Celebrated interior designer Peter Tay infuses the new Midtown Bay residences with his elegant aesthetic while crafting versatile spaces for these luxury apartments
Even decades later, interior designer to the stars Peter Tay fondly recalls his time as an architecture student in London, and the insights he gained there. “It made me realise that one cannot look at architecture alone,” recalls Tay, who was inspired by the English capital’s heritage. “One also needs to understand the surrounding sites, and the fabric of the city itself.”
An appreciation of the urban setting would, in turn, result in effective design. “Just as the architecture has to respect the landscape, the interior design must then respect the architecture,” he says. “The interior needs to blend well with the architecture such that it almost disappears.”
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The President*s Design Award winner and founder of Peter Tay Studio has worked on offices, showflats and celebrity homes, including the abodes of Wang Leehom, Zhang Ziyi and Zoe Tay. He also launched his eponymous monograph in 2013, which details his signature use of reflective elements to enhance the spatial volume of each of his projects.
Tay was recently tasked with crafting the lobby and show units of Midtown Bay, a new residential tower by GuocoLand that houses 219 luxury apartments. Located within the Guoco Midtown mixed-use development in the Beach Road district, these residences are slated for completion in 2022.