mA-Style Architects: Idokoro House in Shizouka, Japan | Yellowtrace.

Idokoro House by mA-Style Architects // Shizouka, Japan.

Konichiwa! Today we’re south of Mount Fuji in the Shizouka Prefecture of Japan, to look at a house so good I wish I’d thought of it myself. This little slice of simplicity is by mA-Style Architects, and the photographs come from Kai...
Summerhouse Lagnö by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter | Yellowtrace.

Summerhouse Lagnö by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter // Sweden.

It seems that lovely little extruded houses abound these days. Of late we’ve seen a pared-back postmodern fruitiness combined with lean and linear plans. Familiar vernacular forms sieved through a tight net of disciplined design. Today...
Atelier Hermann Rosa in Munich, Germany | Yellowtrace.

Atelier Hermann Rosa // Munich, Germany.

There are days when I look at a picture and wish I could pour myself into it. And I think that today’s images are so heavenly you may wish to dive in and join me. We’re off to Munich, to the Atelier Rosa, studio space of the late...
Bishop Edward King Chapel by Niall McLaughlin Architects | Yellowtrace.

Bishop Edward King Chapel by Niall McLaughlin Architects.

I love a good chapel. Compact space redolent of however-many-centuries of religious thought, practice, space, and music one can imagine. Places of peace, quiet, and reflection. Places of succour and support for the soul. And in the hands...