Current Issue: Domus 901

Cover. Teheran

Photography by Roozbeh Elias Azar, Kaveh Rashidzadeh, Zahra Tabdili

Stefano Boeri. Living in geopolitics

Almanac. News and events

Edited by Elena Sommariva

CICLI*MA. A racing bike made to travel

A hybrid bike assembled and designed by Alfonso Cantafora and Matteo Poli. The creators discuss the project with Alessandro Mendini. Photography by Ramak Fazel. Edited by Francesca Picchi

Patrick Jouin. Precious folds in the wall

The refurbished Van Cleef & Arpels showroom in Paris. Photography by Eric Laignel. Edited by Maria Cristina Tommasini

Jean-François Chevrier. At land

The non-topicality of “experimental” film

LA. The new cinema circuits, earthquake phobias, the rebirth of downtown, the proliferation of ethnic districts, the new Asiatic heads of architecture schools

Texts by Luca Celada, Christopher Hawthorne, Quingyun Ma, Luca Martinazzoli, Geoff Manaugh, Paola Vezzulli. Photography by Giovanna Silva. Edited by Matteo Poli, Giovanna Silva

Teherangeles

A trapezium of shops, streets and homes diluted between Santa Monica and Beverly Hills. Text by Gianluigi Ricuperati. Photography by Ramak Fazel

Paradoxical Teheran. Domus investigates the paradoxes of a contempory metropolis

Texts by S. Aliabadi, D. Diba, K. S. Emani, N. Fakouhi, R. Fazel, E. Jahani, S. Katouzian, K. Mehrabani, F. Moshiri, K. Afshar Naderi, M. Pourzargar. Photography by Roozbeh Elias Azar, Ramak Fazel, Kaveh Mehrabani, Kaveh Rashidzadeh, Zahra Tabdili

Gio Ponti. Teheran, Villa Nemazee

The story by Lisa Ponti and the testimony of Shahab Katouzian. Edited by Laura Bossi. Photography by Gio Ponti Archives

Thinking up against the wall

Bruce Chatwin’s London apartment, which no longer exists. John Pawson describes his extraordinary relationship with the client. Conversation with John Pawson by Federico Tranfa. Photography by François Halard. Edited by Rita Capezzuto

Jürgen Mayer H. Freeform. Filaments

A new dining hall for Karlsruhe University. Text by Fabrizio Gallanti. Photography by David Frank. Edited by Joseph Grima

Archea Associati. A library with terracotta pages

Situated near Bergamo, the building designed by Archea Associati clad with glazed terracotta “books”. Photography by Pietro Savorelli. Edited by Rita Capezzuto

Manuel DeLanda. Opportunities and Risks

Suggestions from the animal kingdom

Markus Schinwald

Sixty mimetic interventions in an 18th-century collection. Text by Caroline Corbetta. Photography by Ela Bialkowska. Edited by Loredana Mascheroni

The treasure map

The remains of Asphalt Rundown, Robert Smithson’s work constructed in Rome in 1969. Text by Sue Spaid. Photography by Stefano Graziani. Edited by Francesca Cogni, Patrizia Giambi, Sue Spaid

Tarzan&Jane: Thomas Bayrle - Micol Assäel. Technology

An encounter between two artists. Tarzan&Jane is a project made for Domus by Wrong Gallery

Amedeo G. Cavalchini & Francesco Librizzi. Welcome architecture

Using light to establish an original link with the suburban landscape. Testo di/Text by Vanni Pasca. Fotografia di/Photography by Paolo Rosselli. Edited by Francesca Picchi

The US Furniture Design Industry: from cars to cabinets

Domus retraces the journey into the American furniture industry undertaken by George Nelson in the late Forties. Testo e foto di/Text and pictures by Jonathan Olivares. Edited by Francesca Picchi

The green of white goods

An entrepreneur and an architect reveal the dreams and expectations shared in years of working together. A cura di/Edited by Loredana Mascheroni. Photography by Paolo Rosselli

Hans Ulrich Obrist: Alberto Garutti. Gossip and relations: art is, after all, the art of meeting. Hans Ulrich Obrist interviews Alberto Garutti

Edited by Loredana Mascheroni

Books

Edited by Gianmario Andreani

Rassegna: Materials and finishes

A cura di Maria Cristina Tommasini + Jean-Marie Massaud. Manned Cloud

Panorama

Edited by Francesca Cogni