Telecommunications towers, symbols for modern cities
The history and languages of a communication infrastructure turned landmark, in 20 architectures from Gio Ponti to Tadao Ando.
An urban oasis in London plays with transparency and natural light
Unknown Works breathes new life into a Victorian house, extended and renovated as a bon vivant retreat for the firm’s founder.
Porto: an unfinished project becomes an atelier-house
Oitoo's renovation repairs the damage of a tourism-related project gone wrong, creating an inspiring studio-home for two designers.
The Domus guide to Berlin’s clubs and their architecture
After the fall of the Wall, the wide availability of space and an unrepeatable cultural fervour created a unique movement, now recognized as Unesco heritage. A tour of Berlin’s “technokultur”, beyond the ubiquitous Berghain.
12 houses by John Lautner, the visionary of the American domestic space
In the footsteps of Frank Lloyd Wright and with strong bonds with Hollywood: one of the most influential US architects of the 20th century, narrated by the dwellings he designed.
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A drive-thru in Buenos Aires seeks poetry in structure
An architecture with modernist echoes, an ice-cream parlour accessible by car along a road, seeks a contemporary aesthetic between essential materials and landmark shapes.
Between ecstasy and vertigo: 12 panoramic observatories
Suspended between sky and abyss or firmly rooted to the ground, panoramic observation platforms offer unusual experiences and views, in search of a fleeting thrill or a more essential change of perspective on the world.
Porto Cervo, the beach of the international jet-set where pan-Mediterranean architecture was born
Built from scratch 60 years ago in an unspoiled area of Sardinia, Porto Cervo has embodied the golden age of the Italian summer, becoming a prime mover in matters of urban development conscious of the autochthonous landscape diversity.
No, Chongqing doesn’t exist only on TikTok
Videos and photos of China’s megalopolis of 30 million people appear on our mobile phones every day, but few people know about it: remember the video of the subway that goes through buildings?
Show kitchen transforms a London home
An extension to a Victorian house is generated around an integrated oak furniture, with a kitchen creating both domestic atmosphere and social media content.
A house in Apulia embraces an ancient oak tree
The architecture designed by Andrea Vergati's studio in Valle d'Itria abstracts Mediterranean languages into a system of clear geometries and spaces that change with natural light.
Aerodream, the spectacular history of inflatables
Art sets the pace and architecture follows
Frederic Migayrou, curator of the exhibition “Aerodream” at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, tells us the aesthetic and social evolution of these majestic inflatable structures, from Second World War until today.
Mint-green metal for a Georgian house extension in London
Studio Octopi's project unfolds amidst the complexities of a historical context, bringing in contemporary life through unusual geometries and material contrasts.
Paradise invented: the villas of Costa Smeralda
From an inspired entrepreneurial vision to the conception of a whole stylistic vocabulary from scratch, Costa Smeralda – north-east of Sardinian shoreline – is still a design challenge, between architectural gems and the risks of property show-off.