The new, contemporary life of a typical Apulian trullo
From vernacular architecture to holiday home: Studio Sospeso redefined a contemporary trullo to reclaim time and space in harmony with the rural lifestyle of Apulia.
From the Mountain in Copenhagen to Mountain View, California, via Norway and Bhutan, a selection of works portrays the thinking of one of the most lively protagonists of contemporary architectural scene, Domus Guest Editor for 2025.
From vernacular architecture to holiday home: Studio Sospeso redefined a contemporary trullo to reclaim time and space in harmony with the rural lifestyle of Apulia.
From Gehry’s Guggenheim Bilbao to Mvrdv’s Tirana Pyramid, via Hamburg, Athens and Copenhagen, via Oma and Renzo Piano, we explore those projects that have become engines of regeneration and symbols of entire eras.
Dismissed as “Craxi's architect” the artist who left us at the age of 84 was an innovator, self-taught and capable of “bringing aesthetic projects to life on an unimaginable scale”.
The historic building next to the Rialto Bridge currently houses a luxury shopping centre, which is soon to be closed. After numerous renovations, it was also entrusted to OMA in 2016.
The composer Neuf Voix will debut a work of concrète music and showcase his newly-designed sound diffusion system in the late Sixties Milanese modernist landmark.
In the capital of Emilia, the greenhouses at Giardini Margherita have become a centre of cultural production crossbreeding art, scientific research and ecology to become the city's heritage over the years.
Located in the new Rive Gauche district of Paris, the recently completed hub of the University of Chicago develops all its relationships in height, linking the genius loci to the institution's identity through materials.
On the Gulf of Talamone, the restoration project by Studio Hus transformed the stable of a farmhouse into a country residence through gradual contrasts in colour and material.
Wespi de Meuron Romeo renovated a farmhouse on the border between Italy and Switzerland, combining stone, concrete and lake views in an austere language.
The Turkish studio Melike Altinisik Architects (MAA) has designed an educational museum dedicated to robotics and artificial intelligence that is constantly adapting to tell the story of the evolving technologies of the 21st century.
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.
From the Pritzker Prize, the Nobel Prize of architecture, and the Biennale's Golden Lion to the Aga Khan Prize to the Italian Architecture Prize, here’s the awards selection that celebrate architects and their projects.
New architectural projects are emerging in the villages of rural China, bringing local communities together around books and attracting tourists from the cities. We have selected ten of them to explore.