The speech by Gropius at the opening of the School of Ulm
In 1956, Domus published the speech given by the father of Bauhaus at the opening ceremony of its dialectical successor, the Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG)
Memorable and yet forgotten: Carlo Moretti
Between 1966 and 1977, Domus observes with watchful eyes the career of a young Lombard designer, investigating the shapes and territories of that decade’s architecture.
The weightless memory of Ignazio Gardella in the thermal baths of Ischia
Exploring the archives, Fulvio Irace revisits a project where the ancient was incorporated as a “living memory of the past”, the Terme Regina Isabella on the island of Ischia by Ignazio Gardella, published by Gio Ponti in Domus 268 (March 1952). From Domus 1044.
Ricardo Bofill, the story of a theoretical presence
The Catalan architect between radical projects, historicism and the construction of his critical figure, through the decades of Domus archive.
The bear, the duck, the apple: Enzo Mari’s visual language.
In 1968, Tommaso Trini wrote on Domus about the work of a younger Enzo Mari - a true "engineer" of design, interested in child psychology, and the creator of a language made of clear images and elementary forms.
Books, networks and spatial structures. Yona Friedman on Domus archive
We remember the journey of the father of the architecture mobile – recently departed – through the land of self-determination, from the Ville Spatiale to his own Parisian apartment.
Burle Marx, Costa, Niemeyer: the masters of architecture in the megalopolis-necropolis
In 1975, Domus 544 publishes an essay by Massimo Gennari, who retraces the urban history of Rio de Janeiro and points the finger at a high-quality architecture of dubious political value.
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Memorable and yet forgotten: Carlo Moretti, a visionary
Between 1966 and 1977, Domus observes with watchful eyes the career of a young Lombard designer, investigating the shapes and territories of that decade’s architecture.
Isola delle Rose: an Esperanto republic
In 2013, Domus presented the experiment of an offshore building-State, and questioned the political challenges of technology. Seven years later, and 51 years after the sinking of the “Rose Island”, the situation is not looking so different.
When Superstudio drew inspiration from Land Art
Farewell to Adolfo Natalini, member of the famous Florentine group Superstudio. In remembering him, we examine a period characterised by contamination between artistry and architecture at the end of the 1960s.