Domus visits the extension of the British Museum, London by Rogers Stirk Harbour+ Partners, a new herb-processing and storage plant for the Swiss confectioner Ricola by Herzog & de Meuron; in Germany visits an office building by Michele De Lucchi and the house for an artist by Caruso St John, and in Chile a holyday house by Pezo von Ellrichshausen. Two temporary pavilions among this month’s architecture projects: one by Smijlian Radić for Serpentine in London and the one by the graphic designer Anthony Burrill for a Google’s event in France.

Paolo Portoghesi pays homage to Bramante in the 500th anniversary, while Edward Burns reviews “Building the picture: Architecture in Italian Renaissance Painting” on show at the National Gallery, London.

Lilli Hollein recounts how the fact that there is no brief is the secret for success of Passionswege where projects have been matching the abilities of young international designers with the skills of the best traditional craftspeople in Vienna, ambitiously aspiring to give them renewed livelihood. Giorgio Busnelli, in charge of B&B, retraces the firm’s history .

In Switzerland Domus selected the École Polytechnique in Lausanne where Housing developments as a quintessential urban element is the subject of a design studio held by Luca Ortelli, and Spain at the Escuela Tècnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid future designers learn of architectural design’s huge responsibility towards urban change.

Andrej Hrausky’s Feedback describes the Slovenian capital Ljubljana focusing on the architectures of Jože Plečnik (1872-1957), the dearest part of the city to him.

Domus republishes, in the elzeviro, “On style in architecture” a 1951 text by José Ortega y Gasset.

The special report Green on sustainability includes projects, analysis on the energetic future, new materials, objects and art.