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The architect, Li-Yu Cheng, founded StudioX4 in the summer of 2010 to fulfill ambitions toward modernist architecture and contemporary design. Situated at multi-cultural Taipei city, the team is dedicated to urban languages and interdisciplinary studies toward both exterior and interior spatial design.
The practice is composed of architects, interior designers, and lighting technicians; their work emphasizes the warmth of human connection and art, covering a wide range of disciplines including architecture, interior design, and furniture design.
StudioX4’s creations have garnered international recognition, with influences spanning from Germany, Italy, United States, United Kingdom, China, and South Korea. They received international awards, including the Good Design Award, iF Design Award, Red Dot Award, Dezeen Awards, and the Taipei Design Award Mayor’s Prize.
In recent years, the team has continued to gain acclaim, winning the Architizer A+ Award in the U.S. and the London International Creative Competition (LICC), making them one of the few Taiwanese teams to achieve such global recognition.
The designer, Yu-Chen Chen, graduated from the Interior Design Department at Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan. With over a decade of experience in design and execution, in addition to having full knowledge of architectural languages, Chen specializes in master-planning for lighting and interior design.
