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...
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...
Alvaro Siza Vieira’s New Church of Saint-Jacques de la Lande in Rennes, France.Pritzker Prize-winning Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza Vieira has designed a beautiful, light-filled church for Rennes’ outer suburbs. Alvaro Siza Vieira's Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande will be the first church built in Brittany, France...
#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...
Hotel National des Arts et Métiers, Paris by Raphael Navot.New among Paris’ boutique hotels is Hôtel National des Arts & Métiers. Set somewhere between the Marais and Montorgueil quartiers in the third arrondissement, the hotel takes its design cues from the Centre National des Arts &...
Campamac Osteria di livello in Langhe, Italy by Fabio Ferrillo of OFF Arch.Fabio Ferrillo typically plays in the high fashion world, but this time the Milanese architect has lent his knack for emotive interiors to an osteria in the heart of the Langhe region in his native...
Renovation of a Finnish Culinary Institution: Palace Restaurant Helsinki by Note Design Studio.When the celebrated signpost of Finnish gastronomy approached Note Design Studio about a refurbishment, they didn’t ask for a modern and trendy interior. Instead, they wanted something that would withstand the time and honour the history...
Stage of Forest: Ski Pavilion at Songhua Lake Resort of Jilin, China by META-Project.Designed by Beijing-based META-Project, this mountainside structure looks like a villain’s secluded lair in a James Bond film. Its purpose in reality, however, is a lot less foreboding. Peering over the icy Songhua Lake from a...
Sky Club House by DOMANI is the Fanciest Gym Ever.Gyms, fitness clubs, and yoga studios were once architectural wastelands. Now though, so many are being created with design as a defining element. A fresh example of the new-age luxury, supremely stylish health centre is the new Sky Club...
