On the Museum Island, work has just been
completed on the British practice’s most
prestigious design.
Design
David Chipperfield Architects.
Text
Deyan Sudjic.
Photos
Christian Richters, Jörg von Bruchhausen,
Ute Zscharnt.
New York, New York: Alice Tully Hall
Diller Scofidio + Renfro rewrite Manhattan’s
urban history.
Design
Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
Text
Stefano Casciani.
Photos
Iwan Baan
The working class used to go to heaven
The Olivetti factory building, designed by Figini
and Pollini, and its conversion into offices.
Design
Dante O. Benini & Partners Architects.
Text
Stefano Casciani.
Photos
Davide Cerati, Ramak Fazel.
Stadium for the World Games in Taiwan
Kaohsiung gets a brand-new “open” and sustainable
stadium designed by Toyo Ito.
Design
Ito • Takenaka • RLA.
Text
Alex Pasternack.
Photos
Christian Richters.
Residential and retail
Building in Moura, Portugal
Manuel Aires Mateus reconstructs the secret
weft of a part of the ancient centre.
Design
Manuel Aires Mateus.
Text
Laura Bossi.
Photos
João Morgado.
Entrecampos Square, Lisbon
Lisbon’s largest urban redevelopment since
Expo ’98 is taking form with the design by
Promontorio.
Design
Promontorio.
Text
Carlos Sant’Ana.
Photos
FG+SG – Fernando Guerra.
Times Museum, Guangzhou
An art museum interrupts the mono-purpose
vocation of a Chinese housing complex.
Design
Rem Koolhaas & Alain Fouraux.
Text
Bert de Muynck.
Photos
Iwan Baan.
Bronks Youth Theatre, Brussels
An interactive youth art centre.
Design
Martine de Maeseneer Architects – mdma
Text
Raymund Ryan.
Photos
Filip Dujardin, Marie-Françoise Plissart.
Fashion built & unbuilt
Fashion offers design the opportunity for
unprecedented spatial experiments.
Text
Luca Marchetti and Emanuele Quinz.
Fashion Dreams
Domus continues its survey of younger fashion
designers.
Text
Angelo Flaccavento
Speciale Salone
New tables: Technology & Restraint
New tables presented at the Milan Furniture Fair.
Text
Maria Cristina Tommasini.
Quilt Sofa
A quilt becomes an armchair: the Bouroullecs
explore the potential of hi-tech fabric.
Design
Ronan & Erwan Bouroulec.
Text
Francesca Picchi.
Paper cloud
Tokujin Yoshioka continues his material
experimentation.
Design
Tokujin Yoshioka.
Text
Maria Cristina Tommasini.
Between two worlds Venice Biennale
Where does the soul of the Venice Art Biennale lie?
Design
Massimo Bartolini, Yona Friedman,
Att Poomtangon/Planttation, Tobias
Rehberger, Tomas Saraceno, Rirkrit
Tiravanija, Héctor Zamora.
Text
Daniel Birnbaum.
Precarietà dell’architettura
What is a representative idea of “labour” today?
Texts and photos Paola Anziché.
Ragnar Kjartansson. A special for Domus
A preview of the performance representing
Iceland at the Venice Art Biennale.
Text
Caroline Corbetta.
Lara Favaretto. A special for Domus
A voyage into the artist’s archive, in anticipation
of the swamp at the Giardini of the Biennale.
Curated by
Caroline Corbetta.
Lumen Centre: The Church of Any God
In London, a temple that is not for just one religion.
Design,
Theis and Khan Architects
Text.
Stefano Casciani
Photos
Nick Kane.
An interior with a theatrical theme in Milan
A dialogue between young architects and a
maestro.
Design
Roberto Giussani & Omar Berri.
Text
Giampiero Bosoni.
Photos
Alberto Piovano.
Urban Retrofitting
Artists and architects propose ways of
transforming the dormant potential of high-rise
superblocks.
Graphic Design
onlab, N. Bourquin, C.
Gabriel.
Edited by
F. Picchi.
Texts
F. Druot, A. Lacaton & J.
P. Vassal, C. Gaillard, M.
Sosnowska, T. Fudala, M. Bader,
K. Szymczak.
Danger! Work in progress
Money-worshippers threaten to turn Pier Luigi
Nervi’s Palazzo del Lavoro into a shrine of
consumerism.
Texts
Luigi Spinelli.
Photos
Archivi Domus
Peacock armchair
“Si fa coi pensieri”
Eighty years of Domus and Casabella
Edited by
Gianmario Andreani
Rassegna: Kitchens
Edited by
Maria Cristina Tommasini
spazio+luce-decorazione=architettura.
A selection of projects.
Text
Stefano Casciani.
Edited by
Domus editorial staff
