Stories On Design // Built Into Nature.Today we take a world wide tour of seriously incredible examples of architecture that not only address their context and interact with their surrounds, the sites they occupy form the key ingredient that architects have used in the overall...
Enoteca dai Tosi: Wine Bar Carved Into a Mountain in Matera, Italy, Designed by Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu.Enoteca dai Tosi started out life as a competition. Five esteemed architectural studios duked it out for the honour to design the three-level winery. Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu won the coveted prize and itâs clear why. If the...
#YellowtraceTravels: Postcards From Siena, Italy.Before our annual pilgrimage to Milan for Salone del Mobile & Design Week, Team Yellowtrace spent blissful 36 hours in Siena. It was our first time in this picturesque little city, which proved to be a perfect start to our very busy time...
BruksgĂ„rden in HöganĂ€s, Sweden by Petra Gipp Arkitektur.Located in an industrial Swedish town famed for its ceramic production, Petra Gipp Architectsâ BruksgĂ„rden project is a testament to the nature of industry past, present and future. Transforming the lavish yet aged factory...
Nobu Downtown, New York City by David Rockwell.After 23 years, Nobu Tribeca closed to make way for a new flagship â Nobu Downtown â set in a landmark building in New York City's Financial...
Eden Locke Edinburgh Hotel by Grzywinski+Pons.For a country that has more than 400 words to describe snow and the nationâs favourite word is âdriechâ (meaning dull and miserable weather), it probably comes as somewhat of a surprise that the architects Gryzwinski+Pons chose a...
HermĂšs Campaign Shot inside the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.Fashion may long have been criticised for being fickle, shallow and skin deep, keeping company with waif like, beautiful creatures who havenât seen a decent meal in untold years. Unlike libraries, of course, which are revered as the...
MK House in Antwerp by Nicolas Schuybroek Architects.In this digital age, weâve all grown accustomed to digesting news, social media and even our daily dose of design with a simple swipe of the finger or a scroll of the mouse. We skim through articles, glaze over images but often, nothing...
1930s Villa Kaplansky in Antwerp, Belgium Restored by B-Architecten.Sometimes you just have to gut the place and start again. Pull out all the windows and demolish the inside. Itâs not pretty, but if the jobâs worth doing, itâs worth doing well. B-architecten, the architectural studio behind this...
