furniture.

The Chung Hom Kok, Hong Kong, home designed by Studio Quinn. Photo: courtesy Studio Quinn and Common Studio
Interiors

The Lamma flat with stylish stoneware and a ‘Space Age Mykonos’ roof

A ceramicist breathes new life into a run-down flat, transforming it into a studio that is a canvas for his architectural sculptures.

Interiors

A family home that celebrates imperfection, memory and grandma’s ceramics

As young parents, the founders of Hong Kong interior design studio Lim + Lu have experienced a shift in outlook and style.

Interiors

A home that packs in hobbies, storage – and bags of colour

His, hers and their spaces; a room for bikes; bold hues ... this couple’s home has become their ‘happy place’.

A music-slash-dressing room in a Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, home designed by Deco Farmer Studio. Photo: King Cheung, Studio Parabolica
Architecture and design

A playful reimagining of a traditional Chinese siheyuan

Children are at the centre of a redesigned courtyard house in Kunming, where cheerful circles and curves spark joy and curiosity.

Lezhi Camp in Kunming. Photo: Chen Yanming
Interiors

They wanted a nest to grow old in. They also wanted fuss-free luxury

A couple nearing retirement opted for a home designed to evolve with them.

Interiors

See how a family’s faith inspired a Hong Kong home of ethereal lightness

Nearly everything – down to a hand-carved Carrara marble bath plug – is bespoke in this mid-1970s, six-storey residence designed to nurture family and faith.

Interiors

Rooms in this flat flex and contract to suit different needs

A West Kowloon home adapts to the lives of its occupants – not the other way around.

A sliding wall shrinks or expands the living area and guest room at this flat in West Kowloon designed by Norman Ung, co-founder of design studios Form and Design Eight Five Two (Deft). Photo: Eugene Chan
Interiors

A future-proofed home fulfils a dying wish

To fulfil his late father’s wishes, a designer modified a multi-storey house in Stanley so his elderly mother could continue to call it home.

The living room at the home in Stanley, Hong Kong, designed by Clifton Leung Design Workshop. Photo: courtesy Clifton Leung Design Workshop
Interiors

Why this Hong Kong home was designed with Australia in mind

‘I think we will live here forever’: this house in Tai Wai was revamped for a family yearning for a laid-back Australian lifestyle.

Interiors

Dream flat in Hong Kong’s Repulse Bay a fortuitous find

A lawyer discovers his perfect home by pure chance and realises he’d been looking in the wrong place all along.

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Expanding a home to accommodate an expanding family

After the arrival of a third child, a family were able to extend their home into the flat next door and stay in the neighbourhood they loved.

Living room in the Lam Tin flat designed by Root Design. Photo: Kitty Chu
Interiors

Singapore’s first 3D-printed house is out there yet introverted

An oculus illuminates the groundbreaking potential embodied by Singapore’s first 3D-printed house.

Interiors

This Hong Kong family home was designed to let the sunshine in

A designer captures the movement of light through this Hung Hom family flat.

Fame and celebrity

How Princess Beatrice’s husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, is redefining luxury

The luxury property developer shares his insights on authentic design, family life and sustainable luxury.

Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, the husband of Princess Beatrice, is the founder and CEO of London-based design studio Banda. Photo: Handout
Architecture and design

Is wood the next ‘quiet luxury’ trend for Hong Kong homes?

Whether it’s a colonial touch or traditional Chinese-style architecture you seek, ever-versatile timber’s your answer.

Professional musician Kelvin Leung’s Tai Wai flat was inspired by his alma mater, King’s College, and designed by Win Key Workshop. Photo: courtesy Win Key Workshop
Architecture and design

Quiet 900 sq ft Kowloon Tong retreat just what the doctors ordered

Apartment blends comfort and clever bespoke solutions to create just what a couple with unpredictable schedules need.

Architecture and design

This jet-setting couple’s Hong Kong apartment got a Japanese makeover

The Zen-inspired pied-à-terre, designed by In Situ & Partners, is a minimalist haven with a traditional tatami room, tea pantry and onsen.

Architecture and design

What does a flight attendant’s home look like?

Living out of a suitcase for much of the year, a private jet attendant insisted his Kai Tak, Hong Kong apartment feel like home, not a hotel – complete with feng shui elements.

This Kai Tak, Hong Kong flat was remodelled by Epic Interior Design. Photo: Elizabeth Au for Workshop Ten
Architecture and design

The design secrets of Hong Kong’s private housing estates

These residential complexes may look identical, but new book Cities of Repetition unveils their distinct architectural identities – from Mei Foo Sun Chuen to Sha Tin’s City One.

A section of Whampoa Garden apartment complex as seen from above in Hong Kong. Photo: Getty Images
Architecture and design

Man caves: the members’ club you’ll never be turned away from

Miami-based interior designer Alfredo Paredes; Guillaume Coutheillas, founder of design firm FrenchCalifornia; and Benjamin Paulin of Paulin Paulin Paulin discuss trends in the trendiest of rooms

Architecture and design

Is this Hong Kong’s ultimate bachelor pad?

A covetable private rooftop, chic drinks bar and Scandi overtones feature in this spacious Wan Chai flat.

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