Casa Cody, a 1900s Hotel in Palm Springs by Casetta Group and Electric Bowery.Casa Cody has quite a history. Not only has it hosted legends like Charlie Chaplin, American opera singer Lawrence Tibbett and French-born novelist Anaïs Nin, but—as the oldest operating hotel in Palm Springs—its spirit has remained...
Chromatones by Tom Adair Opens Virtually at Nanda\Hobbs Sydney.Responding to the current public health climate, emerging Melbourne artist Tom Adair’s solo show at Nanda\Hobbs Sydney has launched virtually with much success. Dubbed Chromatones, the exhibition showcases 16 new pieces using Tom’s...
Jim Jennings’ Own Desert Retreat in Palm Springs.Set against the backdrop of the San Jacinto Mountains in Palm Springs is an unassuming weekend retreat for San Francisco architect Jim Jennings and his wife and architectural writer Terese Bissell. The deceptively simple structure is...
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...
Stories On Design // Mesmerising Mirrors in Art & Architecture.The magic of mirrors has played a theme role in our childhood stories - from mirrors on walls used by wicked step mothers to portals to step through into different worlds. Much like the world of childhood fairytales, todays Story is...
Palm Springs Modernism Week 2015.Tom Ferguson shares a special report with us today featuring his superb photography and a selection of the best moments from his recent trip to Palm Springs Modernism Week...
Albert Frey House II in Palm Springs.If I was supremely talented, in possession of a spectacular site in the hills above a resort town, armed with a Bunnings power pass, and in command of the sort of budget most architects have (which is to say, fuck all), I still don’t...
Joshua Tree House by Kendrick Bangs Kellogg.What I like about writing for Yellowtrace is that I get to spend a fair bit of time mentally arranging my furniture in houses other than my own. With this one I am stumped. Being frank, this house is not my cup of tea. However at this...
Event Report // Palm Springs Modernism Week 2014.Armchair tourists, we’re off to California! I recently had the luck to attend this year’s Modernism Week in Palm Springs, with my good friends. With a rented house in the Movie Colony, a bagful of tickets, and heads full of dreams...
