Stairway House in Tokyo by Nendo.From the outside, nendo’s Stairway House in Tokyo sits like a clean white spaceship in the quiet residential area it landed in. The home’s regular, rectangular grid is intercepted with a monumental angled concrete staircase, the mere...
Sydney Architect Emili Fox’s Forever Home at Ballast Point.Emili Fox, the director of Sydney architectural practice Fox Johnston, has designed a contemporary, multi-generational home for her young family in Sydney’s inner west. A playground for experimentation and testing, the design team were...
White Rabbit House Extension in London by Gundry & Ducker.The seemingly polite and restrained brick facade of Gundry & Ducker’s White Rabbit House doesn't hide the traditional Neo-Georgian home you would expect. Instead, the experience of opening its green door can only be related to that of...
A Woodwork Enthusiast’s Home in Xiamen, China by ZMY Design.A woodwork enthusiast’s home by ZMY Design stands as a quiet but radical redefinition of domestic space. The simplicity of the interior is dramatic in its emptiness – the usual dotting of colour, personal collections and memorabilia...
I Would Totally Self Isolate Here.Hey guys. How are the Iso feels going? Hope you're not losing your marbles too much. And if you are, I'm feeling you. Staying home all the time is hard. But while we might be adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of us...
ACME Unveils a Contemporary Oast House in Kent.ACME designed a shingle-clad five-tower oast house in Kent, UK, creating a family home based on proportions and geometries of vernacular buildings integral to the traditional beer brewing process. From its exterior, the 230 square meter...
Framework Studio Founder’s Canal House in Amsterdam.Framework Studio founder Thomas Geerlings transformed a former warehouse along the Amsterdam canal into his family abode. The overwhelmingly beautiful interior is playful and provocative, encouraging us to question the experience of...
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...
Powerscroft Road II London Townhouse Renovation by Daytrip Studio.The eternal struggle with the design of townhouses tends to be its limited exposure to natural light. Daytrip Studio has overcome this by adding light-wells and openings throughout the existing shell. From the top floor attic all the way...
