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10 Stunning Architectural Feats—and How They Pulled Them Off

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To get around Housing & Development Board renovation rules in Singapore, Alex and Jay Liu, brothers and cofounders of the interior architecture firm Right Angle Studio, devised clever ways to create an illusion of custom architecture by conceiving a few fake out areas. The artificial skylight was created by building a second ceiling 25 centimeters (roughly 10 inches) below the flat’s concrete ceiling and installing dimmable lights between the two.