Layering Courtyard in Beijing by ARCHSTUDIO | Yellowtrace

Layering Courtyard in Beijing, China by ARCHSTUDIO.

Pierced with sunlight and armoured with bamboo and natural timber, Layering Courtyard by ARCHSTUDIO is the modern reinvention of a traditional industrial building and quadrangle near Beijing’s historic Qianmen gate. In the first half...
Hi-Lo Hotel Lobby in Portland, Oregon by Jessica Helgerson | Yellowtrace

Hi-Lo Hotel Lobby in Portland, Oregon by Jessica Helgerson.

Back in 1999, Alex Calderwood opened the Ace Hotel in Seattle and forever changed our notion of what a luxury hotel could be. Another recent edition to the category is Hi-Lo Hotel in Portland, which promises a comparable sort of cool,...
#YellowtraceTravels: Katamama Bali.

#YellowtraceTravels: Katamama Bali.

The 1.5 million special Indonesian bricks that make up Katamama all seem to converge at the entrance. The arrival feels as though it was designed to literally pull you into a mini textural vortex. But of course, these are no ordinary...