Mediterranean contemporary on the Catalan coast
An apartment building in Mataró reinterprets the warm and radiant atmospheres of the Mediterranean urban vernacular between the quest for sustainability and a sophisticated living experience.
50 museums to visit in a lifetime
A global journey in search of the museums that made history, through nearly a century of the Domus archive.
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Mecanoo converts an ancient city hall in Scotland into a museum
The Perth Museum is a place rich in history, renovated in a fruitful balance between preservation and innovation, to once again house a symbol such as the Stone of Destiny.
A visit to the authentic water world of Colombia’s Venice
Founded in 1847, the town of Nueva Venecia, located inside the largest lagoon complex in Colombia, has no roads, preserves cultural practices from past centuries and faces many challenges: local violence, anthropization and the climate crisis.
15 designer hotels you can book now
A selection of architectures between Wright, Lautner and Kengo Kuma, Gio Ponti and Norman Foster, merging the escape from the ordinary and a full immersion in modern and contemporary history.
The renovation of an Art Nouveau building in Barcelona
BACH renovated and extended an early 20th century building while preserving its original features, in a skilful dialogue between old and new.
Álvaro Siza on Domus, from the Porto School to projects in China
The Portuguese master through our digital archive, between the redemption of historical traces and critical regionalism, through works and drawings that exude poetic sensitivity.
Translucent pavilions to live and work in the Japanese forest
In the woods of Mount Rokko, the renovation of a historic villa with five new cottages offers the opportunity to lodge, work or simply contemplate nature, decanting the pace of a not-far-away metropolitan life.
Grand Palais, the rebirth of a Paris symbol
The restoration of the Nave, supervised by Chatillon Architectes, is nearly complete, just waiting for the inauguration for the upcoming Olympic Games.
A house near Goa, nestled around an enclosed garden
An introverted and protective dwelling in India, designed to offer shelter from monsoons, discloses familiar and private atmospheres around a hidden courtyard.
The spaces of Challengers: life as a tennis match
In Guadagnino’s latest film, tennis talk takes center stage, yet it’s never about tennis. And the court becomes a cinematic metaphor.
Aerodream, the spectacular history of inflatables
Art sets the pace and architecture follows
Frederic Migayrou, curator of the exhibition “Aerodream” at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, tells us the aesthetic and social evolution of these majestic inflatable structures, from Second World War until today.
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.
“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.