Clifton Leung Design Workshop - CLDW.com.hk

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Clifton Leung Design Workshop - CLDW.com.hk
19 Reviews

Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism

By Hong Kong standards, 1,350 square feet equals a generously sized apartment. But add a family of six and all their possessions and even that amount of real estate can soon feel cramped. Through careful planning and clever use of space, Clifton Leung not only created an apartment that its owners and their four children love, but also made it feel spacious, bright and uncluttered.
The Hong Kong Chinese couple, who are in the property business, bought the three-bedroom, two bathroom flat on Robinson Road, Mid-Levels, in 2014. The owners wanted it to be classic, but Clifton suggested making it modern classic by reducing the level of detail and giving it a modern twist.
That translated into a simple palette of mainly white walls, pale oak floors and plenty of storage. He started by reconfiguring the diamond-shaped living-dining space, building a brick wall to square off the living room and turning the wedge-shaped area behind the wall into a study nook, creating a useful space from a formerly redundant corner.
Project Year: 2016
Country: Hong Kong
The master suite is an exercise in disguise with calm neutral tones, a large picture window with views of the harbour and panelled walls. Those panels hide a few surprises. At the end of the bed, the panels slide back to reveal a TV while a double wardrobe door opens to a hidden marble bathroom.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
The master suite is an exercise in disguise with calm neutral tones, a large picture window with views of the harbour and panelled walls. Those panels hide a few surprises. At the end of the bed, the panels slide back to reveal a TV while a double wardrobe door opens to a hidden marble bathroom.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
The master suite is an exercise in disguise with calm neutral tones, a large picture window with views of the harbour and panelled walls. Those panels hide a few surprises. At the end of the bed, the panels slide back to reveal a TV while a double wardrobe door opens to a hidden marble bathroom.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
The master suite is an exercise in disguise with calm neutral tones, a large picture window with views of the harbour and panelled walls. Those panels hide a few surprises. At the end of the bed, the panels slide back to reveal a TV while a double wardrobe door opens to a hidden marble bathroom.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
The master suite is an exercise in disguise with calm neutral tones, a large picture window with views of the harbour and panelled walls. Those panels hide a few surprises. At the end of the bed, the panels slide back to reveal a TV while a double wardrobe door opens to a hidden marble bathroom.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
The master suite is an exercise in disguise with calm neutral tones, a large picture window with views of the harbour and panelled walls. Those panels hide a few surprises. At the end of the bed, the panels slide back to reveal a TV while a double wardrobe door opens to a hidden marble bathroom.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Three bedrooms also lead off this corridor, with rooms shared by the family’s two sons and two daughters. Both children’s rooms have built-in wardrobes, desks and bunks with extra large steps (see Tried + tested), and brightly coloured feature walls – fuchsia for the girls and green for the boys.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Like the rest of the apartment, the apparent simplicity of the design disguises some carefully considered details. Electric sockets and cables are hidden in special compartments within the desk, wall lamps for each bunk mean one child can read without disturbing the other, and the bunks have extra...
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Like the rest of the apartment, the apparent simplicity of the design disguises some carefully considered details. Electric sockets and cables are hidden in special compartments within the desk, wall lamps for each bunk mean one child can read without disturbing the other, and the bunks have extra...
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Three bedrooms also lead off this corridor, with rooms shared by the family’s two sons and two daughters. Both children’s rooms have built-in wardrobes, desks and bunks with extra large steps, and brightly coloured feature walls – fuchsia for the girls and green for the boys.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Three bedrooms also lead off this corridor, with rooms shared by the family’s two sons and two daughters. Both children’s rooms have built-in wardrobes, desks and bunks with extra large steps, and brightly coloured feature walls – fuchsia for the girls and green for the boys.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Three bedrooms also lead off this corridor, with rooms shared by the family’s two sons and two daughters. Both children’s rooms have built-in wardrobes, desks and bunks with extra large steps, and brightly coloured feature walls – fuchsia for the girls and green for the boys.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Three bedrooms also lead off this corridor, with rooms shared by the family’s two sons and two daughters. Both children’s rooms have built-in wardrobes, desks and bunks with extra large steps, and brightly coloured feature walls – fuchsia for the girls and green for the boys.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Three bedrooms also lead off this corridor, with rooms shared by the family’s two sons and two daughters. Both children’s rooms have built-in wardrobes, desks and bunks with extra large steps, and brightly coloured feature walls – fuchsia for the girls and green for the boys.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Three bedrooms also lead off this corridor, with rooms shared by the family’s two sons and two daughters. Both children’s rooms have built-in wardrobes, desks and bunks with extra large steps, and brightly coloured feature walls – fuchsia for the girls and green for the boys.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Built-in furniture in the living and dining area provides plenty of storage, but Clifton has kept it discreet, with white cupboards disappearing against the white walls. In keeping with the modern-classic theme, the doors are subtly decorated with simple mouldings and contemporary versions of...
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
The living room is straightened by adding a wall, which makes it easier to watch TV – the angled wall was not practical. Bricks were left exposed and painted white to add texture and break up the ‘classic’.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
The living room is straightened by adding a wall, which makes it easier to watch TV – the angled wall was not practical. Bricks were left exposed and painted white to add texture and break up the ‘classic’.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
The feature is that you can look down the corridor and there’s so much going on – the breakfast bar, the study and kitchen
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
The kitchen is partially open plan. We designed the kitchen with sliding glass panels so it could be enclosed. We also used glass for the kitchen door and side panel, which saves space and brings natural light into the study. Putting the breakfast bar in the corridor creates another area from what...
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
To create a casual eating area, Leung opened up the kitchen wall and replaced it with a countertop, with cupboards on one side and a breakfast bar with stools opposite the study nook. Overhead cupboards further define and separate the kitchen.
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism
The countertop (HK$58,000) and units (HK$42,000) were by Clifton Leung Design Workshop (CLDW). The tap (HK$8,670) was from Galaxy Bathroom (277 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, tel: 2802 3008).
Robinson Place – Elegant Minimalism