Current Issue: Domus 903

Earth: 11 ways to talk about it

Poster: Darren Almond and Olafur Eliasson embrace ice as the contents of their art

Editorial: Earth

Text by Flavio Albanese

Streams. News, events, competitions, projects

Edited by Elena Sommariva

God at the end of the world

A contemporary monastery in Tautra, at the northern frontiers of the Old World. Design by Jensen & Skodvin. Text by Stefano Casciani

The invisible house

The design of a minimal house, immersed in the Irish countryside of Dromahair. Design by Dominic Stevens. Text by Laura Bossi

Back to Utopia

A house in Chile as a tribute to the Latin American utopias of the recent past. Design by Felipe Assadi, Francisca Pulido

The hotel in front of Antarctica

An unexpected resort in the Última Esperanza Province, Patagonia. Design and text by Germán del Sol Guzmán

Weekend in Namibia

In an area along the Skeleton Coast, fishermen’s huts became weekend homes. Text by Christoph Boeninger

Glacier Waters

Artist Roni Horn has created Vatnasafn/Library of Water, a place of peacefulness and light in Iceland. Text by Roni Horn

A New Paragraph for Total Architecture

From Domus’s archives, two buildings designed by Bruce Goff impart lessons in architecture. Texts by Stefano Casciani, Luigi Spinelli

The dilemma of the Poles: will Earth survive thanks to the ice continents?

Contributions by Paolo Scaroni, Giuseppe Orombelli, Roberto Sabadini, Patrizia Vigni, Tullio Scovazzi, Antonino Cucinotta. Edited by Laura Bossi. Art direction gruppo A12

A zero degree of interiors

An interior in a haphazardly constructed ’60s building, in the Appia Antica park. Design by Labics

Music for living entities

Peter Coffin speaks about the experimental intentions of his sound installations for humans and plants. Design and text by Peter Coffin

Hands and leather: designing material culture

Edra, Vinaccia, Sumampa, Bottega Veneta and Hermès: five manufacturers and designers explain the sophisticated survival of craftspeople and the industrial production that is based on their skills

A thing or two about Pinault

The quiet French prince of collectors finally talks about Venice, the artists, the market, and Giotto. Texts by Francesco Bonami

Think with your senses, feel with your mind

The way Robert Storr wants things to be at the Venice Biennale. Texts by Francesco Bonami

The man of a thousand dimensions

Pawel Althamer and his visions, on show at the Arena civica in Milan. Texts by Francesco Bonami

Paradise Lost

Viktor Misiano gets to grips with the first Rom Pavilion in the history of the Biennale. Texts by Francesco Bonami

Books

Building healthcare, New forms of time, The fragrance of architecture, Albe Steiner: design as vision. Edited by Gianmario Andreani

Rassegna: Building

Sustainable construction is an art to be mastered in the fight against global warming. Edited by Maria Cristina Tommasini