931 - Domus

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Editorial

Flavio Albanese. Mutation

News, events, competitions, projects

Edited by Elena Sommariva

Social housing in Madrid

The residential building sets its porous design against the area’s introverted architecture to break up the uniformity of the block. Design MVRDV, Blanca Lleó Text Jesús Vassallo. Photos Roland Halbe, Ricardo Espinosa

The High Line, New York

A work in progress, the New York development marks a peak in the design of contemporary public space. Design James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Text Pippo Ciorra. Photos Iwan Baan

Museum as playground

The new Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne is a study of the social relationship between the culture of technology and educational entertainment. Design Annette Gigon / Mike Guyer. Text Stefano Casciani. Photos Heinrich Helfenstein

Zaha Hadid: MAXXI, Rome

A monument to contemporary art as endless vertigo. Design Zaha Hadid Architects. Text Stefano Casciani. Photos Iwan Baan, Hélène Binet, Roland Halbe

The Tote, Mumbai

A typical colonial building transformed using highly sophisticated semiotic codes. Design Chris Lee, Kapil Gupta – Serie Architects. Text Jagan Shah. Photos Edmund Sumner

Centre for sight, Sussex

In their design for this specialist eye centre, the London-based studio revised and transcended the setting’s immediate points of reference. Design, photos Toh Shimazaki Architecture. Text Jay Merrick. Photos Edmund Sumner

Liverpool tower, Mexico City

A metal skin upgrades an anonymous 1980s’ building. Design Hierve-Diseñería. Text Alejandro Villarreal. Photos Fernando Cordero

House O, Rubeshibe, Japan

A house for a young couple that spreads out over the landscape like a plant. Design Jun Igarashi Architects. Text Cathelijne Nuijsink. Photos Iwan Baan

Belavali House, Maharashtra, India

Being contemporary without denying our roots. Design Bijoy Jain, Studio Mumbai Architects. Text Laura Bossi. Photos Hélène Binet, Studio Mumbai Architects

Frog Queen, Graz

A hermetic cube protects an engineering firm’s research. Design Splitterwerk Text Lilli Hollein. Photos Paulott

House in Nagoya

A portion of landscape of the domestic scale is the distinctive feature of this small city house. Design Makoto Tanijiri, Ai Yoshida / Suppose Design Office Text Elena Sommariva. Photos Toshiyuki Yano / Nacasa & Partners

Learning from videogames

Videogames as masters of interactivity and digital art stars. So says Web design guru Andy Cameron. Text Stefania Garassini

Unicità funzionale

Some objects have forms that camouflage a functional uniqueness just waiting to be interpreted. Design G. Alessi Anghini, Atelier Bow-Wow, G. Bakker, L.o Damiani, I. Hans, R. Hutten, Polka, P. Starck. Texts Maria Cristina Tommasini. Photos Controluce Studio, Giacomo Giannini

Unicità decorativa

A one-off project has boosted the creativity of skilled craftworkers at porcelain manufacturer Richard Ginori. Design Paola Navone. Text Maria Cristina Tommasini

Ritorno alle origini

Glass and ceramic, together. United by the desire to retrieve the link with the history and art of making. Design Luca Nichetto. Text Loredana Mascheroni

Wonderland of art

Nine new works enrich Brazil’s Inhotim Park. Text Cecilia Alemani. Photos Pedro Motta

Artisti In Scena

The performances of “Blinding the Ears” state the return to an expressive form of art centred on the artist. Text Francesco Stocchi

Rob Pruitt. Denim & Cement

Sculptures + iPhone photographs. A special project for Domus. Design Rob Pruitt

Camouflage

Dress up to blend in. Dissolving boundaries, resolving worlds. Graphic Design onlab – Nicolas Bourquin, Thibaud Tissot. Edited by Francesca Picchi. Texts Julian Worrall, Ryue Nishizawa, Kazuyo Sejima, Arquitectura 74, Ellsworth Kelly

Velarca

Giorgio Casali’s photos of BBPR’s “house on a boat”. Text Luigi Spinelli. Photos Archivi Domus

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