Current Issue: Domus 930

Cover

Photo Maya Rochat. Design onlab

Editorial

Flavio Albanese.

News, events, competitions, projects

Edited by Elena Sommariva

Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark

A swatch of Denmark’s provinces is an act of faith in art and architecture. Design Steven Holl Architects, Kjaer & Richter A/S. Text Yehuda Safran. Photos Iwan Baan

Zamet Centre, Rijeka

The new public complex by the Croatian architects is frozen in a sequence of staggered volumes. Design 3LHD Text Maroje Mrduljaš. Photos Domagoj Blazevic, 3LHD

Torre Aquileia, Jesolo

Contemporary architecture in the Venice lagoon takes its cue from age-old examples. Design Carlos Ferrater, Gustavo Carabajal, Xavier Martí, Eleonora Mantese Text Carlos Ferrater. Photos Alessandra Chemollo Barcelona Ocular

Microsurgery Institute

On the borderline between city and countryside, reproducing the morphologicy of the site. Design Josep Llinás Carmona. Text Eduardo Cadaval. Photos Filippo Poli

Mos, P.S.1/New York

P.S.1 offers itself to the new generation of American architects as a space for experimentation. Design Mos Text John McMorrough. Photos Florian Holzherr

Supersudaka.cl, Chile

In Talca, two recent constructions by the Chilean collective. Design, photos Juan Pablo Corvalán & Gabriel Vergara, Supersudaka.cl. Text José Llano Loyola

Naoshima bath

Shinro Ohtake extends his personal interpretation of collage to architecture. Design Shinro Ohtake. Text Francesca Picchi. Photos Osamu Watanabe

Social Housing in Umbrete, Seville

When funds are minimal, only creativity can make a difference. Design Solinas + Verd Arquitectos. Text Laura Bossi. Photos Jesús Granada

House H, Tokyo

The latest spatial experiment by the Japanese architect is a variable density house. Design Sou Fujimoto Architects. Text Cathelijne Nuijsink. Photos Iwan Baan

Nissan Pavilion in Yokohama

Air becomes material: an installation of magic bubbles to match the Japanese automobile manufacturer’s ecofriendly research. Design Torafu Architects. Text Laurence Humier. Photos Alessio Guarino

Le forme dell’acqua

Poetic and pragmatic approaches to the use of a vital resource: three designs interpret the way water is collected in the bathroom. Design Gabriele & Oscar Buratti, Ross Lovegrove, Nothing Design Group. Text Maria Cristina Tommasini

Young Design Report 3

Self-produced one-offs, poised between art, design and prototypes. But real products too. The singularity and irony of these designs encourage optimism. Texts Maria Cristina Tommasini. Photos Pele Crépin, Tuala Hjarnø, Lisa Kuisma

Eredità sovversiva

Simon Collection: tradition and memory set against Estel’s industrial background. Design Carlo Scarpa. Text Maria Cristina Tommasini. Photos Oriani Origone

Gelitin

Improvisation is alive; you can always take it around with you. Notes for Artissima – the Theater Project, 4-8 November 2009, Turin. Design Gelitin. Text Roberto Cuoghi. Edited by Andrea Bellini

The Elmgreen & Dragset show

“Powerless structures” used to explore the subtle area that divides public and private. Design Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset. Text Cecilia Alemani

La musica nascosta

Music is the invisible motor that drives the works of Allora & Calzadilla, “touching” the listeners. Design Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla. Text Vincenzo Latronico

Home away from home

Solid memories used for fighting absence, at the Chert Gallery in Berlin. Design Petrit Halilaj. Text Vincenzo Latronico

Climate Change

Notes for rethinking cities. Graphic design onlab – N. Bourquin, T. Tissot. Edited by L. Bossi, R. Plunz, M. P. Sutto. Texts R. Plunz, J. Sze and S. Sadler, S. Hammer, M. C. Nisbet, C. Steel, P. Culligan, Y. Friedman, S. Casciani

Bulldozer’s Earthquake

Wright’s Imperial Hotel managed to withstand two earthquakes, but not the law of profit. Text Luigi Spinelli. Photos Archivi Domus

Doni d’autore

Architecture of the Third Reich

Edited by Gianmario Andreani

Rassegna: Interior finishes

Edited by Maria Cristina Tommasini