The Long Light Full interior design in Gurney Drive, George Town
A west-facing apartment that stopped overheating
Gurney Drive, George Town
2025
1,650 sq ft
5 months
RM 320,000
The constraint
Floor-to-ceiling west glazing gave the owners the best view on the north coast and an interior that hit 33°C by 5pm. Blackout curtains solved the heat by deleting the reason they bought the apartment.
What we did
Vertical timber fins set at 62° block the low afternoon sun while leaving the horizon view completely clear from a seated position. Internally, we moved all heat-generating functions — kitchen, laundry, study — to the east side, and specified a pale limestone floor with low solar absorptance.
The result
Peak living-room temperature fell 6°C. Air-conditioning runtime dropped by roughly a third across the first full billing quarter, and the sunset is still the first thing you see when the lift doors open.
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