Who Wouldn’t Love Washing Their Hands Here?Hey guys, howzit going? It's bad, huh? Yeah, I know. Everything's kind of fucked. I consciously resisted addressing the global shitshow that's the COVID-19 pandemic on these pages. Yellowtrace is an online space where good design is...
Interview: Portuguese Architectural Photographer Rui Cardoso.A trained architect, Portuguese photographer Rui Cardoso worked with the lauded architect Manuel Aires Mateus at his Lisbon atelier for four years. During this period he found himself increasingly drawn to photography before deciding to...
Liquid Pavilion by DepA for The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, Portugal.DepA has completed a mirrored pavilion set on the grounds of a cultural institution Serralves, Portugal, originally designed by Álvaro Siza in the...
1940s Retro Apartment Renovations in Porto by Atelier In Vitro.This nostalgic renovation of three flats in an 1940’s building in Porto has been designed by architecture studio Atelier In Vitro, located inside Porto's Palácio do Comércio, one of the city’s most charismatic buildings. "The...
Stories On Design // Circles in Architecture.The Circle is a universal symbol with extensive meaning. It represents the notions of totality, wholeness, focus, infinity, unity, timelessness, the Sun, the Moon, the entire Universe. I suspect the reason most of us are drawn to it is...
Real Estate Agency in Portugal by Fala Atelier Features Marble Partitions.This clever little fitout by Portuguese architecture studio Fala Atelier is a transformation of an old clothing store in Porto into a real estate agency. The base building was already refurbished in the early 1990s, so the client gave the...
Stories On Design // Perfectly Perforated.Perfectly Perforated (try saying that as fast as you can five times in a row) is a celebration of the love affair architects & interior designers seem to have with the 'hole'. Get your mind out of the gutter - you know that I mean,...
Casa do Conto (House of Tales) Hotel | Porto, Portugal.Designed by Pedra Líquida (Liquid Stone), Casa do Conto (House of Tales) began over three years ago, however a fatal fire interrupted the project in March 2009. The owner and the architects went on to complete the hotel and subsequently...
