Apartment in Bassano
Didoné Comacchio refurbished an apartment in Bassano del Grappa, Italy, respecting the original distribution while enhancing the presence of white colour.
Best of mydomuscover 2
For the second Best of #mydomuscover, Domus’s call on social media to design your own magazine cover in closure of 2016, see a selection of the most interesting graphical and illustrated proposals.
Jean Moulin High School
Designed by Scape Architecture in Revin, France, Jean Moulin High School aims to recreate the relationship between the built and the natural environment.
Sliced House
People’s Architecture Office designed the new Xiaozhu office in Beijing as a collage of various domestic spaces with tricycles – workspaces and informal meeting areas on wheels.
Heat 360
Ukrainian studio Azovskiy&Pahomova Architects transformed a non-residential building near Dnepr river in a spacious and open house surrounded by nature.
Best of #mydomuscover 1
We have received 172 cover proposals for #mydomuscover, Domus’s call on social media to design your own magazine cover in closure of 2016 and in celebration of the magazine’s 1000th issue.
Nose
Liege-based designer Quentin de Coster realised Nose, a minimal candle holder that evokes an abstract profile whose nose serves to hold the candle.
MODU Architecture
Phu Hoang and Rachely Rotem, MODU co-directors, are spending a year in Rome conducting research on Italy’s contemporary ruins: unfinished projects in various states of “weather modification.”
Materials & Applications
On show at M&A Courtyard in LA, “The Kid Gets Out of the Picture” is a contemporary update on the aesthetic principles of early 19th century English landscape architecture.
Mars Ice Home
Clouds Architecture Office and SEArch conceived an inflatable structure that incorporates in situ resources and uses ice as radiation shielding and as a structural component.
Graça Apartment
Fala Atelier renewed an apartment in Graça, Lisbon, which features a long main space, a “living gallery” rather than a living room, distributing different private rooms.
Anish Kapoor at MACRO
The exhibition at MACRO comprises a series of reliefs and paintings made up of jutting layers of red and white silicone and paint, as well as monumental architectural sculptures.
Nipples in front of FB
Madrid-based art collective luzinterruptus went out in to the street with 400 teats, the kind that are placed on the breast to breastfeed babies, to claim against censorship on facebook.
Showroom in Milan
Wood is the protagonist of the Arper showroom in Milan by LA Studio, connecting the different areas of the space and giving it a warmer, relaxing and conducive atmosphere.
Lace LED
London-based Margot Krasojević Architects designed a Led light that is 3D-printable in an infinite sequence of configurations, using recycled post-consumer plastics.
Amazebowls
Designed by 64North in Los Angeles, this shop features a scooped ceiling overhead, sculpted from a series of domes that expands its presence beyond the store’s perimeter.
Pakistan Chulah
Designed by Yasmeen Lari, a multi-award-winning Pakistani architect, the clay stoves and kitchens made by the women who use them are hygienic and safe and have become the spaces that finally place women on “higher ground”.
Cohesion
Located in the Isle of Man, Cohesion is the new UK’s capital city, a speculative driver and investigative model by Eric Wong to cultivate accessibility, green sustainability and compassion.
Faro table lamp
Designed by Spanish–Mexican studio LaSelva, Faro is an adjustable table lamp that can rotate 360° degrees horizontally on its marble base.
The Farm 38° 30°
Slash Architects designed a dairy factory in Central Turkey that also offers degustation for visitors, exhibiting the production through transparent facades.
W.A.T.T. the fuck
Studio Job realised a colorful immersive installation in the atrium of a modernist building, which has been transformed into a contemporary space for innovative offices.
Best of 2016 #art
Ten exhibitions, solo and group shows, installations, curatorial projects and a unique text.
Aquatic centre
Arturo Revilla designed an aquatic centre in Mexico, with a folded roof that blends in with its surroundings and accentuate the verticality and maximum transparency.
Pueblo Serena Church
Moneo Brook designed a church in Monterrey that presents recognizable architectural features taken from early Christian temple prototypes, with a contemporary design.
Best of 2016 #interview
The interviews we selected among the 2016 ones range from projects to visions: they all demonstrate the interviewees passion.
Shreyas retreat
Designed by The Purple Ink Studio as a “retreat within retreat”, the 1,850 sqm spa block offers buffer zones and creates smooth transitions from the exterior to semi covered and interior spaces.
House in Mantua
Archiplan Studio renovated a building from the XVI century in Mantua, Italy, keeping the original schemes and enphasizing the historical layering through subtle interventions.
Best of 2016 #design
For our design best 2016 we choose fourteen projects that embody our near future plus some thoughts on the app everybody discussed about this year.
MTRL Kyoto
Fumihiko Sano – Studio Phenomenon renewed a coworking and office space in Kyoto, Japan, embracing the original charm of the old building.
Lillehammer Art Museum
Snøhetta completed its second expansion of the Lillehammer Museum in Norway, improving circulation, connecting a cinema with the exhibition space along with a sparkling metal cantilever.
Fitting room
X Living designed a dress shop in Hamgzhou, interpreting the dressing philosophy of women’s clothing using different techniques in designing the four spaces.