Architecture: News and Interviews on Domus Online Magazine

Exhibit A: exhibitions that transformed architecture

New tome Exhibit A, published by Phaidon, offers insightful view into the history of architecture exhibitions. It puts light on the under-rated topic in both architecture and curatorial praxis.

France. A park, a museum and an observatory in Carrières-sous-Poissy

AWP and HHF design a cluster of pavilions and a small, isolated tower inside the green corridor landscaped by Agence TER along the banks of the Seine.

Tokyo. A residential tower by Hiroyuki Ito Architects

Each flat is slightly different from all the others, and they all have off standard spaces and measurements, to eventually adapt to unexpected future uses.

Architecture Biennale 2018

Reports, interviews and videos from the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. Domus recounts “Freespace”, curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, and the collateral events at the Biennale.

Great Britain. A pavilion in a school in the woods reflects the dreams of the students

Designed by Studio Weave, this pavillion located in the garden of Northolt’s Belvue School, is a house in the woods, a domestic and dreamlike space thought for students with severe learning difficulties.

Poland. A university building wrapped in a perforated ceramic pattern

BAAS Arquitectura designs a second skin made out of brick latticework that entirely wraps the building up, turning it into an abstract volume.

Riccardo Blumer

Seven automatic architectures and other exercises

The director of the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio tells us about his project at the Venice Architecture Biennale on algorithms and architecture, play and technology.

Los Angeles. The “Vernacular Environment” exhibition explores the meandres of space

Presented at the Edward Cella Gallery, the show curated by David DeBoer merges utopian architecture and art.

Architecture according to Steven Holl

The first interview in the series originating from the partnership between Domus and Porto Academy addresses the creative process guiding architecture.

Mexico. Casa Quince is a solid yet porous volume

In the city of Monterrey, RML Diseño completed a 220 sqm house excavated by double-heights, indoor gardens and a tunnel staircase.

Brazil. A miniaturised mat-building within an artificial landscape

Aleph Zero’s building mixes the residential, working and recreational functions, organised by a grid of 5x5 meters.

The voice of mosaic

Light and free like a butterfly, extending and folding like a folding screen, ORIGAMI, designed by Alberto Meda, is an electric plug&play radiator that liaises with its surroundings.

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