The glass house, in 12 landmark projects
We propose a selection of dwellings where glass is the predominant material, between fades and reflections, from Mies van Der Rohe to Lina Bo Bardi, Odile Decq to Marcel Duchamp.
MASBEDO’s “Ritratto di città” (Portrait of a city) at the Museo del Novecento in Milan recreates the topography of a city driven by collaborative intelligence on an 8-meter LED wall.
We propose a selection of dwellings where glass is the predominant material, between fades and reflections, from Mies van Der Rohe to Lina Bo Bardi, Odile Decq to Marcel Duchamp.
Krupinski/Krupinska Arkitekter has added a contemporary twist to a 1920s mansion already transformed in the 1970s, eclectically preserving and valorizing three ways of living.
“Sustainability is continuity,” says the architect, who claims he doesn’t consider himself an intellectual and whose work is booming.
The design of this villa in Brianza, now home to Alcova, tells many stories: family, business, and modern architecture. And it represents well the incredible contribution of its region to the history of design and the Salone.
Studio BACH renovated and extended an early 20th century building while preserving its original features, in a skilful dialogue between old and new.
B-bis architecten valorized a 1976 residence nestled in the Belgian landscape, incorporating new elements while respecting the pre-existing elements, between bricks and round windows.
A villa and a house that became an artist's atelier, designed by the visionary rebel, a critic of all modern movement schemes, are now enriching the market for signature architecture.
A journey through the capital of the Emirates, among the congested roads of downtown and the dusty streets of Mina Zayed, in the sparkling Corniche, among the cultural stages of Al Saadiyat and in the middle of the desert, in the zero-emission “new city” of Masdar.
An introverted and protective dwelling in India, designed to offer shelter from monsoons, discloses familiar and private atmospheres around a hidden courtyard.
The slimmest building, the tallest vertical maze, the first building made of artificial fog: a journey around the world through record-breaking architecture.
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 house that Wittgenstein built for his sister to those of today, a global journey through nearly a century of Domus archives in search of the homes that made history.
Andrew Haig’s latest film is a reflection on relationships, set between the intimacy of domestic spaces and the desolation of the metropolis.