Abstract shapes and sobriety for a kindergarten in Hungary
Archikon Architects designed a building with no concessions to softness, giving back to the city’s reformed religious community a reference point for learning and listening.
The history of Villa Borsani and why it matters
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.
A renovated house near Antwerp combines postmodern and contemporary
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.
Two houses by Claude Parent are for sale near Paris
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.
The Domus guide to Abu Dhabi
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.
The renovation of an Art Nouveau building in Barcelona
Studio BACH renovated and extended an early 20th century building while preserving its original features, in a skilful dialogue between old and new.
50 architecture to know: homes around the world and in history
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.
All of us strangers and the architecture of solitude
Andrew Haig’s latest film is a reflection on relationships, set between the intimacy of domestic spaces and the desolation of the metropolis.
A “flatiron” with a modernist trait in Mexico City
In line with a history of “stubborn” and resilient architecture, an office tower in the Mexican capital circumvents the design constraints of the site, becoming a landmark in the evolving urban fabric.
A house near Goa, nestled around an enclosed garden
An introverted and protective dwelling in India, designed to offer shelter from monsoons, discloses familiar and private atmospheres around a hidden courtyard.
When the abstract meets the everyday: a residence in Lisbon
The House without idea by Fala Atelier in Lisbon is composed of spaces and elements that deconstruct traditional living to recompose it in an eccentric and surprising form.
Aerodream, the spectacular history of inflatables
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 10 most troubled construction sites: when architecture becomes endless waiting
Building sites can be problematic, laboriously completed after endless processes, or still hanging at the mercy of events: when this happens, the boundary between architecture and epic is more blurred than ever.
10 amazing examples of architecture and design going Lego
From the Unité to the Defender, from the Trevi Fountain to Pac-Man, and through the now unavailable Architecture Studio, we trace the extensive history of affinity between Lego, architecture, and design.