Hi-Lo Hotel Lobby in Portland, Oregon by Jessica Helgerson.Back in 1999, Alex Calderwood opened the Ace Hotel in Seattle and forever changed our notion of what a luxury hotel could be. Another recent edition to the category is Hi-Lo Hotel in Portland, which promises a comparable sort of cool,...
#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 &...
Do-C Ebisu Tokyo Capsule Hotel Renovation by Schemata Architects.Would you tuck into a 2x1m fiberglass box for a night’s sleep? Capsule hotels—where rows of single-bed-sized rooms are stacked on top of one another, were born out of Osaka in the late 1970s, and are a part of a sort of bare...
Hotel Architecture & Interiors | 2017 Archive.Hotels have always been serious business and the ultimate expression of good hospitality design. Nowadays more than ever, hotels are places that need to capture the imagination of global travellers, particularly as most of us now travel...
Yellowtrace Spotlight // December 2017.Welcome to the December edition of Yellowtrace Spotlight – the very last one for 2017! Say whaaaat? How did that happen? As we say goodbye to the year that was, we have a selection of the best submissions that have come our way in the...
The Drifter Hotel in New Orleans by Concordia Architecture & Nicole Cota Studio.Inspired by subcultural nonconformity, The Drifter Hotel updates mid-century individualism while celebrating local art, hip cuisine, and speciality...
Yellowtrace Spotlight // November 2017.Hello friends, and welcome to the November 2017 edition of Yellowtrace Spotlight where we round up the best submissions featuring local and global design news. We’ve had some seriously brilliant submissions this month (like, what's...
Brazilian Brutalism: Chez Georges Private Villa in Rio de Janeiro.Overlooking Sugarloaf Mountain, Guanabara Bay and Rio de Janeiro’s rooftops is Chez Georges Private Villa. Built in the 1970s by one of the key architects of Brazilian modernism, Wladimir Alves de Souza, the property was recently...