Villa E in Morocco by Studio KO.Sitting at the peak of a hill in the Moroccan mountain ranges, Villa E rises up from the landscape, like a form extruded from the earth. The locally sourced Oika stone walling reads like an extension of the landscape. From the road in the...
Beans Café & Roastery by Figureground Architecture // Melbourne.Amongst over 400 entrants Figureground Architecture has been awarded the 2014 Hospitality Design Award and the 2014 Best of State Commercial Design Award for transforming a concrete shell warehouse in Fitzroy into a busy café and...
Prix Fixe Restaurant by Fiona Lynch // Melbourne.Prix Fixe is a first time collaboration between two clever and seasoned operators in the Melbourne hospitality scene, chef Philippa Sibley and restaurateur Jason Jones. The duo commissioned Fiona Lynch to create their latest dining room...
Brazil Week // Round-up of Smokin’ Hot Brazilian Architecture, Part II.Oh no. Today is the last day of our Brazil Week guys. Are you sad? No? Well - you should be. But before you go off drowning your sorrows in pear cider and carbohydrates, we still have a fair bit of hot Brazilian action to get through....
Brazil Week // Round-up of Smokin’ Hot Brazilian Architecture, Part I.We know, we know - every freaking design blog and website out there seems to be rounding up Brazilian Architecture because of The FIFA World Cup 2014 currently in it's finals week in Brazil. Ours is a little late because it took just a...
Refurbished Heritage Apartment in Madrid Photographed by Juan Baraja.It’s always a tricky thing, negotiating a contemporary brief with an existing heritage space. While many designers might obsessively refashion a square peg for a round hole, revealing as little evidence of this process as possible,...
Yellowtrace Spotlight // July 2014.Once again the first week of the month rolls around so from us here at Yellowtrace HQ we bring you the Yellowtrace Spotlight! What's happening in the world of design this month you ask? In our July edition you can read about a selection of...
Björk // Swedish Brasserie in Aosta, Italy.Björk, a handsome brasserie in Aosta, Italy, opened just over a year ago by a fashion entrepreneur Giuliana Rosset. Combining the food with design, the restaurant claims to be the first authentic Swedish cuisine outlet in Italy. Who...
So Hot Right Now // Living Large in Small Spaces.While Australia and a bunch of other places have firmly embraced the concept of McMansions, people in many other countries around the world have continued to live in small spaces for centuries. From Europe, to Asia and South America, small...
