Outdoor summer trends
Based on the articles we published on Domusweb here is an overview of trends that identify new outdoor spaces, including architectural solutions, organization of green spaces and new ways of using furniture.
10 charming beach houses
For this unusual summer, we offer you a selection of ten seaside houses published on domusweb which made us dream this year.
The restoration of the Cervarese library values the original structure
Studio Tommasi intervenes on the facade and interiors of the building near Padua, restoring the spaces and elements of the old church modified by previous transformations.
Cabinette in Valencia: if coworking is not minimalist
Masquespacio’s project for a coworking space is shimmering, retrofuturistic and incorporates the new spacing rules.
Babel Studio increases space in a mini office in Bilbao
A double-height wooden structure occupies Oslo Cowork as a fulcrum around which the rest of the studio is developed: the 39 sqm space is expandend and provides a retreat area.
Contemporary design meets traditional wooden frames in a renovated house in Tokyo
Takeshi Yamagata Architects combine contemporary living spaces made of air and light with the traditional features of Japanese wooden houses.
A mountain hideaway house in the mountains of California
Directly connected to the ski slopes, Faulkner Architects’ Lookout House interprets local materials and large openings with magma-coloured windows in dialogue with the Sierra Nevada landscape.
Curtains create flexible spaces in a mini apartment by the sea
The small apartment renovated by Estudio González on the Costa del Sol is a continuous space without hierarchies, where a measured and careful arrangement of curtains organizes the spaces and filters the light of the Mediterranean Sea.
A pharmacy in shades of green in the province of Bergamo
The identification of space for connection, attentive to the needs of patients as well as those of service personnel, is at the heart of the renovation of a pharmacy in the province of Bergamo by the architectural firm New Landscapes.
A stroll around the home of… Giorgio Morandi
Leo Lionni recounts the visit to the painter's house with a sequence of words and images that seem to capture the transformation of the surroundings into works of art.
A spa in Caracas is inspired by 2001: A Space Odissey
Kubrick atmospheres and surreal interiors: the spa designed by Atelier Caracas is immersed in a dimension distant from the world.
A beauty centre in China is inspired by the fission process of cells
Sooyou Beauty Salon by Ad Architecture is defined by curved and linear concrete volumes, based on the concepts of division and regeneration, movement and static.
In Osaka, a boutique entirely accessible at a glance
Japanese designer Yusuke Seki takes care of the interior of a small shop using nothing but a metal profile to separate the sales area from the back shop.
Interlocking levels define the renovation of Yurikago House in Barcelona
Mezzanines and references to Japan: studio Mas-aqui transforms the 1924 building in Barcelona into an apartment with volumes in continuous dialogue.
Plants at home, a chronicle through Domus archive
An investigation about the representation and use of houseplants in modern interiors in the first half of the 20th century.