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Sora House
Singapore
Finalist, 2026 A+Awards, Residential - Apartment
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Sora House
Singapore
Finalist, 2026 A+Awards, Residential - Apartment
This home for a young family reimagines an existing condominium into a sanctuary of calm, connection, and play. Drawing from the family’s frequent travels to Japan, the design adopts the sensibilities of a traditional Japanese home — distilled, contemporary, and attuned to everyday rituals.
The entrance is conceived as a modern interpretation of a doma, functioning as a grounding threshold that frames the ritual of arrival. Two gently curved walls converge and are anchored by a slender metal shelf, forming a quiet yet deliberate gesture that marks the transition from public to private realms.
Beyond this threshold, the apartment unfolds into a seamless living, dining, and kitchen space — made possible by relocating the kitchen to the centre of the home. This move enhances spatial efficiency and strengthens the idea of family life orbiting around a communal core. The LDK is connected by a long corridor lined with concealed storage. Sliding pocket doors at both ends open to the bedrooms, allowing the owners to experience the apartment as one continuous, flowing space during day-to-day use.
At the heart of the open-plan layout sits a floating timber platform referencing a tatami area. Acting as both backdrop and stage, it offers a versatile terrain for tea, quiet reading, or imaginative play for the children. The platform embodies the home’s ethos — a balance of utility and serenity, shaped for both pause and play.
The open kitchen is designed for family life as much as for entertaining. Once located at the side of the apartment, it is now positioned at the centre of the living space, reinforcing the continuity of the LDK. A slide-and-hide pocket system conceals appliances when not in use, creating a clean and quiet backdrop. Between two existing fluted columns, a long counter doubles as worktop and breakfast bar for the children, merging practicality with conviviality. The cooking area is framed in grey marble, echoing the palette at the Doma and visually tying together the family’s rituals of arrival and nourishment.
Responding to the existing low ceiling height, the design emphasises horizontality and unobstructed sightlines toward the view. Low furniture, concealed storage, and elongated surfaces reinforce this horizontal reading. Curved forms — echoing the estate’s architecture — guide movement and soften edges, while a palette of lime-wash paint, grey Baltic marble, natural oak, and blackened steel grounds the home in warmth and refinement.
Lighting is layered with care: ceiling coves deliver an ambient glow, while strategically positioned downlights highlight furniture and curated objects. In the main family bathroom, an existing skylight above the bathtub becomes the central element. Clad in natural white mosaic tiles, the space captures and diffuses daylight, creating a bright, cocoon-like retreat for shared routines.
Through its Doma and tatami references, its strong horizontal emphasis, soft curves, muted materials, and choreographed lighting, the apartment transforms into a house in the sky — one that embraces both the exuberance of young children and the quiet serenity of a Japanese-influenced way of life.
The entrance is conceived as a modern interpretation of a doma, functioning as a grounding threshold that frames the ritual of arrival. Two gently curved walls converge and are anchored by a slender metal shelf, forming a quiet yet deliberate gesture that marks the transition from public to private realms.
Beyond this threshold, the apartment unfolds into a seamless living, dining, and kitchen space — made possible by relocating the kitchen to the centre of the home. This move enhances spatial efficiency and strengthens the idea of family life orbiting around a communal core. The LDK is connected by a long corridor lined with concealed storage. Sliding pocket doors at both ends open to the bedrooms, allowing the owners to experience the apartment as one continuous, flowing space during day-to-day use.
At the heart of the open-plan layout sits a floating timber platform referencing a tatami area. Acting as both backdrop and stage, it offers a versatile terrain for tea, quiet reading, or imaginative play for the children. The platform embodies the home’s ethos — a balance of utility and serenity, shaped for both pause and play.
The open kitchen is designed for family life as much as for entertaining. Once located at the side of the apartment, it is now positioned at the centre of the living space, reinforcing the continuity of the LDK. A slide-and-hide pocket system conceals appliances when not in use, creating a clean and quiet backdrop. Between two existing fluted columns, a long counter doubles as worktop and breakfast bar for the children, merging practicality with conviviality. The cooking area is framed in grey marble, echoing the palette at the Doma and visually tying together the family’s rituals of arrival and nourishment.
Responding to the existing low ceiling height, the design emphasises horizontality and unobstructed sightlines toward the view. Low furniture, concealed storage, and elongated surfaces reinforce this horizontal reading. Curved forms — echoing the estate’s architecture — guide movement and soften edges, while a palette of lime-wash paint, grey Baltic marble, natural oak, and blackened steel grounds the home in warmth and refinement.
Lighting is layered with care: ceiling coves deliver an ambient glow, while strategically positioned downlights highlight furniture and curated objects. In the main family bathroom, an existing skylight above the bathtub becomes the central element. Clad in natural white mosaic tiles, the space captures and diffuses daylight, creating a bright, cocoon-like retreat for shared routines.
Through its Doma and tatami references, its strong horizontal emphasis, soft curves, muted materials, and choreographed lighting, the apartment transforms into a house in the sky — one that embraces both the exuberance of young children and the quiet serenity of a Japanese-influenced way of life.
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