10 brilliant exhibitions about to close
From Milan to New York, passing through European capitals, all the way to Shanghai: here’s a list of exhibitions worth seeing during the last weeks of the year, to start 2026 off on the right foot.
Infrastructures: envisioning the future
"Imagining new infrastructure for cities and territories involves ever broader thinking and involves increasingly articulated and connected expertise."
The most anticipated buildings of 2026, from the new Guggenheim to the Sagrada Família
The year 2026 is shaping up to be one of new museums, major global events, and urban transformations. In this evolving landscape, Domus has selected ten architectural works that are nearing completion.
Domus concludes the year with a special issue dedicated to Italian heritage
In his December editorial, Domus's editorial director, Walter Mariotti, takes us on a journey through the new policies for preserving Italian architectural heritage and challenges the “neglect of the present”.
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If the airport becomes the heart of the city
Airports are increasingly emerging as new hubs with the power to transform the economy, mobility and structure of 21^st-century cities. In the December issue of Domus Air, Walter Mariotti, editorial director of Domus, discussed this topic.
Demna’s first Gucci show is fake, brilliant, and already living in the future
A lookbook capable of looking at the past and the future at the same time, Gucci Generation is an imaginary runway of archive pieces photographed personally by the new creative director to show where the brand is heading.
Discover Ma Yansong’ manifesto for his Domus 2026
The words of the Chinese architect, guest editor of Domus for 2026, outline the mission that will guide our magazine in the coming year.
Ut Pictura (Architectura) Poesis
From the Baroque to Hopper: a journey through theater as a visual device in art history, not a physical space, but mimesis, catharsis, and the architecture of absence.
Cloud Dancer is the Pantone 2026 colour
Pantone is taking a break from color this year, choosing “a billowy, balanced white imbued with a feeling of serenity”.
Is sustainable architecture even possible?
Between submerged cities, high-altitude airports and inadequate regulations, the voices of Ghotmeh, Gang, Ma, Mandrup, BIG, Snøhetta and others reveal that sustainability is not a single concept. From the Holcim Awards emerges a landscape of differences, contradictions and new possibilities.
Lavazza Calendar 2026: Alex Webb’s Dolce Vita captures beauty in chaos
Award-winning Magnum photographer Alex Webb talks to Domus about the Lavazza 2026 Calendar, where coffee is found in the “chaos of everyday life” and Italian identity teeters between authenticity and cliché.
7 home projectors for people who have hated projectors so far
TVs have long been the only option, but the new generation of projectors might just change that. With sleek designs and modern appeal, these devices could finally win over even those who never imagined having one at home.
The architecture of Alvar Aalto in five fundamental works
The Finnish master gave a human face to Modern, shaping his poetics through the light of the North, dialogue with the landscape and listening to the frailty of life.
Kerakoll Colors: colours that make the soul resound
With its new collection for interior and exterior decoration, Kerakoll continues its research into colour, confirming the role of colour as a star of design and as a “key” that makes the environment (not only the exterior) resound with emotions.
AI is reshaping the aesthetics of social media and Fullwarp is its unsettling prophet
In the endless flow of the feed, Fullwarp’s disturbing videos crack the predictable surface: liquid faces, mutated bodies, synthetic visions that reveal how artificial imagination has already become a defining force of the present.
10 projects to understand the architecture of MAD and Ma Yansong
From macro-structures to fish tanks, from Asia to America via Europe, we explore the work and thinking of the MAD founder, and Domus Guest Editor for 2026, through 10 projects between futurism and tradition, culture and nature.
Ma Yansong, founder of MAD, is the new Guest Editor of Domus 2026
Ma is the youngest — and the first Chinese architect — to curate the magazine’s upcoming ten issues. With a manifesto that calls for rethinking architecture through its deepest emotions.
Zootropolis 2 is the most successful urban utopia of recent years
The Disney sequel deepens its visionary multi-species city, designed to make differences compatible. But it also shows the paradox of modernity: an inclusive urban plan does not guarantee inclusive citizens.
You can now visit Pasolini’s first home in Rome — it has become a museum
The apartment where Ragazzi di vita and Le ceneri di Gramsci were born is now open to the public free of charge four days a week, joining the network of National Museums of the city of Rome as a testament to the cultural value of its outskirts.
The Mexican jewelry workshop that uses shipping containers as its headquarters
Casa Joyera del Sur is a new manufacturing company that highlights local craftsmanship through a sustainable, circular production model.
Design Miami turns 20: how the fair has transformed the design world
From its 2005 beginnings to today's global footprint, CEO Jen Roberts explains how Design Miami has become the leading platform for collectible design — new scenes, new collectors, and a 2025 edition oriented toward the future.
Why Le Corbusier and Perriand’s Chaise longue is still modern after a century
The 4 Chaise longue à réglage continu, designed in 1928 by Le Corbusier, Jeanneret and Perriand and still produced by Cassina today, demonstrates that good design doesn’t follow fashion — it transcends it.
An American street photographer in North Africa: Peter Ydeen’s journey
With Waiting for Palms, Peter Ydeen moves his photography from the streets of industrial America to the sandy architectures of Morocco and Egypt, opening a reflection on looking, stereotypes, and the responsibility of seeing.
A silent landmark in Paris: Atelier Quinze Vingts restores 135 Wagram
The renovation of this historic Parisian building into offices reinterprets its urban context, weaving it into a contemporary architectural language that highlights the interplay between pale stone façades and expansive glazing.
Before TikTok, there was Vine: why it invented the present
In six seconds, Vine crafted an entirely new visual grammar: loops, imperfect gestures and micro-architectures of meaning that return today with “diVine,” in the age of hyper-designed, algorithmic feeds.
The new life of 8 Gio Ponti objects: now finally for sale
Molteni&C, in collaboration with the Gio Ponti Archives, has created a collection of eight pieces that reinterprets the legacy of the great designer and founder of Domus.
How the Olympics have revolutionized the way we dress for sport
As Italy prepares to host the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, it is worth looking back at some key moments over the past 30 years that have not only transformed Olympic fashion, but also reshaped the way we think about and wear technical sportswear.
The Mississippi Museum of Art buys a Usonian House by Frank Lloyd Wright
The Fountainhead residence, designed by the American architect in the late 1940s in Jackson, was sold for one million dollars to the largest modern art museum in Mississippi, which intends to turn it into a “house-museum.”
A unique timber building has been built in Rotterdam, the first of its kind in Europe
Sawa rises 50 metres along the Dutch city’s waterfront and was designed by Mei architects and planners with green terraces, inhabited galleries and shared spaces for residents.
The Pipistrello lamp by Gae Aulenti turns 60
Gae Aulenti’s most iconic lamp continues to elude categories: an autonomous, scenographic, and rigorously composed object that still reimagines the way we inhabit light.
Atelier d’More suspends a study space in the sky over Nanjing
Within the structural grid of an office tower – 100 meters above ground – Yixin Space explores multiple forms of focus: from shared worktables to suspended meditation pods, all wrapped in the warm, diffused glow of a wood-and-fabric sculptural installation.
Will Camden’s giant inner-city film studios turn London into the world’s next movie city?
With a value of one billion and a hectare’s coverage of public space alone, plans for a new Camden Film Quarter could change the history of London’s film industry.