From the archive

Luis Barragán: seclusion and serenity

In 1980, Domus visits the Mexican architect's — then recently awarded the Pritzker Prize — Gilardi House: both rigorous and complex in its articulation of spaces, it emanated a deep, almost religious, sense of absorbed concentration.

From the archive / Olivier Boissière

The ironic object

The October 1981 issue of Domus surveys the work of Philip Garner, an American designer with an affection for futuristic appliances — especially the automobile — and a longing for push-button utopias.

From the archive / Ugo la Pietra, Philip Garner

Bruno Munari: A taste for taste

In 1944, Bruno Munari expands on a few possible combinations between different historical styles, exploring a phenomenon of the time by which we objects and things from other eras are enjoyed not with the taste that produced them but with the "taste for taste".

From the archive / Bruno Munari

Touring the architecture school

Agnoldomenico Pica surveys the state of Italian architecture education in 1976, focusing in the Rome and Florence schools, which at the time had to manage respectively 17,000 and 8,876 enrolled students.

From the archive / Agnoldomenico Pica

Niemeyer in Paris

Remembering Oscar Niemeyer, Domus turns to its archives to propose a 1972 feature on the Brazilian architect's emblematic project for the headquarters of the French Communist Party in Paris.

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Traveling on the Rio Negro

A delicate 16mm film, conserved at the Domus Archives, documents the August 1978 expedition undertaken by Pierre Restany and two artist friends, who traveled up the Rio Negro from the depths of the Brazilian Amazon to the border with Venezuela and Colombia.

Disco!

In its April 1983 issue, Domus visits two discothèques in Bologna, and describes their intricate set design: scenic atmospheres where one can dance, listen to music, meditate, indulge in your own thoughts or go off into solitary fantasies.

Luis Barragán: seclusion and serenity

In 1980, Domus visits the Mexican architect's — then recently awarded the Pritzker Prize — Gilardi House: both rigorous and complex in its articulation of spaces, it emanated a deep, almost religious, sense of absorbed concentration.

The ironic object

The October 1981 issue of Domus surveys the work of Philip Garner, an American designer with an affection for futuristic appliances — especially the automobile — and a longing for push-button utopias.

Bruno Munari: A taste for taste

In 1944, Bruno Munari expands on a few possible combinations between different historical styles, exploring a phenomenon of the time by which we objects and things from other eras are enjoyed not with the taste that produced them but with the "taste for taste".

James Irvine: a self-portrait

Remembering the British industrial designer, Domus proposes a 2001 feature in which James Irvine named five "things" that were dear to him: among which, Craig Ellwood's Weekend House, The Big Lebowski, and the Sony logo.

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Basilico reads Buenos Aires

A sequence of individual figures, aerial views and urban perspectives: in the pages of Domus in 2004, Gabriele Basilico analyses Buenos Aires, a city that contains a thousand other cities.

Remo Brindisi: a museum-home

In 1974, Domus reported on what was a unique event in Italy: a great, heterogeneous contemporary art collection assembled in 25 years by artist Remo Brindisi, installed in a "dwelling museum" designed by Nanda Vigo.

The Washington Metro

In 1976, Domus publishes a report on the recently inaugurated first segment of the Washington, DC metro, noting how "each functional element of design has been designed to perfectly match the whole system's configuration".

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Brionvega: maker of icons

In 1968, Domus helped those in need of a radio or television by proposing Briovega's innovative range of products, created by designers such as Marco Zanuso, Richard Sapper, and brothers Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni.

Touring the architecture school

Agnoldomenico Pica surveys the state of Italian architecture education in 1976, focusing in the Rome and Florence schools, which at the time had to manage respectively 17,000 and 8,876 enrolled students.

Niemeyer in Paris

Remembering Oscar Niemeyer, Domus turns to its archives to propose a 1972 feature on the Brazilian architect's emblematic project for the headquarters of the French Communist Party in Paris.