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,...
Didomestic Apartment in Spain by Elii Architects.Didomestic apartment in Spain is a small, hyper-functional apartment situated in an attic of an old building in Madrid, designed by Elii...
Sculpting and Manipulating Space With Light.Although I am a huge fan of beautiful fittings which capture, cradle and bounce light within interiors, today I wanted to explore a more conceptual side of this medium - the idea of projected light as the means of manipulating space. For...
How to Fit a Whole Apartment in Just 16sqm.If you live in a city like Sydney, and you wonder how you could enter it's unaffordable property market - this is how. Yes, I'm taking about smoke and mirrors. Cocina con sentido(s) is a project by Paula Rosales from More-Co, who created...
Matadero Theatre and Film Library by ch+qs Arquitectos | Madrid, Spain.Waaah waaah weee waaah!! Design awesomeness alert. Say what - Madrid again? But of-course! That city is flooded with seriously sexy architecture I tell ya. So much design goodness. Designed by the talented folks at ch+qs architects (I...
ABC Museum, Illustration and Design Centre | Madrid, Spain.Well you certainly can’t say that I post about commercial buildings all that often here on yellowtrace. If ever. That’s probably because most of them leave me feeling flat and fairly unexcited. It’s quite a different...
European Adventure 2011.Hello muffins! It's me - little miss yellowtrace. Yes, the rumours are true - I'm back! I've missed you guys so much. How have you been? Did you enjoy all the guests posts while I was away? Did you have a favourite? Tell me, tell me, tell...
Pablo Valbuena | Video Projection on Architecture.Named after the technique used in baroque era to extended architecture through trompe l’oeil and perspective constructions generated with paint or sculpture, 'Quadratura' is the creation of Madrid born and based artist Pablo...
Hub Offices In Madrid | ch+qs Arquitectos.How crazy OBSESSED am I with old buildings? Is this is starting to get boring for you guys? I hope not. Because I find beautiful old buildings so incredibly precious. They are a diminishing asset and I love seeing them repurposed in ways...
