Bricks Decoded: The Return of Glass Blocks.Go on. Admit it. The thought of glass blocks probably makes you shudder. Unless you fall into the 5%* category of new generation designers who have already embraced the potential of this highly misunderstood and marginalised building...
An Underground Krypt Bar by Büro KLK in Vienna, Austria.What’s cooler than a new underground bar in Austria? Accidentally discovering the stairway to a bordered-up semi-legal underground jazz club from Vienna’s jazzy 50s and 60s, and then restoring and reinventing it as new. Such was the...
Rob Mills’ Own Award-Winning Residence in Melbourne’s Armadale.Rob Mills is no stranger to opulent, visually rich interiors. Pretty fitting then that his own family home in Armadale in Melbourne is a likely contender for his studio’s most magnificent, artistic, and opulent to date. Collecting a...
Craig Tan Architects & Brand Works Bring HWKR to Life in Melbourne’s CBD.Torn from the pages of the real deal in Singapore and Malaysia, HWKR in Melbourne’s CBD is a futuristic and fresh hawker-hall concept, pieced together by Craig Tan Architects and Brand Works....
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...
#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...
Bentwood Cafe in Fitzroy, Melbourne by Ritz&Ghougassian.Ritz&Ghougassian have shared with us their latest hospitality project, Bentwood café, set within the old Thonet showroom at 237 Napier Street in Melbourne’s Fitzroy. Bentwood café’s interior pays homage to the old custodians of...
Piccolina Gelateria by Hecker Guthrie References 1950s Southern Italy.Hecker Guthrie has created a new flagship for Melbourne gelateria, Piccolina, echoing 1950s Southern Italy—from the colourways through to the theatre of gelato, and the idea of home cooking and gathering around the...
Bricks Decoded: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful Breeze Block.In Brazil, it’s known as Cobogó. In India, they call it Jaalis. The French term is Brise-soleil. Here we know it as Breeze Block. Call them what you will, these little units of awesome are making a massive comeback. Back in the 50s...
