Current Issue: Domus 929

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Editorial

Flavio Albanese. A voyage into Italian architecture and back

News, events, competitions, projects

Edited by Elena Sommariva

Edificio per uffici, Milano

A new monument to work and the lives that intersect there. Design Alessandro Scandurra Text Stefano Casciani. Photos Filippo Romano

Residenze sociali e parco pubblico, Milano

A social housing complex recently completed in Via Gallarate, the result of a public competition. Design MAB Arquitectura, Massimo Basile, Floriana Marotta Text Massimiliano Di Bartolomeo. Photos Paolo Riolzi

Casa nella laguna, Musile di Piave

Tiptoeing into the mutant landscape of the lagoon with a refined colour palette and a modulation of solids and voids. Design, text Studio_RBA (Ruggero Baldasso architects). Photos Luca Casonato

Casa Elvas, Bressanone

Single-family villa in Trentino-Alto Adige. Design Matteo Scagnol, Sandy Attia, MODUS architects Text Laura Bossi Photos Jürgen Eheim

Laboratorio per l’arte contemporanea, Villa Caldogno, Vicenza

Architecture and art give new life to a World War II bunker. Design Enrico Novello Text Flavio Albanese. Photos Giustino Chemello

Cimitero a Cortenuova

A project that coherently interprets the neoclassical and Lombard tradition of monumental cemeteries. Design Roberto Zampoleri, Emiliano Bellini Text Camillo Botticini. Photos Roberto Zampoleri

Centro ricerche, Tassullo

A monolith of exposed concrete acquires extraordinary iconic force in the Trentino landscape. Design Ruattistudio Architetti Text Paolo Brambilla. Photos Peppe Maisto

Cantina Taverna, Matera

The extension of an agricultural business embraces spatial and functional expressions of quality. Design Angelo Lunati, Luca Varesi – Onsitestudio Text Antonio Esposito. Photos Angela Rosati

Residenza studentesca, Pisa

A student campus that stands out with colours. Design, text Salvatore Re Architects. Photos Paola De Pietri

Complesso industriale, Bergamo

A white line in the natural landscape. Design Buratti + Battiston architects Photos Marcello Mariana

Palestra, Caserta

Interruption: a compelling project gains in intensity as it falls to ruins. Design, text Beniamino Servino. Photos Bruno Cristillo

Parco obliquo, Potenza

A project to solve the problem of level differences provides an opportunity to redesign a public space. Design Vortex A – Giacinto Cerviere Text Gianni Pittella. Photos Salvatore Laurenzana

Biblioteca scolastica, Bari

A school library pays homage to Munari. Design ma0 / emmeazero. Text Laura Bossi. Photos Alberto Novelli

Centro Civico, Modica. Ex mercato coperto di Ortigia, Siracusa

Two projects in Sicily facing an indifferent urban landscape and ancient architecture. Design Emanuele Fidone. Text Santo Giunta. Photos Emilio Ganci, Lamberto Rubino, Davide Patanè

Recupero delle Tholos, monti Nebrodi, Sicilia

New and unobtrusive architectural interventions offer a perspective on the Tholos. Design, text Giovanni Barone, Gaetano Scarcella, Giuseppe Scarcella. Photos Emilio Carullo

Padiglioni nell’agrumeto, Grammichele

A scattering of new pavilions in a farm holiday complex in Valle dei Margi regenerate a settlement. Design Marco Navarra – NOWA Text Marco Navarra

Italians

Besides talent, three young Italian artists share their choice of Milan as a place of intermittent residence. Design Rossana Buremi, Giulio Frigo, Jacopo Miliani. Text Caroline Corbetta

Disse e si contraddisse

He said and contradicted himself. Notes for Artissima – The Theater Project, Turin. Edited by Andrea Bellini

No room for parents

A special project for Domus. Design Benny Chirco. Text Caroline Corbetta

Scenari italiani

Reflections from architecture, literature and art in the Italy of today. Graphic design onlab – Nicolas Bourquin, Thibaud Tissot. Edited by Rita Capezzuto. Texts Flavio Albanese, Sebastiano Brandolini, Stefano Casciani, Pippo Ciorra

Italian homes

The urban form, the streets and the doors of Terrasini in Sicily. Text Luigi Spinelli. Photos Arno Hammacher, Archivi Domus

Julius Shulman 1910/2009

Adelaide Acerbi Astori. La signora del design

Il dilemma Aalto

Edited by Gianmario Andreani

Rassegna: Building materials. Solutions for sustainable building

Edited by Maria Cristina Tommasini