OMA Restores the Landmark ‘Fondaco dei Tedeschi’ in Venice into a Spectacular Department Store.Commissioned in 2009 to transform the 9,000sqm building into a department store, OMA's restoration of the 16th Century Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice is officially complete. First constructed in 1228, and located at the foot of the...
The Great Wall of WA by Luigi Rosselli Architects.Located at Mindaroo Station up in the Pilbara in Northern WA, Luigi Rosselli Architect’s created a series of 14 separate residences for the mining magnate Andrew Forest. Tunneling into the sand dune, each one of the 14 residences is...
Epic Farmhouse Renovation in Girona, Spain by Arquitectura-G.Every so often you come across a building that allows your imagination to run wild. It stops you in your tracks, disarms you with wonder and forces you to slow down. The culprit? A farmhouse renovation by Barcelona-based studio...
Second Home London Office by Selgascano.An orange plastic tunnel forms a curvy seating area along the facade of this London office block - the first UK project from José Selgas and Lucía Cano, the architects of next year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. Located in a former...
Æblehavenhus (The Orchard House) by Jeppe Utzon // Morud, Denmark.Cutting into the Danish countryside, Æblehavenhus (The Orchard House), is an intoxicating drop of residential design that could have you considering a move to greener pastures. Celebrating its context, with all that open space, the...
Design Free Thursday // Mimicry by GiesenLeenders."Mimicry" is a quirky little series of images by Dutch photography duo Maurits Giesen and Ilse Leenders of GiesenLeenders. Each colourful scene captures two matching characters perfectly camouflaged in their environment. Without trying to...
Helga Steppan.Just the the other day, I received a little correction message on yellowtrace's facebook wall to say that one of the images I had in my Visual Diary album was incorrectly labelled. What? I know - shocking! Yes, I made a mistake. I really...