New York. Sight Unseen Offsite is a catalyst for collaboration
On the occasion of NYCxDesign, the fair curated by Jill Singer and Monica Khemsurov, it brings together professionals from various fields.
Stefano Boeri: “Milan Arch Week gets buildings and designers talking about events in the lives of us all”
From 23 to 27 May, Milan is holding the second edition of Milan Arch week. Here follows a video interview with Stefano Boeri, artistic director of the event.
Strasbourg. Garcés de Seta Bonet renovates and extends the Palais de Justice
The project features the rearrangement of the interiors while the extension consists of a new attic crowning the building.
New York. BIG designs tiny houses with a ‘hygge’ feel
BIG’s latest project focuses on minimal spaces, with a pitched-roof module that offers the typical Nordic comfort, wherever installed.
The best stands at the Salone del Mobile in Rho Fiera
Light and free like a butterfly, extending and folding like a folding screen, ORIGAMI, designed by Alberto Meda, is an electric plug&play radiator that liaises with its surroundings.
Milan. 40 indications of style from the Salone del Mobile
Confirmations, comebacks and new perversions. This year, too, the number of proposals exceeds their human application. But not the enthusiasm of at least trying discovering new analogies.
Best of kitchen at Salone 2018
A symmetrical bamboo-effect interlocking puzzle characterises Mr. Zheng coffee tables by Roberto Lazzeroni, which name underscores its Far East inspiration.
The Cannibal’s Cookbook. Cyclopean Architecture for a better future
The Cannibal’s Cookbook is a practical manual on Cyclopean masonry that questions today’s demolition systems, proposing new solutions.
Jorge Penades’ latest installation is made only of wood and tape
The Spanish designer has realised a temporary architecture readily disassemblable thanks to simple bonding system.
Open Architecture
The redefinition of an office building in Lausanne for a major Open Science publisher has been a unique opportunity for Citterio to experiment new kinds of design possibilities.
Duccio Maria Gambi
Objects emanating an ancestral force
Very modern insights and a delicate, suspended refinement. The Tuscan designer recounts his work, between the absolute minimum of softness and the city he relates to.
World Bee Day. 10 stories not to miss
A species at risk, biodiversity and food safety depend on them. Here are the best stories on bees, published on Domusweb.
Mallorca. A modest building transformed using bold brick patterns
In Can Picafort, in front of the sea, Ted’A arquitectes experimented variations of brickworks homaging the quality of crafting.
Tokyo. Kengo Kuma completes a tree-inspired tower in glass and aluminium
The design of the 44-storey apartment tower is inspired by the toponymy of the site: Hinoki-cho literally means cypress grove.
The art of built-in efficiency
Siemens has come up with a range of solutions for built-in domestic appliances that are perfectly modular and can be easily combined.
What is an architecture Biennale?
In December 1996, Domus published the conversation that took place between Dietmar Steiner and the director of the VI Venice Architecture Biennale Hans Hollein: a general reflection on the role of exhibitions.
Adrien Missika designs a metabolist bee hotel
Fondazione La Raia puts art at the service of the environment with a 2.300-rooms hotel for bees, made in Luserna stone by the Berlin-based artist.
Boa Mistura engages with a refugee camp to create a public space
Located in Ritsona, Greece, the new project of the multidisciplinary team urges to rethink the very nature of refugee camps.