Clocking in at 1,580-square-feet, the three-bedroom apartment is measured in its use of colour, save for strategic pops of steel blue evident in the built-in furnishings. “[The client] preferred things to be simple and fuss-free, but I didn’t want to only design in black and white either, so in the end we settled on the blue fixtures,” explains Chen. “The bathroom remained monochrome because she loves things to be very clean.” Abstract art prints also create points of interest for the eye to settle upon.

Although the hand-picked furniture leans heavily Scandinavian (think the likes of Fritz Hansen and Carl Hansen & Søn), the hoo design team kept the aesthetic undeniably Parisian thanks to the use of French mouldings and herringbone wood flooring. There’s a touch of the dramatic in the master bedroom thanks to Cole & Son’s Nuvolette wallpaper by Fornasetti. The bathrooms, meanwhile, take on a more classical tone thanks to the prodigious use of marble alongside black steel fixtures and fluted glass.

The result is a highly curated space that, through material selection and colour play, achieves a sense of levity perfectly befitting the endless ocean views that it has been blessed with.