Mendi Argia Boutique Hotel in San Sebastian by Openhouse Studio.In collaboration with Sara Ojanguren, Openhouse Studio has designed a series of dreamy interiors for the Mendi Argia boutique hotel in San Sebastian. The historic qualities of the 20th century Neo-Basque Villa have been retained and...
Plantea’s Transformation of an Abandoned Adult Cinema in Madrid into Sala Equis.Plantea transformed a former adult-film cinema in Madrid into a contemporary art-nouveau theatre within its abandoned shell. The previous dark interiors reminiscent of its racy, X-rated past have been replaced with an undeniable air of...
Interview: Sarah Gibson & Nicholas Karlovasitis of DesignByThem.Sarah Gibson and Nicholas Karlovasitis, founders of Australian furniture, lighting and homewares brand DesignByThem, were one of the first people I interviewed on Yellowtrace back in 2011 (which is about 100 internet-years ago, when I used...
Virgil Abloh’s Miami Off-White™ Flexible Flagship Store Designed with AMO.Do you think that "shopping is (still) relevant”? Off-White founder Virgil Abloh and AMO director Samir Bantal may have found an answer to that very question with their design of Off-White Miami Flagship. Packed with multifaceted...
Maison Gauthier in Mont-Tremblant, Canada by Atelier Barda.Atelier Barda’s beautifully restrained home, Maison Gauthier, in Mont-Tremblant, Canada, exudes a tranquil atmosphere that is simply irresistible. Designed as a sequence of spaces, the house is moulded around the topography of the site....
Alex Guesthouse & Cinema Space in Ghent by Atelier Vens Vanbelle.Allow me to set the scene. On the idyllic grounds of a French-style home just outside of Ghent, sits a quirky corrugated form with its own projecting watchtower. Clad in corten-steel, the abstract building rises from the earth like a...
Casa Meco Holiday House in Meco, Portugal by Atelier Rua.The key focus of Atelier Rua’s Casa Meco in Portugal is its oversized communal living spaces that cement its status as a pitch-perfect family holiday home. Wrapped in beautifully nuanced exposed concrete with killer views to boot, the...
Newlab Co-Working Space in New York by CIVILIAN.New York-based creative studio CIVILIVN was engaged by Newlab to transform the interiors of a 1930s manufacturing building in Brooklyn into a co-working space dubbed Newlab 77 Washington. The interior maintains the building's original...
Shoebox in Barcelona by Barbara Appolloni.Perched on the side of Montjuic hill, Barbara Appolloni Arquitecta’s Shoebox House feels much like an extension of the beautiful city of Barcelona. The home unfolds with all of the colour, energy, and grit of the Spanish city that...
