{"id":79842,"date":"2026-08-27T07:19:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=79842"},"modified":"2026-08-27T07:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:19:59","slug":"this-1080-sq-ft-singapore-flat-is-a-layered-sanctuary-that-gradually-reveals-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=79842","title":{"rendered":"This 1,080 sq ft Singapore flat is a layered sanctuary that gradually reveals itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/08\/25\/46b9b910-d3a2-4e5f-adc2-69b276da6749_ba49f5af.jpg?itok=aKZH84vy&amp;v=1787634841\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">When the front door of this flat in Singapore\u2019s Pinnacle@Duxton swings open, nothing of the interior is visible: an L-shaped foyer blocks the line of sight, while a low platform compresses the space before it opens out into an expansive living area.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Interior designer Leena Goh considers this the first \u201clayer\u201d of several in the 46th-floor, 1,080 sq ft (100 square metre) public housing unit. There are a few more to be found across the flat, introduced to allow it to reveal itself gradually.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Privacy, unsurprisingly, was the priority. Another was to ensure a clear separation between the public and private zones \u2013 an important consideration for Goh when designing homes.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI believe that good planning should carry that complexity so daily life can remain simple,\u201d says Goh, who runs her eponymous practice, Leena Interior Design Studio (Lids), in the city state. \u201cEvery design decision was measured against one question: does this make living in the home feel more intuitive and effortless?\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In addition to carefully composed layers, she also drew on framed views and overlapping spaces from her bag of interior tricks. This came after a significant reconfiguration of the floor plan \u2013 which included walls coming down \u2013 to fulfil the lifestyle needs of the flat\u2019s occupants.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Her client, Steve Tan, a Singaporean software design director, remembers an instant connection with Goh when they met in 2023. After he had bought the apartment, he decided to renovate it and interviewed more than 20 interior designers that same year.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cShe made an effort to find out about my wife and me and what we envision our home to be before she even started sketching any layout or offering solutions,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/homes\/article\/3364787\/1080-sq-ft-singapore-flat-layered-sanctuary-gradually-reveals-itself?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the front door of this flat in Singapore\u2019s Pinnacle@Duxton swings open, nothing of the interior is visible: an L-shaped foyer blocks the line of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[10863,28984,28983,535,23096,22],"class_list":["post-79842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-flat","tag-gradually","tag-layered","tag-reveals","tag-sanctuary","tag-singapore","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}