Slab House by Bureau de Change Architects.London-based architects Bureau de Change have created a concrete waffle roof which sits above the new living area of a period residence dubbed Slab House. The underside of the new roof is exposed to create the living room ceiling, its...
Yellowtrace Spotlight // November 2016.November 2016 edition of Australian Design News presents the best submissions we've received this month, from projects, events, products, books &...
Chi She Art Gallery in Shanghai by Archi-Union Architects.The brief to Archi-Union Architects called for a building that could provide a delicate and abundant compound art space, where various artistic events could take place. The grey green bricks were chosen for the facade as they perfectly...
Atrium House in Gotland, Sweden by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter.Designed by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter, Atrium House is a holiday home in När Parish - the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. The house was built on a slight ridge that marks the location of the thousand years-old coastline—the edge...
Stories On Design // Circles in Architecture.The Circle is a universal symbol with extensive meaning. It represents the notions of totality, wholeness, focus, infinity, unity, timelessness, the Sun, the Moon, the entire Universe. I suspect the reason most of us are drawn to it is...
Mar Adentro Hotel & Residences in Mexico by Miguel Angel Aragones.Mexico City-based architecture practice Taller Aragone, led by Miguel Angel Aragones, has designed a sublime 205-room hotel set on the edge of the Sea of Cortez on the outer rim of Baja California Sur. The eight-acre resort is an...
Airbnb HQ in Tokyo by Suppose Design Office.Japanese architecture is perhaps one of the most profoundly beautiful, vulnerable and considered of the modern design ethics. Not unlike the cherry blossoms so revered and admired by the Japanese, there is a delicacy to the way the...
Otherworldly Magical Powers of Pantheon in Rome.Nine years later, in April 2016, I was reunited with this otherworldly building and it's special magical powers during our trip to Rome. Not only was the Pantheon the very first building that made me cry - it changed everything for me, and...
Amangiri Resort & Spa In The High Desert Of Utah.When it comes to 20th century luxury travel, things don't get more special than this - an oasis in the middle of the ancient splendour of the Utah desert, where nothing has been left to chance. Amangiri Resort and Spa is a remote...