IN 3 Apartment in Montréal, Canada by Jean Verville architecte.It’s hard to know what to think about this project. It’s striking, that much is for certain. One cannot help but be captivated by the golden palette. Acres of walls clothed in a material suitable for an Emperor. Its sheen is ever the...
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...
Enoteca dai Tosi: Wine Bar Carved Into a Mountain in Matera, Italy, Designed by Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu.Enoteca dai Tosi started out life as a competition. Five esteemed architectural studios duked it out for the honour to design the three-level winery. Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu won the coveted prize and it’s clear why. If the...
#YellowtraceTravels: Postcards From Siena, Italy.Before our annual pilgrimage to Milan for Salone del Mobile & Design Week, Team Yellowtrace spent blissful 36 hours in Siena. It was our first time in this picturesque little city, which proved to be a perfect start to our very busy time...
AN House in Paraná, Brazil by Guilherme Torres.The modest, unassuming exterior of AN House in Paraná, Brazil, completely belies the enormity of the building tucked in behind it. Designed for a couple with three teenage daughters, it’s a parents’ dream home. A sanctuary no less....
Clovelly House, Sydney by Madeleine Blanchfield Architects.Madeleine Blanchfield Architects recently refurbished an existing 1950s house in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs for an art-loving young family of five. The client wanted to ‘fix’ the dark, disconnected parts of the south-facing house, and...
Inside Utopia: Visionary Interiors and Futuristic Homes + Book Giveaway!Win 3 copies of Gestalten's book Inside Utopia, which unearths the previously difficult to access, radical, visionary homes by famed architects &...
Bruksgården in Höganäs, Sweden by Petra Gipp Arkitektur.Located in an industrial Swedish town famed for its ceramic production, Petra Gipp Architects’ Bruksgården project is a testament to the nature of industry past, present and future. Transforming the lavish yet aged factory manager’s...
Layer House in Regional Victoria by Robson Rak.The Layer House sits on the site that’s close to the beach, although without any views to embrace. Instead, Robson Rak have turned to the house itself, it’s materiality, detailing and textures, creating plenty of visual interest with...
