Current Issue: Domus 923

Cover

Ori Gersht, from the series Blow Up

Editorial

Flavio Albanese. Architectures of thought in perpetual beta

News, events, competitions, projects

Edited by Elena Sommariva

Yayoi Auditorium Annex, Tokyo

Architectural and spatial sophistication in the campus of the University of Tokyo. Design Taiji Kawano Architects. Text Rita Capezzuto

Secondary School, Lisbon

A secondary school open to all in a multiethnic Lisbon suburb. Design Ricardo Bak Gordon. Text Laura Bossi

Hotel minero, Atacama

In the Chilean Desert, a design for a miners’ camp explores the idea of landscape with a form of architecture reduced to the minimum. Design AATA Arquitectos Text José Llano Loyola

No air conditioning

A design for two houses balances local responsibility and global creativity. Design Mamostudio. Text Bert de Muynck

Fundación Alicia: food, science and transparency

A transparent garden of delights near Barcelona for the teachings of Ferran Adrià. Design Lluís Clotet, Ignacio Paricio, Abeba Arquitectes. Text Stefano Casciani

Urban Dwelling, Guangzhou

The Tulou, traditional dwelling of the Hakka people, becomes a new type of collective residence. Design Urbanus. Text Laurence Liauw

Private residence in Kuala Lumpur

The first built work of architecture by Jouin Manku stands out against the city’s skyline from its panoramic position. Design Agence Jouin Manku. Text Susanne Stacher

Hair Salon, Oita

A hair salon looks like the result of some creative cutting and folding. Design Takao Shiotsuka Atelier. Text Elena Sommariva

From Argentina and Brazil

Two South American masters in the field of industrial design. Design Alejandro Sticotti, Sergio Rodrigues. Text Maria Cristina Tommasini

Light wall

The conversion of a family villa as an opportunity to develop a dynamic relationship between architecture and environment. Design ecoLogicStudio – Claudia Pasquero, Marco Poletto. Text Lucy Bullivant

Young Design Report

A panorama of young design. Which will be successful? Design Tomás Alonso, Reinhard Dienes, Mathias Hahn, Jennifer Heier, Pepe Heykoop, Pernila Jansson , Stephanie Jasny, Llot Llov -Jacob Brinck, Od-Do Arhitekti. Texts Maria Cristina Tommasini

Art & Money

The paradoxes of the art system, set in a delicate balance between creativity and money. Text Francesco Bonami

Ctrl-Alt-Del Install Iceland 2.0

A journey through Iceland’s creative community, after the collapse of the banking system. Text Caroline Corbetta

Philippe Vergne

The new director of New York’s Dia Art Foundation wants to invent a new paradigm for art and artists. Text Francesco Bonami. Illustration Choi Ho Chul

The Commodity

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

The dark side of the Moon

An exhibition made up of words and suggestions, conceived for Domus to be enjoyed on paper. Text Frédéric Bonnet

The prayer room

On the outskirts of Kuwait City, a building stands out with elegance and austerity. Design Duccio Grassi. Text Massimiliano Di Bartolomeo

Frei Otto interview

A conversation with Frei Otto on such substantial topics as nature, time, body, mind, matter and, of course, architecture. Text Riccardo Blumer, Ladina Danuser

Cable net

An experimental module to test the cablenet framework of the German Pavilion for the Montreal Expo ’67 became the headquarters of Frei Otto’s Institute of Lightweight Structures at Stuttgart University. Text Luigi Spinelli

Ron Arad II : the comeback

What was lost

Feirabend

The New Web

Mechanisms, strengths, frailties and possible scenarios on the eve of Web 3.0. Edited by Stefania Garassini, Loredana Mascheroni. Design onlab with Tobias Krafczyk. Texts Richard Baraniuk, Nicholas Carr, Stefania Garassini, Stefan Heidenreich, Lev Manovich, Elena Sommariva

The self-defined Internet

Savioli’s talent. The public sphere. Real world and ideas. Edited by Gianmario Andreani

Rassegna: Surfaces

Recollections of natural materials animate the latest surfaces. Edited by Maria Cristina Tommasini