Current Issue: Domus 918

Cover

Maximilien Brice, Cern

Editorial

Flavio Albanese. Venice Architecture Biennale 2008

News, events, competitions, projects

Edited by Elena Sommariva

Mother of invention: second nature by Tokujin

Artificial nature with an alchemistic design. Design Tokujin Yoshioka. Text Stefano Casciani

Cassina. Unproduced and forgotten pieces

Precious evidence from the Cassina archives. Text Giampiero Bosoni. Photos Nicola Zocchi

Clay font

New ways to use hollow bricks. Design Giulio Iacchetti. Text Maria Cristina Tommasini

From glass to plastic

An exploration of how to impart the visual effects of glass to plastic. Design Luca Nichetto. Text Loredana Mascheroni

Tobeus, made to last

Toys that can be passed down to our children’s children. Design Matteo Ragni. Text Odoardo Fioravanti

Manhattan dialogues

The real city and the imagined city meet in a long-distance dialogue. Correspondence Casimir Maclain Oshima, Louis Sabra

8 point blue

A photographic overview of the five boroughs of New York. Project Ramak Fazel and Anja Köstler. Text Ramak Fazel

Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim, Brumadinho

A dark box set on the hills of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, accommodates the artwork of Adriana Varejão. Design Rodrigo Cerviño Lopez. Text Guilherme Wisnik

New stadium in Maribor

A large architectural device that reverberates with energy. Design Ofis Arhitekti & Multiplan Arhitekti. Text Matevž Celik

Growing Tokyo

The Sia Aoyama Building in Tokyo. Design Jun Aoki. Text Francesca Picchi

High-performance tram terminal in Nice

A project that fuses urban planning, architecture and infrastructure. Design Atelier Marc Barani. Text Rita Capezzuto

B720

The new Plaza del Torico in Teruel, Spain. Design Fermín Vázquez, B720 Arquitectos. Text Elena Sommariva

Malvarosa bridge

A zigzag bridge with a lot of urban charisma. Design Miguel Arruda Arquitectos Ass. Text Carlos Sant’Ana

Incinerators in Japan

Grand urban infrastructures in Japan. Text Julian Worrall

PopMOMA, Beijing

The new face of China’s capital. Design Baumschlager & Eberle. Text Bert de Muynck

Jil Sander, New York

A playful use of light and an austere setting mark a new eclectic space. Design Raf Simons, Germaine Kruip. Text Francesco Bonami

Sayama flat, Tokyo

Through a process of on-site deconstruction, Schemata has converted some old apartments into housing for young users. Design, text Jo Nagasaka, Schemata Architecture Office

Kids’ town

Above Amsterdam, a hospital for children. Design Sponge Architects & Rupali Gupta. Text Björn van Rheenen

What is ordos 100? And why?

Vite dei grandi: Le Corbusier

Okwui Enwezor

The anomalous profile of the director of the Gwangju Biennale. Text Francesco Bonami

Andrea Zittel

On show at the Schaulager in Basel. Text Michael Ned Holte

We are many

Notes for the Venice Art Biennale 2009. Edited by Daniel Birnbaum

Cross-cultural. Psychedelic Soup

In Iran, dualities and contradictions in public/ private life and official/unofficial media have been forming a schizophrenic mental space which is being implied in many forms of art. Text Kianoosh Vahabi

Earth mother

Paolo Soleri, Sketchbooks, Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, AZ. Text Luigi Spinelli. Photos Archivi Domus.

Intersections: Hyperscale

From the United States to Kazakhstan via Russia: mega urban designs for new cities. Edited by Francesca Picchi. Design tomato, Simon Taylor, John Warwicker, Texts Teddy Cruz, Keller Easterling, Jaffer Kolb, Irina Korobina.

Books

The Sunday Philosopher. Modern building. The Adriano Olivetti story. Boccioni’s last words. Edited by Gianmario Andreani

Rassegna: Materials for sustainable buildings

Behind building. Edited by Maria Cristina Tommasini