Current Issue: Domus 916

Cover

Levi van Veluw, Tape (2006)

Editorial

Flavio Albanese. What's the use of human rights?

News, events, competitions, projects

Edited by Elena Sommariva

Sustainable Art

Architects recycle Susana Solano’s dramas into small scenes of suffering. Design Cadaval & Solà-Morales. Text Stefano Casciani

Baupiloten

In Berlin, the right to education, but also to beauty. Design Die Baupiloten. Text Juliane Zöller

Emergency Design

Four examples of design that responds to various discomforts and to the needs arising in situations fraught with difficulties. Design Aquaduct Team, Matthias Ries, Sovrappensiero, Tsai Design Studio. Texts Loredana Mascheroni

Emergency Design

Four examples of design that responds to various discomforts and to the needs arising in situations fraught with difficulties. Design Aquaduct Team, Matthias Ries, Sovrappensiero, Tsai Design Studio. Texts Loredana Mascheroni

Ethics and aesthetics

A lucid and piercing analysis of the contemporary relationship between architecture and power. Text Deyan Sudjic

Working with the seasons

A small hotel for informed nomads at the foot of the Himalayas. Design Studio Mumbai, Bijoy Jain. Text Laura Bossi

Celebrating John Lautner

A lone wolf architect finally receives his due. Design John Lautner. Text Michael Webb

Architecture from the frontline

In the slums of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, a museum in memory of the struggle against apartheid. Design Noero Wolff Architects. Text Hannah Le Roux

Pescetrullo

Halfway between art and architecture. Design, text Gaetano Pesce

Saved by the books

Two public libraries in Medellín, Colombia: spaces for everyone, against urban violence. Design Giancarlo Mazzanti. Texts Sergio Fajardo, Giancarlo Mazzanti

Public works in Mexico City

Grafting contemporary vision onto local building traditions: the distinctive feature of Rocha’s works. Design Mauricio Rocha - Taller de arquitectura. Texts Filippo Taidelli

Fare, in Africa

Against environmental rhetoric, a centre for women’s rights. Design Riccardo Vannucci, Farestudio. Texts Stefano Casciani, Riccardo Vannucci

The Rauschenberg blues

The parable of Rauschenberg, between art and life. Texts Stefano Casciani, Luigi Spinelli

Deep repression

Russian artists use video to fight the most insidious form of government control and repression. Text Andrey Parshikov

9/12 front page (2001)

A babel of languages and images that eloquently recount a single, indelible event. Design Hans-Peter Feldmann. Text Francesco Bonami

A school manifesto

The Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main in seven propositions. Text Daniel Birnbaum

Una stanza tutta per sé

At the Castello di Rivoli in Turin, an exhibit explores the solitude that surrounds the artist when creating a work. Text Giorgio Verzotti

Facing human rights

The spotlight on the Olympic Games and China also highlights the ethical issues connected with the work of artists and architects. Text Francesco Bonami

Facility 1391

At the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, the reconstruction of Israel’s Guantanamo. Design Jan Tichy

Homes for all

Louis Sauer and the dream of Suburbia

Under a fiver

The colors of the brain

Domus events

Intersections: Human rights

In the year of the Olympic Games, do human rights still have a universal value, or should they be reconsidered? Edited by Laura Bossi. Design tomato – Simon Taylor, John Warwicker. Texts S. Zizek, S. Kuper, S. Cammelli, L. Müller, C. Avery, K. Stohr, A. Dagnino, D. van der Leer

Books

How they work. Dutch Fairy tales. Art factory-workshop. Two silent protagonists. Images of time. Edited by Gianmario Andreani

Rassegna: Kitchen

Innovation has entered decisively into the world of the kitchen, introduced by needs related to saving water and energy. Edited by Maria Cristina Tommasini