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An Award-Winning Hospitality Interior Design Studio in Singapore

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PROJECT SHOWCASE · 2025

THOMPSON SHANGHAI EXPO

Thompson Shanghai Expo opened in October 2025 as the first Thompson hotel in Asia Pacific, on the site of Expo 2010 Shanghai. Silverfox Studios delivered the full interiors across 254 rooms and suites, dining and nightlife venues and event spaces, planned as buildings within buildings.

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PROJECT SHOWCASE · 2024

HYATT CENTRIC KUALA LUMPUR

Hyatt Centric City Centre Kuala Lumpur opened in December 2024 inside a repurposed 22-storey light industrial tower, the former Wisma KFC. Silverfox Studios designed the interiors of its 312 rooms, restaurants, bars and event spaces around the city's tin-mining history and the building's industrial past.

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Project SHOWCASE · 2025

HYATT CENTRIC OCEANFRONT XIAMEN

Hyatt Centric Oceanfront Xiamen sits between the mountains and the sea, beside the Zengcuo'an street food and market district. Silverfox Studios carried that street life into the hotel through market-style cafés, a bakery, bars and entertainment spaces, with references to the city's mountains, forests and street gardens.

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LIV Hospitality Design Awards

Restaurant – Fine Dining

Strawfire

Winner

2025

Main dining room at Strawfire, Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi, with layered silk canopies, suspended gold metal drapes, straw bales and emerald velvet seating

Restaurant – Fine Dining

Strawfire won the Restaurant – Fine Dining category at the LIV Hospitality Design Awards 2025, recognising Silverfox Studios’ design centred on open-fire theatre and crafted material expression.

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LIV Hospitality Design Awards

Destination Winner Middle East

Strawfire

Winner

2025

Main dining room at Strawfire, Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi, with a draped silk ceiling canopy, a back-lit Kumiko screen and emerald velvet chairs

Destination Winner Middle East

Strawfire was named a Middle East destination winner at the LIV Hospitality Design Awards, recognising the project as a notable hospitality interior in the region.

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LIV Hospitality Design Awards

Destination Winner Asia

Hyatt Centric Kuala Lumpur

Winner

2025

IL Forno at Hyatt Centric City Centre Kuala Lumpur, with The Foundry bar beneath a hanging pink steel gantry and graffiti artwork

Destination Winner Asia

IL Forno at Hyatt Centric City Centre Kuala Lumpur was named a LIV 2025 Destination Winner for Asia, recognising the restaurant as a notable hospitality design destination in the region.

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MUSE Design Awards

Interior Design – Restaurants & Bars

Grand Imperial Court

Winner

2024

Emerald Room at Grand Imperial Court, MGM Macau, with a peacock feather tapestry, deep green walls and a dining table

Interior Design – Restaurants & Bars

Grand Imperial Court received Platinum in the Restaurants & Bars Interior category at the 2024 MUSE Design Awards, recognising the project’s immersive private-dining environments and bespoke decorative craftsmanship.

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London Design Awards

Interior Design – Restaurants & Bars

Grand Imperial Court

Winner

2024

Ruby Room lounge at Grand Imperial Court, MGM Macau, with red parchment tapestries of cranes and mountains and velvet seating

Interior Design – Restaurants & Bars

Grand Imperial Court received Platinum in the Restaurants & Bars Interior category at the 2024 London Design Awards, recognising its theatrical private-dining concept centred on gemstone-themed suites and ceremonial arrival sequences.

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MICHELIN Guide Dubai

One MICHELIN Star

Tasca

Starred

2025

Terrace at Tasca, Mandarin Oriental Jumeira Dubai, with timber pergola, dining tables and lounge seating beside an infinity pool overlooking the sea

One MICHELIN Star

Tasca by José Avillez was awarded one MICHELIN Star in the MICHELIN Guide Dubai, recognising the restaurant for high quality cooking and culinary excellence. The restaurant has retained the star across multiple editions of the guide since 2022.

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MICHELIN Guide

One MICHELIN Star

Man Wah

Starred

2024

Main dining room at Man Wah, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, with clustered lantern pendants, deep blue lacquered panelling and patterned carpet

One MICHELIN Star

Man Wah holds a MICHELIN Star in the MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau, recognising its consistent excellence in Cantonese cuisine.

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INSIGHTS

Grand Bazaar Istanbul: the covered market of bedestens, hans and guild streets

Beer halls: from Munich's Hofbräuhaus to the German beer gardens of New York

Kappo: Osaka's counter restaurant where the chef cuts and cooks in front of you

Jiangnan water towns: canals, stone bridges and merchant houses near Shanghai

Miami Art Deco: Ocean Drive, Tropical Deco and the Miami Beach historic district

Wine pairing: the rules of matching food and wine and where they came from

Coloane: Macau's village island, its chapel, temples and Lai Chi Vun shipyards

Macramé: the knotted craft from sailors' decorative knots to 1970s plant hangers

Peranakan style: shophouse interiors, nyonyaware and the Straits Chinese home

Leather tanning: vegetable and chrome tanning from Córdoba to upholstery leather

Glove puppetry in Fujian: budaixi, carved heads and the puppet stage

Aperitivo: the Italian pre-dinner hour of vermouth, Campari and the spritz

The baguette: how France's long loaf is made and why UNESCO listed it

Industrial interior design: SoHo lofts, exposed ducts and the factory look

Chowpatty Beach: Mumbai's bhelpuri, the sea face and Ganeshotsav immersions

Kopitiam: the history of Malaysia and Singapore's coffee shops, kopi and kaya toast

Omotenashi: the meaning of Japanese hospitality, from the tea room to the counter

Bookmatched marble: how slabs are sawn and mirrored, from Mies van der Rohe to today

Anglo-Japanese style: Godwin, Jeckyll, Dresser and Victorian design after 1862

Dead Sea, Jordan: why it is the lowest and saltiest lake on Earth

Portuguese cork: how cork is harvested in the Alentejo and turned into stoppers

Fish and chips history: Joseph Malin, John Lees and Britain's first chip shops

Red and gold Chinese design: imperial yellow, cinnabar and the colours of celebration

The peony in Chinese art: the king of flowers on porcelain, silk and scrolls

Awamori: Okinawa's rice spirit, black koji and the aged kusu of Ryukyu

Jazz kissa: Japan's listening cafés, from Chigusa to the global listening bar

Why are restaurants so loud? Restaurant acoustics and the design of quiet rooms

Guastavino tile vaults: the Catalan brick ceilings of New York

Escoffier brigade system: how Auguste Escoffier organised the professional kitchen

Dondo yaki: Japan's Little New Year fires, from sagicho to Nozawa Onsen

Brunch history: how the late-morning meal became a weekend ritual

Suzhou gardens: pavilions, Taihu rockeries and Ji Cheng's borrowed views

Banquette seating: from the French bench to the restaurant booth

Club lounge history: from the 1939 Admirals Club to the hotel club floor

Black and white houses in Singapore: colonial bungalows built for the tropics

Dali marble: the Chinese stone that looks like a landscape painting

Bar counter history: from the pub servery to the saloon long bar and cocktail station

Welsh slate: the quarries of north-west Wales and the roofs they supplied

Jebel Akhdar rose water: Oman's mountain rose harvest and distillation

Oyster omelette: the Minnan street food of Xiamen and southern Fujian

Japanese knife types: deba, yanagiba, usuba and the knife towns of Sakai and Seki

Therme Vals: Peter Zumthor's quartzite thermal baths in the Swiss Alps

Kala Ghoda: South Mumbai's art district, its galleries and its festival

Hand-tufted rugs: how they are made and how they differ from hand-knotted

The English country house: halls, libraries and collections from Hardwick to Holkham

Bordallo Pinheiro: the naturalistic faience of Caldas da Rainha

Jerash: the Roman city of Gerasa and its colonnaded streets

Borough Market history: London's food market under the railway viaduct

Shuri Castle: the Ryukyu royal palace, its Seiden hall and its court arts

Cloisonné: how Chinese enamel was made, from Jingtai blue to the Qing workshops

Kabuki-za: the history of Tokyo's kabuki theatre in Ginza

Manchu Han Imperial Feast: what the Qing records show and what is legend

Family style dining: from service à la française to sharing plates

How beer is brewed: malt, mash, hops and yeast in the brewhouse

Shikumen: the stone-gate lane houses of Shanghai and their architecture

Streamline Moderne: curves, chrome and the machine-age style of the 1930s

Tsuchime: Japan's hand-hammered metal finish from copper kettles to silver and tin

Chicken and waffles: the history of an American pairing from Pennsylvania to Harlem

Macanese food: the Portuguese-Chinese cooking of Macau, from minchi to serradura

Rioja wine region: Tempranillo, oak ageing and Spain's first DOCa

Richard Kelly lighting: focal glow, ambient luminescence and modern architecture

Botanical illustration in Singapore: the William Farquhar drawings of Malacca plants

Hotel live music: palm court orchestras, tea dances and the Savoy dance bands

Encaustic cement tiles: how cement and inlaid clay floor tiles are made

Angostura bitters: the Trinidad tonic behind classic cocktails

Royal Opera House Muscat: the architecture of Oman's opera house in Shatti Al-Qurum

Boutique hotel history: how small design-led hotels changed hospitality

Hydrotherapy history: water cures from Bath and Gräfenberg to Malvern

Kaiseki and the ryotei: Japan's private-room restaurants and their seasonal courses

Irani cafés of Mumbai: bun maska, chai and bentwood chairs

Victorian pub glass: brilliant-cut mirrors, acid-etched windows and gilded glass

Vinho verde: Portugal's young wine from the Minho and its grapes

The torii gate: meaning, types and history of Japan's shrine gateways

W Hotels history: how a 1998 New York hotel became a design-led brand

Historic Centre of Macao: from Senado Square to the Ruins of St Paul's

Binchotan charcoal: how Japan's white charcoal is made in Kishu and Tosa

Chinoiserie: how Europe imagined China in lacquer, porcelain and wallpaper

Lima food scene: how Peru's capital became one of the world's food cities

Ziegfeld Follies: Florenz Ziegfeld and the golden age of the Broadway revue

The oyster bar: how raw bars grew from New York's oyster cellars

In Praise of Shadows: Tanizaki's essay on light, lacquer and Japanese design

Peace Hotel Shanghai: Sassoon House, the Cathay and the Art Deco hotels of the Bund

Sommelier meaning: the history of the wine steward from royal courts to restaurants

Cheddar cheese: from Somerset caves to Vermont farms

Majlis meaning: the Gulf's sitting room and its place on UNESCO's heritage list

Pintxos in San Sebastián: the Gilda, the txikiteo and the city's bar food culture

Shan shui painting: Chinese mountain-and-water landscapes from Fan Kuan to Huang Gongwang

Vanda Miss Joaquim: Agnes Joaquim, Ridley and Singapore's national flower

Bistro meaning: the history of the Paris bistro, its zinc and its chalkboard

Speakeasy bars: how hidden bars returned, from Milk & Honey to Asia

Nanyin music: the ancient ensemble songs of southern Fujian and its UNESCO listing

Espresso history: how Italy invented the coffee machine and the espresso bar

Swedish massage: Per Henrik Ling, Johan Mezger and the origins of classic massage

Wabi-sabi meaning: the Japanese idea of beauty in imperfection and age

Ipoh tin mining history: how the Kinta Valley tin rush built Malaysia's tin city

Mumbai's tallest buildings: from Usha Kiran and Nariman Point to Lokhandwala Minerva

Port wine and the Douro Valley: how port is made and aged

Mount Fuji: Japan's sacred mountain in pilgrimage, poetry and prints

$Deconstructivism in architecture: Gehry, Hadid, Libeskind and the fractured facade$

Deconstructivism in architecture: Gehry, Hadid, Libeskind and the fractured facade

Beef Wellington origin: the history of a British classic in puff pastry

EDITORIAL FEATURES

The stories behind the spaces

Essays on the craft, culture and places that inform our hospitality interiors, from Japanese joinery and Chinese lacquer to the harbours and cities we design in.

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