In a rural village in Galicia, Spain, the renovation of an existing building and the construction of a new pavilion are transforming the terraced landscape by creating a community centre that brings together history, contemporary uses and local resources.
The iconic Gaudí house opens its private apartment, where guests can now dine, stay overnight, and experience the modernist masterpiece from within, thanks to the discreet intervention of Paola Navone.
Zanotta has secured an exclusive licence from the Italian government to produce thirty Carlo Mollino designs, many of which have never been mass-produced or reissued. We spoke to CEO Luca Fuso about the archives, unique pieces and contemporary production.
Grau inaugurates its “Artist” edition line with Alien, a collaboration with sculptor Yngve Holen. Produced in a limited run of only 200 pieces, the lamp features a UV-reactive glass body. Its form is uniquely derived from a 3D scan of an actual tektite, a material created by a meteorite impact fifteen million years ago.
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Paolo Monti was the true visual narrator of Milanese modernism. From his obsession with the Pirelli Tower to the architecture of Magistretti, Moretti and Viganò, a new book by Humboldt Books reveals how he helped construct the visual identity of modern Milan.
At LUMA Arles, Hans Ulrich Obrist explores the work of Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid through paintings, drawings, conversations and archival materials, showcasing her designs long before they became buildings.
Over the weekend of the 2026 Rome Marathon, New Balance transformed the Corsie Sistine into a temple of running, turning it into a place of care, recovery, and community for participants.
Besides the Venice Biennale and New York Art Week, Domus has selected fifteen must-see exhibitions in Italy, Europe, and other destinations around the world – events that are well worth the trip.
Open profiles, essential ribbing, no more grams of plastic than necessary: in the year of the monobloc, the Linnéa project has brought the relationship between designer and industry back to the center, in the best tradition of Italian design. The protagonists tell us about it.
Within the innovation district born on the former Expo site, Stefano Boeri designs a contemporary monastery for the Diocese of Milan, dedicated to interreligious dialogue, research, and contemplation.
The Italian-based luxury audio company Thuono Audio develops turntables that combine Italian design, precision engineering and high-quality materials to obtain a unique sound profile.
A new hotel designed by a renowned Italian architect is opening in the heart of Rome, in the former Bank of Italy. We visited it with the interior architect from GA.
Amid geopolitical controversies, cross-accusations, and the Buttafuoco case, the 2026 Art Biennale is being overwhelmed by its own “discourse”. While “In Minor Keys” attempts to construct a meditative exhibition, the most explosive present—from AI to war—remains off-screen.
In the new illy Art Collection unveiled at the Venice Biennale, British-Bengali artist Mohammed Z. Rahman turns an espresso cup into a reflection on labor, memory, and colonial history.
Three light sculptures and a video mapping by artist Marco Lodola transform Teatro alla Scala to celebrate 80 years since its historic post-war reopening.
In the northern Venetian lagoon, between Murano and Burano, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo reopens the island of San Giacomo after decades of abandonment, transforming a former military site into a cultural ecosystem. We were among the first to visit it.
From the projects of Sanaa, Snøhetta and Big to Lina Ghotmeh’s Beirut, alongside the dialogue between Ma Yansong and Thomas Heatherwick, the May issue of Domus explores architecture not as a static form, but as a constantly shifting composition designed to make us “feel alive.”
At the Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio, an exhibition reinterprets almost sixty years of modern architecture through materials, construction details and the marks of time. Discovering something important along the way.
Between protests, sit-ins and political tensions, the opening of the Venice Biennale shows that contemporary art is still a field of conflict. And it is precisely this that makes it alive, in a present often anesthetized by consensus.
Sound systems have evolved from invisible support tools into the centerpiece of space itself. Across listening bars, micro-clubs, and immersive installations, sound is becoming one of the strongest icons of contemporary design.
From the tactical squares born with paint and ping-pong tables to structural construction sites that transform asphalt into permeable surfaces and trees: Milan accelerates its urban metamorphosis, neighborhood by neighborhood.
As small as a Magsafe wallet, with an e-ink screen and up to two weeks of battery life, the Xteink X3 and X4 are creating a minor obsession online: minimalist devices designed for reading without notifications, social networks, or distractions.
For two days during Milan Design Week, a temporary tea house by Cromo opens the terrace of Torre Velasca to the public, transforming the BBPR-designed landmark into a space suspended between ritual, design, and a new urban perspective.
From the Giardini and the Arsenale to exhibitions across the city, geopolitics, climate collapse and national identities take centre stage in Venice. There is a huge amount to see, perhaps even too much: here are the essential ones.
Among the most visited installations of the week, Uzbekistan’s project at Palazzo Citterio becomes a temporarily permanent space: a contemporary yurt between memory, landscape, and environmental changes, open to visitors until the summer.
From Lawrence Abu Hamdan to Janis Rafa, by way of the radical installation of 2050+: Canicula transforms Venice’s Ospedaletto into one of the most powerful visual experiences of the 2026 Art Biennale. An exhibition that speaks of images, propaganda, crisis, and attention — asking what it truly means to look today.
In the May editorial for Domus, Ma Yansong challenges the idea of architecture as “frozen music.” Buildings, he argues, are not static forms but ever-changing spaces shaped by moving bodies, light, and human relationships.
From the Esprit Nouveau Pavilion in Bologna to the Villa Baizeau in Tunis, via Marseilles and Berlin, Cristian Chironi has inhabited Le Corbusier's architecture for years: a project that puts it to the test in real life.
RewindPix has surpassed 830,000 euro on Kickstarter: a digital compact camera that doesn’t just imitate the aesthetic of film, but reconstructs its limits, rituals, and timing.
For the 2026 Venice Biennale, Palazzo Manfrin reopens to the public with an exhibition bringing together Anish Kapoor’s architectural models, mirrored sculptures, Vantablack works, and immersive installations that transform space into a perceptual experience.
At the Giardini della Biennale, Labics reinterprets over a century of stratifications, transforming the Central Pavilion into a coherent and accessible system featuring new functions, a café, and social spaces.
With Scout, Konstantin Grcic doesn’t offer a solution to the contemporary office; instead, he stages its crisis: an open, reconfigurable furniture system that reflects a way of working that is still unstable—something to be built rather than designed.
