Domus 981 presents the new King’s Cross square in London – that after 150 years, has been freed of the canopy that hid the walking routes beneath it–, and the Altenburg Abbey by Christian Jabornegg and András Pálffy combining archaeology and new exhibition spaces. Cino Zucchi recounts the concept behind his Padiglione Italia at the Venice Biennial and Kenneth Frampton rereads the Louis Kahn’s Four Freedoms Park in New York. 

Domus celebrates Caccia Dominioni’s 100th birthday by meeting him at his home to peruse the details of some of his buildings, then goes to Brussels to visit the square recently transformed by Xaveer De Geyter, finally looks at London through the eyes of Joseph Rykwert.

Occasionally being like a pupil is Neapolitan Francesco Venezia special way of reconciling his dual profession as an architect and a teacher; while at Design Academy Eindhoven students develop their practical abilities and dive into research and design-studio activity right off the bat.

The Italian designer Gaetano Pesce gives Domus readers a preview of his show at the  MAXXI in Rome, with a reflection on the meaning of curating, the importance of pluralist expression and multidisciplinariness, and on the value of differences; Alan Kitching, founder of Typography Workshop, tells about his way of working, blend of design and manual typesetting and Carlo Molteni describes the Italian company founded 80 years ago.