Stories On Design // Swimming Pools.Swimming Pools are like pom-poms. Everybody loves them. Ok, that may not be true (about pom-poms at least - that's probably just me), although you have to admit that Swimmings Pools feel like opening a can of instant happiness. Yay! For...
A Shop Inside a House: Tangram in Kortrijk by Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu.Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu have recently completed a renovation of a heritage building in Kortrijk, Belgium which has been divided into two dwellings - one a house, the other a shop. We were going to tell you about this...
Brutalist Home & Studio of Mexican Sculptor Pedro Reyes & Carla Fernandez.A melange of concrete textures makes up this Mexico City home of artist Pedro Reyes and his fashion-designer wife Carla Fernandez. Bold, brutalist and Barragán-inspired, this banger of a building features whacky paving floors, an...
#YellowtraceTravels: Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI Museum of Modern Art in Rome.Shortly after the shocking news of Zaha Hadid's sudden death, Nick and I were on our way to Rome, and my instant thought was that we had to visit her MAXXI Museum of Modern Art - partly to pay our respects, but also because I was wildly...
At One With Nature: Dayang Sanghoi in Seoul by TUNEplanning.South Korean architect's TUNEplanning have utilised the uneven topography of the Pyeongchang-dong region in Seoul, Korea, to build a space that magnifies the scale of its surrounding mountain, creating a safe haven from the city’s...
Interview: Nick Harding of Ha Architecture.Ha is a Melbourne-based boutique architecture studio, lead by the principal Nick Harding. The practice undertakes a diverse range of design projects varying in typology and scale, with a common thread of being community focused. Ha's...
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...