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homes, there is a separate wet
kitchen. This is positioned
behind the front kitchen, next
to the spiral staircase.
Decorative cement floor
tiles help to anchor the room
visually, and provide a link
to the home’s past – they are
replicas of traditional shophouse tiles. The tile pattern is
repeated in the master suite on
the top level of the house.
Across the courtyard in the

living space, the dining table
is separated from the seating
area by a large staircase.
“This is another point of
illumination,” says Molina.
“Sunlight streams in from the
skylights in the lantern roof
directly above.”
While the stair has a bold,
sculptural contemporary form,
its simplicity ensures it does
not detract from the original
shophouse features.

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Above left: Bifold doors open up the
main living and dining space to the
internal courtyard.

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