It will feature a bar and tea room, cigar lounge, spa, karaoke room, mahjong room, billiards room, two Chinese restaurant-inspired dining areas, a multi-purpose function room and a children’s playroom.

And while there is a small bedroom in place, there are no plans for the occupants to reside at 41 Cumberland Road, adds Chow’s co-founder Louis Chon. 

This unusual design direction is in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, explains Chow. The owners desired a private space for loved ones to gather.

The client’s brief, which was first shared with the designers in late 2020, dictated something that “carried Bruce Lee’s spirit.” 

The new Chinese name of the house 動。靜之間 means "between movement and stillness." The name pays homage to martial arts. The designers were inspired by the action involved in the traditional discipline, which is followed by a cool-down period. The house will be "a place for both activity and rest." 

And so the designers incorporated touches that paid homage to the martial arts legend at every turn. The “iconic” black-and-yellow colour combination in the costume worn by Lee in the 1978 film The Game of Death will be used as a pattern on the walls. The use of wood in the interiors, and “overall vintage colour usage,” is a nod to the 1972 action flick Fist of Fury. In one of the corridors, the designers created a nunchuck as decoration—the popularity of the weapon was largely attributed to Lee.

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The designers are sourcing furniture from Minotti, rugs from Sahrai Milano and tiles from Bisazza. The switches and lighting panel are from Buster + Punch, and the wallpapers are mainly sourced from luxury homeware company Designers’ Guild. 

The house is described by Chow as a “zero to 100 project." Their goal, he adds, is to "use modern methods to reinterpret the whole place."