Memories of Ettore Sottsass
 

Memories of Ettore Sottsass

Lisa Licitra Ponti, an important protagonist in the history of Domus, paints a portrait of great Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass, and sheds light on his connection with the magazine.

 

From the archive / Lisa Licitra Ponti

Xenakis Matters
 

Xenakis Matters

A volume edited by Saron Kanach explores the many facets of Iannis Xenakis, who sought to engage, explore, and interrogate the full range of human experience, a much needed attitude in today’s architectural practice.

 

Reviews / Ethel Baraona Pohl

Raw Edges: Kenny

Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay's latest design for Italian furniture manufacturer Moroso is a roundly curvaceous armchair made out of a folded simple strip of Kvadrat fabric.

 

News

Christopher Polly: Cosgriff House
 

Christopher Polly: Cosgriff House

A new addition to a single family house in Sydney carves a new volume, extrapolating and subverting previously existing geometries to a striking effect.

 

Architecture / Brett Boardman Photography

The Beaux Arts Ball: Both-And
 

The Beaux Arts Ball: Both-And

At the University of Kentucky College of Design's yearly Beaux Arts Ball, architecture is featured out of the banal, autonomous context of the gallery, and in the wild, as a part of contemporary culture.

 

Architecture / Matt Shaw

Anish Kapoor in Berlin

In his first major exhibition in the German capital, Anish Kapoor invades the ground floor of the Martin-Gropius-Bau with 70 of his works, some of which specially designed for the venue.

 

News

Herzog & de Meuron: Messe Basel
 

Herzog & de Meuron: Messe Basel

The Swiss architects complete their additions to Basel's exhibition halls complex, which culminate in a new, covered public space illuminated from above by a striking circular opening.

 

Architecture / Hufton + Crow

Marlboro South
 

Marlboro South

Mapping the identities, spaces and forces within a temporary zone for displaced residents, 26'10 South Architects and University of Johannesburg students come together, shedding light onto the right to housing debate in South Africa.

 

Architecture / Hannah le Roux

Hubert: Talma, Cradle and Net

British designer Benjamin Hubert designs a furniture collection for Moroso: two chairs and a series of tables are the result of his studio's materials driven, process led industrial design approach.

 

Design

Yasutaka Yoshimura: Nowhere but Sajima
 

Yasutaka Yoshimura: Nowhere but Sajima

Overlooking the sea, a rental home in Japan maintains the key aspects of the hospitality experience, while escaping the usual characteristics of a resort.

 

Architecture / Yasutaka Yoshimura, Chiaki Yasukawa

The Disobedience Archive
 

The Disobedience Archive

Taking over Turin's Castello di Rivoli, the first Italian venue of the "Disobedience Archive", curated by Marco Scotini, is a contingent archive that expresses itself in the “here and now” of the exhibition.

 

Art / Martina Angelotti

Printable futures

With the KamerMaker — a movable 3D printer pavilion — and a proactive approach, DUS architects seek to push the boundaries of this technology: in a co-creation process involving the community and multiple stakeholders, they propose 3D-printing an Amsterdam canal house, room by room.

 

Architecture / Vera Sacchetti