His House And Her House in China by Wutopia Lab.Shanghai based architecture firm Wutopia Lab, were invited to transform buildings within the urban slum of Shenzhen for the seventh Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture. The result is a cobalt blue cube and the...
Rural Meets Contemporary at Bejing Cottage Refurbishment by Christian Taeubert + Sun Min.First built in the 1970s, the home was left unoccupied and forgotten when its owners shipped off to the heart of the city. Beijing-based architect, Christian Taeubeutâs idea was to maintain the rustic identity of the house, but to layer...
Built with Brickworks: Ivanhoe House by Kavellaris Urban Design.Set back from the street on a slightly sloped block, the single storey home's grand double-height entryway creates a dramatic sense of arrival. Clad almost entirely in gridded milky white La Paloma bricks from Australbricks and...
Holiday House in Monterrey, Mexico by Tatiana Bilbao.Like something out of a Guillermo del Toro fantasy, this holiday home near the mountains of northeastern Mexico is an enchanting illusion in three parts. Called Los Terrenos (âThe Terrainâ), the home is the work of Mexico City-based...
Workstead House in Charleston, South Carolina.There is something delicious about the prospect of taking a dilapidated building and restoring it to its former grandeur. Every architect and designer worth their salt has a moment of salivation at the mere thought of taking a tumbledown...
Belmont House in Kew, VIC by Kennedy Nolan.Family homes are just that. Homes filled with families. And families start small and get bigger, often with alarming rapidity. Houses or apartments that once suited a couple no longer suit one with a baby. A house that once sufficed to...
Interview: Auckland-Based Interior Designer Rufus Knight.I am so excited to share our interview with the wildly talented young designer from New Zealand, Rufus Knight. At just 31, Rufus demonstrates a design maturity and wisdom that's developed well beyond his young age. He has become the...
Kevin Carmodyâs Territory of Architecture.The idea that architecture touches and guides all facets and corners of the lives we leadâfrom the mundane, to the emotional, the commemorative, cerebral, celebratory, sad, thrilling, temporary, indoor, outdoor, urban, and otherwiseâis...
Yellowtrace Spotlight // March 2018.Yellow (see what we did there?), and welcome to the March edition of Yellowtrace Spotlight. This month we are sharing a whole bunch of design news including several new showroom openings by DEDON, Poliform and VBO Australia, a few super...
