Move-in Showroom in Melbourne by Elenberg Fraser.Given that we are hosting an unofficial "brick week" here on Yellowtrace, I though it would be quite fitting to wrap up with a project that takes the lil ol' brick to a whole new level. Please make a warm welcome (back) to the supremely...
Beautiful Brickwork.Had you asked me a few years ago how I felt about brick, I may have pulled a rather unenthused expression. For the longest time, bricks lived in the same brain cell as bad developer houses from the 90s. Oh, how things have changed. I am...
Refuge by Wim Goes Architectuur // House Extension in Belgium.In a small town outside of Ghent, lies this interesting little extension by Wim Goes Architectuur. It was completed in 2008, but I think good things deserve a revisit. The building is a living room extension to an existing brick house. It...
Paris New York Burger Restaurant by CUT architectures // Paris.Designed by the clever boys at CUT architectures, Paris New York is the latest establishment in Paris's flourishing hamburger restaurant scene. The interior aesthetic is a careful blend of NYC's and Paris's combined cultures, spirits and...
Fun House by UdA Architetti // Holiday Apartment Renovation in Juan Les Pins, France.A little while ago, I dedicated an entire post to the sensational Turin-based multidisciplinary studio UdA Architetti. Back then, I eloquently described their work as "shit hot design with truckload of personality". How lady-like of me....
Impossible Reality by Elenberg Fraser // 33 MacKenzie Street Residential Tower in Melbourne.It's certainly not every day that I come across a multi residential tower that makes me squeal with excitmenet. And by "not every day" I mean - hardly ever. Particularly when we are taking about our beloved country permanently stained by...
Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP // Hiroshima, Japan.The Optical Glass House was designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP and it was completed in March 2012. Located on a busy residential street in downtown Hiroshima in Japan, the house features a glittering facade of suspended glass blocks...
Architecture | 2012 Archive.01 | Deliciously Curvalicious. 02 | Staring At The Stair. 03 | All That Glitters… 04 | Acne Studio by BozarthFornell | Paris. 05 | Maison Palmeraie | Marrakech, Marocco. 06 | Atherton Keener House | Phoenix, Arizona. 07 | Golden Workshop...
RED Pif Restaurant & Wine Shop by Aulik Fiser Architekti // Prague.Few things in life excite me more than seeing architects and designers thinking about places they design - taking their time to distill the essence of their client, the context, the purpose of the space etc, before setting out to package...