The African nation is home to a remarkable yet largely overlooked collection of modernist and brutalist architecture: a trend shared by many other African regions and now receiving attention.
It's not just salvaged traditional elements. In the renovation of a former barn in Ingolstadt, Büro Mühlbauer incorporated concrete and glass, creating an interior with brutalist echoes.
Balancing modernism and a deep sensitivity to tradition, we visited Rosta Nuova—a housing estate developed under the INA Casa plan that extended the historic heart of city in Emilia-Romagna. Seventy years on, it still embodies an idea of quality living.
Alventosa Morell designed the home for a couple, creating a free, editable space sensitive to the local character and climate performance of traditional materials.
The installation by Fondazione Pistoletto and Transsolar, supported by Lavazza, introduces the 2025 Architecture Biennale curated by Carlo Ratti. It makes one perceive the tragedy of the present and possible “cures”.
Bofill Taller de Arquitectura overlays a pixelated geometric pattern on the landscape of the Albanian Riviera of Dhërmi, re-proposing with the Red Sol Resort the suggestions of the Muralla Roja.
“Inequalities” tells stories of disparity, contemporary paradoxes and urban and social regeneration projects through installations and national pavilions. Between geopolitics, biopolitics and architecture, Domus has selected 10 things not to be missed.
Here is a preview of the Architecture Biennale, which opens this weekend. Between the Giardini and the Arsenale, these are the pavilions we recommend you visit.
Once the Architecture Biennale gates have been opened, the city on the water discloses to visitors. But there is more than an open-air museum: here is a selection of places to understand Venice through its architectures.
To make a historic municipal building accessible, Bak Gordon and RM Arquitectura created an intimate and mysterious public space, protected by the warm tones of plastered walls and vegetation.
A visual journey through the 19th International Architecture Exhibition: images that tell the story of the Biennale pavilions curated by Carlo Ratti.
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.
The Sistine Chapel, a guest house – home of the last Pope – born to replace dormitories, a palace stripped of its roof in the Middle Ages: the election of a Pope is also a matter of space, not just of spirit.
With just hours to go until the start of the Biennale, Venice is preparing to welcome its 19th edition, which will feature both established names and new entrants. Here is a preview of each pavilion.
