AN OASIS OF CALM
Mar 04, 2022
4 minutes
Photographed by Brendan Zhang.
Styled by Daphne Tso
EDITED BY CHARMAINE HO
When energy trader and interiors influencer Vivienne Shen and her Dutch husband went house-hunting in Singapore, they fell in love with a Joo Chiat conservation W shophouse the moment they set foot in it.
“We have always loved shophouses in Singapore. Each of them is unique, and carries a piece of the country’s history and cultural heritage. This one has really high ceilings, an open space on the first floor, and a courtyard right in the middle of the house, which allows us to bring the outdoors inside,” says the 34-year-old of the 3,500sqft, two-and-a-half storey house, which comes with an attic space and a rooftop patio.
Having grown up in China, married a European,
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