Stories on Design: Empty and Abandoned Buildings, Curated by Yellowtrace

Stories On Design // Empty & Abandoned Buildings.

I've always had a profound fascination with empty buildings and abandoned spaces. It's difficult to look at these sorts of images without a whole bunch of mixed feelings rising to the surface - a sense of wonder, confusion, awe,...
LVDV Apartment by i.s.m.architecten // Leuven, Belgium.

LVDV Apartment by i.s.m.architecten // Leuven, Belgium.

The primary goal of this renovation by i.s.m.architecten was to adapt the existing apartment to it’s new solo inhabitant. The designers have added a series of transparent partitions, maintaining a spacious and open feel, at the same time...
Why Are Architects Sick For Green-Green? | Yellowtrace

Stories On Design // Why Are Architects So Sick For Green?

I've been noticing a peculiar phenomenon in architecture both here and overseas which has me scratching my head juuuust a little. There happens to be one colour (other than "concrete") that sits at the top of architect's list. Green....
Stories on Design: Room With a View, Curated by Yellowtrace

Stories On Design // Room With a View.

Room With a View talks about spaces that embrace their context wholeheartedly - the site, the location, the climate, vernacular architecture and more. What I love about all these examples is the demonstration of many different ways in...

Stories On Design // Architecture for Children.

As adults, and especially as architects and designers - whether we are parents or not - we have a collective responsibility to teach our Young Jedis about the importance and the value of good design. They say it's best to start them young,...
Auwegemvaart Project by Dries Otten | Yellowtrace

Joyous Kitchen Joinery by Belgian Designer Dries Otten.

Dries Otten is a young furniture designer, interior architect and scenographer based in Belgium. We are in love with his commitment to colour and his ability to design playful joinery loaded with personalty. Queue squeals of excitement...
Loft M by Graux & Baeyens Architects | Yellowtrace

Loft M by Graux & Baeyens Architects // Kortrijk, Belgium.

Loft M is a spectacular residence set inside a former factory in the outskirts of Kortrijk, Belgium, designed by Graux & Baeyens Architects. Today this site consists of a single loft filled with two interlocking curving structures...