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The year is over. We collected the 10 articles that you appreciated the most.

Snøhetta’s underwater restaurant

A concrete “periscope” that's slipped off Norway's rugged coastline and into the sea, Under is half-submerged restaurant that offers diners a window into life below the waves. Under is contained within a 34-metre-block that leans one end on the shoreline and the other 5 metres below the water's surface on the seabed. It claims the title of Europe's first underwater restaurant and Snøhetta′s latest “experimentation with boundaries“. Read full article here

A flexible and space-saving apartment in Buenos Aires

In the Palermo neighborhood, Carol Burton refurbishes a 54 sqm apartment by opening up the space under a cupboard-staircase. In Palermo, the youngest and most creative district of Buenos Aires, a 54 sqm old office located in a 1940s building was converted by architect Carol Burton into a two-room apartment consisting of a ground floor and a mezzanine. Read full article here

The evergreens: 20 design sofas

The oldest item in the history of furniture is an expression of technical transformation and lifestyles. Here is a list of some of the most iconic sofas from the second half of the twentieth century. The quintessential expression of Italian furniture design, the sofa is a product that represents artisan skill and industrial ability. Read full article here

Bohemian family house innovates suburban landscape

Atelier 111 designs a sober and elegant home, which breaks with a context saturated with poor quality vernacular constructions. Atelier 111 has completed a single-family residence in Litvínovice, a small village in southern Bohemia. The house is located in a suburban landscape without any particular qualities or remarkable landmarks. Read full article here    

Best of Milan Design Week 2019

Five installations and exhibitions that represent the cream of the of from this year's Fuorisalone. There are countless high-quality quality works that have defined this Salone del Mobile, on the one hand marked by design responsibility in line with the themes of the XXII Milan Trienniale, Broken Nature, and on the other by an impeccable delivery of the creative process: from powerful concepts to accurate achievements that meet the needs of clients and engagement with the final user through fine aesthetics. Read full article here

Coastal icons: Italian holiday camps, from Mussolini to Valtur

In 1985, Domus dedicated an in-depth analysis to the favourite field of experimentation of Italian rationalism: fascist bathing architecture. Until the mid-eighteenth century, the European coasts used to represent the dangerous gateway of a continent with a thriving hinterland. Read full article here

20 ways to make a small house look bigger

A selection of twenty small projects featured on Domusweb that create more space through a good organization of the interiors, from Budapest to Madrid. Interiors can look bigger if the space is well organized: using heights to create a second floor, having a storage under the stairs or the bed, moving walls along the floor to create rooms for different functions, adapting furniture to the needs, or using a central block to better divide an apartment. Read full article here

Brazil. When an architect builds his own home

Flavio Castro, Box House, Saõ Paulo, 2018

In Saõ Paulo, architect Flavio Castro designed and completed the Box House, a retreat for himself, born out of a simple gesture. The Brazilian office FCstudio has carried out a residential project for Flavio Castro, the studio’s founder. Read full article here

Zaha Hadid Architects’ Al Janoub Stadium represents the inequalities of our time

The most iconic football stadium of what critics already consider the worst FIFA World Cup ever, has been inaugurated in Al Wakrah, Qatar. The Al Janoub Stadium, the first sports facility to be commissioned for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, is now open to the public. Read full article here

Optical illusions: a rammed-earth bed & breakfast floats over the Mexican countryside

Inspired by the Hindi culture, Santos Bolívar’s design investigates the relationship between private and collective life, and between architecture and nature. At first sight, the Bed & Breakfast Santulan seems to seamlessly blend into the gently waving countryside where it stands, to follow its variations, to stress its horizontality. On the contrary Santos Bolívar’s design relentlessly challenges the ground level of its plot. Read full article here

Opening picture: Snøhetta, Under. Photo Ivar Kvaa

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