The human side: Gabriele Micalizzi photographs Milan Design Week for Domus
We asked the Italian photojournalist to narrate Salone and Fuorisalone in his irreverent and always surprising way. Here are his photos, taken exclusively for us.
Mario Cucinella designs the new face of Milan with the Santa Giulia masterplan
The project for the urban regeneration of the south-eastern district in Milan covers a total area of 65 hectares and includes the future third largest park in the city.
Wood and stone for a new university building in the Netherlands
In Tilburg, the first university building in Europe made entirely of wood and clad in stone reinterprets the idea of the palace by following the principles of circularity.
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How Milan Design Week changed the city forever
What if temporary use is bringing an even more pervasive and inexorable form of gentrification? A reflection on “Week-based” Milan, downstream of events, strategic operations and location cult.
When Renato De Fusco (1929-2024) wrote the history of Domus
We remember the great architectural historian and theorist, who left us aged 94, through his late-millennium essay, dedicated to Domus as a crucial viewpoint onItalian and international cultural history.
“Bourgeois” Existenzminimum in a renovated flat near Vicenza
AMAA reinterprets the theme of Modern minimalist housing amidst the material and figurative suggestions of a refined artisanal process evoking Arts&Crafts research.
“If we have a heritage, it’s to enrich it”. Jean Nouvel’s Paris beyond the Olympics
The future of a changing capital, starting from its architecture. We talked about it with our 2022 guest editor, a protagonist of this transformation through four decades, who designed an installation for Samsung in the heart of the Olympic area.
Bang & Olufsen relaunches the seminal Beosound 9000c
The product marks the second project in the brand's Recreated Classic Series after the Beogram 4000c record player from 2020. It's available in only 200 units, costing $55,000 each.
Mercedes introduces the first electric Class G
The German carmaker unveiled its long-awaited full electric version of its celebrated off-road vehicle.
Building in straw: a possibility for the future of living in 5 key projects
From the American suburbs to the Milanese countryside, from Belgium to the Alps, architecture shows the sustainability and poetics of building in straw.
Los Angeles: an Olympic city forty years ago
As the Paris Games draw closer, we go back through the Domus archive to the 1984 Olympics, which turned the California city into a postmodern firework in search of levity and community spirit.
Rome is going to have a new archaeological walk
The project aims to reconnect the archaeological sites of the city center with the surrounding neighborhoods.
2024 Olympics surfing competitions in Tahiti raise environmental concerns
After months of protests from the local community, supported by the International Surfing Federation, efforts have been made to contain the damage; however, the reef could still be harmed.
The dual logic of a pinwheel house in Canada
Reflect Architecture’s design for a buen retiro in the Ontario forests interprets the dwelling as an introverted and protected place, on the one hand, open and integrated into the landscape on the other.
Construction of kindergarten designed by Kéré has started in Munich
The building will be constructed of wood and offer children environments in which they can freely explore their creativity.
Stefano Boeri Architetti designes the new Xi’an Museum of Technology
The project aims to become a major scientific hub, contributing to the regeneration of the entire capital area of Shaanxi region in North-West China.
Photos of the Barbican Center wrapped with traditional Ghanaian fuchsia fabrics
The installation by Ibrahim Mahama may evoke those of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, but it focuses on the historical memory conveyed by handmade textiles.
Marcus Aurelius: a philosopher emperor
Marcus Aurelius, who ruled the Empire amidst wars and famines, was born today. An equestrian statue in Rome and a painting by Delacroix commemorate the emperor, who was austere, plagued by doubts, and found solace in philosophy.
EU Mies Awards 2024 winning projects announced
The two awarded projects explore the potential of architecture to change social policies and mindsets, fostering inclusive contexts.
Urban regeneration between past and future in the Texas capital
American firm Page Southerland Page is working on an extensive three-phase project, set to integrate Austin's main historic landmarks.
Swatch x Verdy: 5 watches and a bronze statue at the Biennale
The Japanese graphic designer brings all the coolness of his characters to the lagoon and to a series of watches from the Swiss brand.
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University campus in Paris designed by Studio Gang is almost completed
The building uses natural materials and is characterised by a hybrid structure in which solid wood and steel are combined.
What is Fallout: a life between the vault and the zone of contamination
It’s one of the most appreciated role-playing and strategy videogame series, not just for its game mechanics but also for the incredible balance between the retrofuturistic design and post-apocalyptic scenarios. And now it’s a TV show.
Terra is an AI-based navigator with an open-source design
Design studios Modern Works partnered with Panter & Tourron to create a futuristic navigation non-device for those who go for walks without carrying a smartphone.
A video project that tells the story of Milan, between Berio, Ponti, and BBPR
MASBEDO’s “Ritratto di città” (Portrait of a city) at the Museo del Novecento in Milan recreates the topography of a city driven by collaborative intelligence on an 8-meter LED wall.
The glass house, in 12 landmark projects
We propose a selection of dwellings where glass is the predominant material, between fades and reflections, from Mies van Der Rohe to Lina Bo Bardi, Odile Decq to Marcel Duchamp.
Designing at Google, designing for humans: “When in doubt, refer to nature”
“Human, optimistic, and bold” is how Google VP Ivy Ross defines the company’s hardware design. We talked with her about designing technology, the relevance of feelings, and AI’s forthcoming challenge.
Milan Design Week 2024: a review hypothesis
From fashion’s colonization to the disappearance of the symbolic dimension, Design Week is a gigantic performance in which to read our relationship with reality.
Gaetano Pesce’s last exhibition
Pesce’s (1939-2024) testamentary exhibition “Nice to see you” is open for a few days in Milan: art and design show blurred boundaries, and the body in its various forms is the great protagonist of a tireless imagination.
The three lives of a house in Stockholm
Krupinski/Krupinska Arkitekter has added a contemporary twist to a 1920s mansion already transformed in the 1970s, eclectically preserving and valorizing three ways of living.
Francis Kéré: My new projects, two years after winning the Pritzker Prize
“Sustainability is continuity,” says the architect, who claims he doesn’t consider himself an intellectual and whose work is booming.