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The showroom is designed around the core concept of "Italian luxury living scenes," and notably recreates the VERSACE family mansion unveiled at Milan Design Week 2024. (Source: Taiwan Marmo)
Twin Oaks Partners with Taiwan Marmo to Invest NT$150 Million in Luxurious Showroom, Secures Exclusive Agency for VERSACE HOME to Lead Italian Aesthetics
2025/08/09
Text / Lin Xiujuan
Taiwan Marmo, a leader deeply rooted in Taiwan's premium building materials market for nearly three decades, recently grandly inaugurated its new showroom in Kaohsiung. This marks not only a significant milestone in the brand's history but also a partnership with the new high-end home brand "Twin Oaks Home," under the same Twin Oaks Development group, officially announcing the acquisition of the exclusive Taiwan agency for the Italian luxury home brand VERSACE HOME, jointly opening a new chapter in Taiwan's premium lifestyle aesthetics. The new showroom, which cost over NT$100 million and took two years to complete, employs a globally unique "tile and home integration" model, offering Taiwanese consumers an unprecedented one-stop, fully coordinated aesthetic experience.
World’s First Immersive Luxury Space: Milan Design Week Recreated in Kaohsiung
Stepping into Taiwan Marmo's new showroom in Kaohsiung feels like instantly teleporting to an Italian luxury mansion. Taiwan Marmo General Manager Huang Yaoquan pointed out that this showroom, spanning over 600 ping, is currently the display space in Taiwan with the most tiles and furniture. More impressively, it is the world's first and only showroom that integrates premium tiles with international home brands. He emphasized that this unprecedented initiative demonstrates the determination of Taiwan Marmo and Twin Oaks Home to collaborate and create a complete living space experience.
Huang Yaoquan revealed that from the initial design phase, the Kaohsiung showroom directly coordinated with VERSACE CERAMICS headquarters. Every detail, from concept to completion, was meticulously handled, earning recognition from VERSACE CERAMICS as the only showroom in Taiwan that meets its premium fashion standards. Centered on "Italian luxury living scenes," the showroom meticulously plans six themed areas: the Hall, the Plaza, the Villa, the Apartment, the Mansion, and the Hotel. Each area features independent circulation paths and narrative threads, guiding visitors through different scenarios to personally experience the delicate presentation of design language in materials, lighting, and furniture arrangement.
The most eye-catching highlight is undoubtedly the showroom's recreation of the VERSACE family mansion featured at Milan Design Week 2024. Huang Yaoquan proudly stated:
“We have brought the original Italian look to Taiwan, so everyone doesn’t have to fly 10,000 kilometers and 14 hours to Milan; they can see it here!”
He noted that the VERSACE family mansion space in the showroom, from the blue-toned flooring to the selection of light-colored furniture, fully replicates the Milan display. This is not just a product showcase but a sensory feast spanning design, building materials, and art, thoroughly realizing the concept of "space as life" through fragrance, lighting, circulation, visuals, and touch.
Powerful Alliance Creates Twin Oaks Home, Leading a New Trend in Italian Luxury
The opening also unveiled the birth of "Twin Oaks Home," a new business unit under Twin Oaks Development. Twin Oaks Home CEO Wang Qingrui pointed out that Twin Oaks Home inherits the spirit of Twin Oaks Development's "Hotel Residence" and, with the core concept of "overall spatial aesthetic solutions," is committed to introducing international top-tier home brands. "We not only provide products but also offer cost-effective, complete aesthetic solutions." This debut shockingly announced the acquisition of the exclusive Taiwan agency for the legendary Italian fashion brand VERSACE HOME. This means that Taiwan Marmo will continue to handle the agency for three tile brands—VERSACE CERAMICS, ABK, and MML—while Twin Oaks Home focuses on the VERSACE HOME furniture collection.
Huang Yaoquan elaborated on the deeper significance of this collaboration:
“We hope to create a complete life experience that a single company would find difficult to achieve.”
He stated that the VERSACE brand is extremely cautious in selecting partners; only those who truly understand its brand spirit and possess top-tier professional strength have the opportunity to obtain authorization. With nearly three decades of professional expertise and an excellent reputation in Taiwan, Taiwan Marmo secured exclusive authorization from VERSACE CERAMICS. Regarding the general agency for VERSACE HOME, Huang Yaoquan admitted:
“The greatest price we paid is our dedication and capability.”
He personally visited Milan for inspections and repeatedly communicated with the original designers, insisting on creating a showroom that aligns with Eastern living habits, integrates multiple brands, and balances practicality with aesthetics, rather than a single-style flagship store.
Deep Market Insight and Evolution: From Building Materials to Lifestyle Transformation
Discussing market positioning, General Manager Huang clearly stated that Taiwan Marmo has always focused on the mid-to-high-end market and will continue to move toward top-tier operations, serving premium clientele. He emphasized that beyond revenue, the company values its reputation more: "We either do our best or we don't do it at all." He cited the long-term support from numerous local construction companies and major industry association leaders in Kaohsiung as proof of the market's recognition of Taiwan Marmo in the tile field.
Regarding trends in the tile industry, Huang Yaoquan offered unique insights. He mentioned that although tiles cover a wide area in construction (second only to paint), they are often overlooked. However, in the post-pandemic era of rising housing prices and increased budgets, builders and consumers are beginning to value tile quality, brand, design, and technological differences. He specifically pointed out current tile trends focusing on:
Digital Printing Technology: Quickly adapts to evolving styles and colors, such as Morandi tones, Maillard styles, and even bringing jungle elements into home spaces.
Enhanced Material Performance: Pursues high hardness, easy maintenance, extremely low water absorption composite materials, even incorporating precious metals like gold for a luxurious feel.
Large-Format Slabs: Increasingly larger sizes (e.g., 1.6m x 3m), overturning traditional applications. Beyond floors and walls, they can be used as tabletops or countertops, offering high flexibility.
Regarding VERSACE HOME furniture trends, a showroom representative added that VERSACE HOME's style has become more modern and inclusive in recent years, incorporating elements of feminine power into its designs. The clever combination of its unique fabrics, materials, and classic VERSACE motifs (such as the V-shape and Medusa) makes furniture not just individual pieces but extensions of fashion and art—a strong brand identity that other design brands find hard to match.
This collaboration between Taiwan Marmo and Twin Oaks Home is not only a union of two major brands but also a profound insight and forward-looking layout for Taiwan's home aesthetics market. General Manager Huang stated that in the future, they will continue to introduce the most cutting-edge international top-tier products and present them in the Taiwanese market as quickly as possible, providing consumers with complete solutions from building materials to furniture, leading Italian luxury aesthetics into a new era.
Taiwan Marmo Kaohsiung Showroom
Phone: 07-702-6789
Address: No. 268, Fengping 1st Road, Daliao District, Kaohsiung City
Website: www.marmotaiwan.com
Source: Read the original article | Published: August 09, 2025