A fake staircase protagonist in new house by Nendo
The first residential unit designed by the Japanese design studio in 15 years revolves entirely around a structure that simulates the geometry of a staircase, without being actually usable.
Domus 1045 on newsstands: “In praise of beauty, in the face of crisis”
In this issue: David Chipperfield meets Renzo Piano; Lina Ghotmeh Architecture’s Stone Garden in Lebanon; the work of British artist Rachel Whiteread and more. Browse the gallery and discover the contents of the April issue.
There’s not a single longest bridge in the world
The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge have three different records and one thing in common: they all are impressive infrastructures built in Asia.
Fire at Franco Stella’s Berliner Stadtschloss
Explosion in the controversial construction site of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, designed by Franco Stella: the building, as interpreted by Thomas Demand, is the protagonist of the cover of the June issue of Domus
Colorful frames to renovate a mini apartment in New York
Brandt:Haferd studio completed Kew Hues, a one-bed apartment using frames and portals to underline domestic areas.
Neutral volumes and sinuous shapes in a boutique in Mallorca
Francesc Rifé Studio signed the new interiors of footwear brand ASH using the hardness of micro-cement in contrast to the lightness of pink fabric.
La Petite café reinterprets eden in a minimalist key
Overlooking a garden, a café in the United Arab Emirates brings local traditions and materials up to date, highlighting through subtraction a hyper-contemporary space.
The metaphor of light in the new Chinese center for health
The Chinese studio Joy Season encourages the experience of “glowing moments” through a bath of light that cloaks visitors at the entrance of the health center.
Marina Abramović
When so much is taken away from us, we have to look at the things directly in front of us
Quarantine, self-confinement could become a ritual practice of lucidity. The Endurance Art godmother reveals how getting stuck tested her capabilities.
Domestic flying plates designed as coffee tables
The 210 side table collection by designer Jungmo Yang consists of three little tables with different hights, perfect for small spaces.
An interior with a curtain: living in Modern Milan
In Milan, fōndaco studio created a new apartment in a ‘60s residential building by Gian Paolo Valenti, adapting the original Modern Architecture to today’s living needs.
Fiat Panda: the utilitarian car that Giugiaro nicknamed “the fridge” turns 40
Created in 1980, with its brutalist aesthetics, minimal interiors and square shape, Fiat Panda managed to conquer the hearts of 6 million people.
The evolving office
Citterio solutions to furnish the contemporary office create oases of privacy and spaces of total comfort.
The polluting algae in the Venetian lagoon become stamps
Designer Pablo Dorigo uses Alga Carta, a special paper made from algae, to create stamps that tell a story.
Having a coffee under a 3D sky in California
David Wick and Andrew Lindley got inspired by Italian Baroque cathedrals to lead Stereoscope customers in an immersive experience to be watched with 3D glasses.