Hiroyuki Oinuma's suspended garden in Tokyo
In Nakano, one of Tokyo's 23 special wards, an elevated walkway introduces the house-studio designed by Hiroyuki Oinuma of HOAA Studio. The path continues inside the building.
A guest house in Upstate New York, combining brutalism and Nordic design
Designed by Vipp and Johnston Marklee, the guest house combines the rigour of concrete with the peaceful atmosphere of Scandinavian interiors.
In Greece, K-studio transforms a former Brutalist distillery into a hotel
The regeneration of this twentieth-century distillery on the Ionian Sea continues: already operating as a hotel since 2019, the property has just expanded its footprint.
SET Arq’s house in Argentina is nestled between two walls
With Casa dos Muros, SET Arq has transformed limitations into opportunities. The project is set between two existing stone walls and around a tree, creating a play of solids, voids, and transparencies.
White bricks for Extrastudio’s terraced houses in Portugal
On the Portuguese coast, Extrastudio carries out a process of hybridization between the non-native typology of the brick terraced house and the local architecture made of essential geometries and white color palettes.
The Bunker House by Abez studio in Spain
The name itself denounces the concept of the house: introverted and almost completely closed to the outside world. In reality, there is much more to this ethereal space sculpted by white masonry.
“Architecture as a symbol of democracy”: Oslo’s new government quarter after the 2011 attack
The demolition of Y Block, the rescue of Picasso's mosaics, Hoyblokka and the new buildings: this is where the long regeneration of Oslo's government district by Nordic Office of Architecture begins. Domus visited the site and spoke with the architects who have been working on the project for over ten years.
A new Antoni Gaudí’s building: this chalet has been officially attributed after 100 years
A chalet built to house engineers at a coal mine in Catalonia has finally been attributed to Antoni Gaudí. The architect had never claimed authorship.
Casa Eucalipto: a modernist-style house in Buenos Aires built around a tree
Designed by Laura Marino and Julia Yako, Casa Eucalipto articulates its rigorous geometry around a tree, which dictates the rules for the development of the dwelling.
Charlotte Perriand’s barrel refuge from 1938 that looked like a spaceship
Ingenious in its interior layout, installable almost anywhere, light even in concept: the Refuge Tonneau, designed together with Pierre Jeanneret and engineer André Tournon in 1938, was never built until recent years. Her daughter Pernette tells the story to Domus.
Casa BP, a residence shaped by the Argentine rural landscape
Context interpretation drives the entire project by Santiago Bertotti: a villa immersed in nature, defined by warm tones and carefully calibrated openings toward the outdoors.
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.
C.F. Møller Architects has built Denmark's largest mass timber office complex
By continuing its research into the technical and functional potential of structural timber construction, C.F. Møller Architects is confirming its long-standing commitment to sustainable buildings with WoodHub.
What happens when you redesign Norman Foster? London’s “Helmet” building is changing shape
Designed in the early 2000s, Foster + Partners’ City Hall formed part of a cluster of culturally iconographic buildings. Today, it is being redeveloped to a new design by Gensler, widening its base and its usefulness.