Video // “A Very Short Film” by Vallée Duhamel.Our love of Monetreal-based creative studio Vallée Duhamel, who specialise in high quality lo-fi videos, is well documented. Their latest video, titled "A Very Short Film”, follows the journey of a young girl through a strange and...
London House by Simon Astridge Features Plywood, Concrete, Brickwork, Stone & The Sky.Plywood House in London by Simon Astridge is humble in budget and size, but high on refinement and detailing. The project involved a full house refurbishment with three new extensions, creating a contemporary home woven into the existing...
Kamppi Chapel of Silence by K2S Architects // Helsinki, Finland.Kamppi Chapel of Silence is a peaceful timber paradise sprouting from the south-side corner of Narinkka Square in Helsinki - one of Finland’s liveliest urban spaces. K2S Architects introduced the chapel into the otherwise icy context by...
SAHMRI Building by Woods Bagot // Adelaide, Australia.Well, well, well... We don't tend to cover too many government buildings here on Yellowtrace (just to clarify - that would be, errr, never), but I love making exceptions every once in a while, particularly when a project pushes the...
New Dinesen Showroom in Copenhagen by Studio OeO.In a never ending aspiration for the extraordinary, Dinesen has opened a new showroom in a historic setting next to the Lakes in Copenhagen, designed by Danish studio OeO. Dinesen originates from a strong passion for timber, creative...
A House that Caused the End of a Marriage: Casa Redux by Studio MK27.Studio MK27, the firm led by Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan, produced the short film to accompany their recent project Redux House – a single-storey holiday home in the exclusive Quinta da Baroneza neighbourhood, north of São Paulo....
Video // Ambio Bacterial Lamp by Teresa van Dongen.Ocean waves glowing blue in the dark of night - anyone who has ever experienced this knows how magical it looks. This phenomenon is caused by bioluminescent micro-organisms in seawater that emit light when exposed to oxygen. This principle...
Video // 1942 Berlin Bunker Transformed Into a Gallery & Home.Christian Boros, the owner of a German advertising agency, and his wife, Karen Lohmann, an art historian, were looking for a large space in Berlin—both for living and exhibiting their vast contemporary-art collection—when they...
Video // Ruutu by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Iittala.French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a set of diamond-shaped coloured vases for Finnish design brand Iittala. 'Ruutu' is a collection of 10 vases available in five sizes and seven watercolour tones, which can be fitted...
