EBB AND FLOW
“Curves create a f low, resolve awkward angles and connect spaces and forms; we find curves very useful and appealing as a design element,” says Hsu Hsia
Pin, who heads the local firm with his wife Eunice Khoo. “Not all clients are willing to explore this free-f lowing design language and the owner was very brave to take that risk with us.”
“I am fascinated by curves. I told the architects I wanted undulating walls,” affirms Yeo. His love of curves is omnipresent, even down to the furniture that he selected; he quips that furnishings with right-angled legs are “forbidden” in this house.
In the living area, a white Prado sofa from Ligne Roset and tall planters accentuate the loftiness of this space. A ruby red B&B Italia Serie Up armchair by Gaetano Pesce melds with the wavy, transparent Cini Boeri-designed Ghost armchair from Fiam Italia. Meals are enjoyed around an oval Reef dining table from Cattelan Italia and on shapely white-leathered S chairs by Tom Dixon.
A century-old robe adds a sense of history to the dining furniture from Cattelan Italia and Tom Dixon; the sinuous veins of the light marble tiles on the wall and flooring make a streamlined statement in this powder room; the curved steps at the entrance echo the sinuous form of the exterior facade
The Stiletto House is named after the slim exterior columns at the entrance; a view of the airy living room and all-glass mezzanine