Current Issue: Domus 875

Cover

Transparent concrete? Concrete walls penetrated by pixels? The walls of houses transformed into two-way shop windows onto the city? ...

Calendar

Edited by Laura Bossi, Elena Sommariva

The voices of the earth

Who understands women?

Lina Bo Bardi’s second life

Eugenio Perazza. Paid advertising

A counterproposal to Enzo Mari

Ettore Sottsass. Pictures from a window

Giancarlo De Carlo. Between black holes, white dwarfs and uncertainty

Can architecture become cause and effect of its actions?

Tezuka Architects. Sub-zero sanctuary

Built to submarine-like specs, the Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science braves one of Japan’s most extreme climates to offer visitors a new way of experiencing nature. Edited by Joseph Grima. Photography by Katsuhisa Kida

Bruno Latour. “Pray St George, which dragon should we slay?”

In a world where democracy seems to be shattered, it has become difficult to detect our real enemies

Áron Losonczi. Transparent Concrete

In Csongrád, Hungary, a young architect is developing a revolutionary material: transparent concrete. Texts by Beatriz Arman, Matteo Poli. Photography by Ramak Fazel

Martí Guixé. Food and territory

Martí Guixé talks about his idea of food, expressed through one of his most recent projects, the health cookery shop for Camper. Edited by Francesca Picchi. Photography by Inga Knölke

Gabriele Basilico. Buenos Aires

A city that contains a thousand other cities, analysed by Gabriele Basilico

Philippe Parreno. Phonoglutamate

From a physical space to a time protocol: now people must be able to base their lives on a time protocol

URO1.ORG: prototipo M7

An experimental home, designed by the cooperative of Chilean architects URO1.ORG, is the starting point for a debate on the identity of Latin American architecture. Edited by Fabrizio Gallanti. Photography by Juan Alfonso Zapata

Andrea Branzi. Neo-organicism?

Some reflections on the ninth edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale

Interview: Zaha Hadid

Hans Ulrich Obrist interviews Zaha Hadid. Edited by Thomas Boutoux, Laura Bossi. Photography by Steve Double (portrait) and Carlo Draisci

World Architects. Bush in Space

The series of articles edited by Eyal Weizman continues with an essay by Michael Sorkin on George W. Bush. Edited by Karen Marta, Elena Sommariva

Michelangelo Pistoletto. The perspectives of architecture

The origins of the concept of perspective in a previously unpublished essay by Michelangelo Pistoletto. Photography by Paolo Rosselli

Books

Edited by Gianmario Andreani

A history of zoos

Great works in Mexico

The North Sea

Design and history

Rassegna: Finishes

Edited by Maria Cristina Tommasini

Panorama

El Topo: Mark Manders

Edited by Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni and Ali Subotnick (Wrong Gallery)