Wood is experiencing a new renaissance, and it's not just a return to traditional techniques. The June issue of Domus, edited by guest editor 2025 Bjarke Ingels, explores the unexpected use of this material in contemporary architecture.
Together with Marina Tabassum, architect of the Serpentine Pavilion 2025, we explored the meaning and history of this iconic temporary architecture which, since 2000 with Zaha Hadid, has attracted the attention of the whole world to Hyde Park in London every year.
Domus caught up with Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin of Formafantasma in their creative hotbed in Milan, dialoguing about their approach to design and their relationship with light as an “ectoplasmic” design material, explored in their recent collaborations with Flos.
Opening in 2026 in the historic town of Bled, the new museum will showcase works by Anselm Kiefer, Joseph Beuys, Anne Imhof, and over 100 international and Slovenian artists.
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Architecture and design for contemporary working environments
It’s widely accepted that thoughtful use of color can have a positive impact on the workplace. From the restrained neutrals of Mitsubishi in Japan to the bold palettes seen in Google’s and MVRDV’s offices, color design is used to reflect and enhance corporate culture.
How can design speak of care? This handle goes beyond its primary function and rediscovers the symbolic value of design.
A stretch of the highway overlooking the ocean is transformed into a new green infrastructure, as ambitious as it is controversial, that redefines the relationship between public space and urban mobility.
By eliminating a central staircase and doubling it to provide separate access to two bedrooms, studio Abaco has created an enhanced and unprecedented livability inside a historic interior.
Visions and projects, but also dreams and aspirations of architects during the time of the Wall and the Soviet Union: an exhibition at the Tchoban Foundation sheds light on the architecture of the GDR beyond the usual clichés of Plattenbau and the Alexanderplatz Tower.
“The David Lynch Collection” is not just an auction, but a surreal journey into the mind of the recently deceased filmmaker. The sale includes a vast array of objects, many from Lynch’s own home—ranging from modernist pieces to a large number of furnishings he designed himself.
From Turin to the Gulf and back again: “Ultraleggera: A Design Journey with Marcello Gandini” opens in Italy. The exhibition celebrates the legacy of the Italian car designer, inspiring a new generation of creatives.
Riva1920 creates solid wood furniture using certified or reclaimed materials, combining sustainability, high-quality craftsmanship, and timeless design. An Italian excellence focused on durability, transparency, and authenticity.
In the video for “Man of the Year”, Lorde appears to be dancing within the iconic installation New York Earth Room by artist Walter De Maria — but it’s actually a reproduction.
Designed by Diez + Muller Arquitectos, this villa is located in the Andes at an altitude of over 3,200 metres and blends into the landscape by interpreting its topography.
In the heart of an island immersed in the quietness of Vortex Park, Z+T Studio's Luhu Ring of Starlight reveals itself as an ethereal pavilion suspended over water.
The Saint-Étienne International Design Biennial explores how design can address the global resource crisis and envision new models of shared sustainability.
The green apple has always played a central role in the work of the Japanese architect and guest editor of Domus in 2021, and it features in the watch he designed for Cauny.
At one of the most important gatherings for the automotive design industry, held in Munich, legacy models and bold new prototypes offered a glimpse into the future of car styling.
We took a tour of the Eternal City to explore the full potential of Honor’s newest smartphone and its AI-enhanced photography features. From superzoom capabilities to the option of turning images into videos, here’s how it went.
ECLISSE introduces Syntesis Areo Outdoor, extending the sleekness of its flush-to-wall system to exterior applications. Robust and adaptable, it reimagines technical access points as integrated design features, ensuring a continuous aesthetic flow between interior and exterior spaces.
Brigitte Macron’s slap becomes an opportunity to explore the presence of this gesture throughout art history: a slap that, for centuries, has reflected intimate, sacred, and social tensions.
Bruno Munari’s Supplement to the Italian dictionary added a fundamental component to language: gestures. Bottega Veneta starts from that very idea, involving figures like Tyler, The Creator, Dario Argento, Julianne Moore, and many others to honor the creation and design of its iconic pattern.
With “Kowloon Walled City: A Cinematic Journey”, Hong Kong’s walled city—a labyrinth of tightly packed buildings demolished in 1993—come back to life, celebrating its social legacy and visual impact through the film sets of Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In.
Through glowing reviews and enthusiastic comments, we trace the sublime story of our fascination with contemporary industrial landscapes. Have you, too, left your heart in Busalla?
The US-based company Archer will provide an app-based air taxi service at the event, with take-off and landing 'vertiports' planned in various key locations around the city.
The German sustainable fashion label Armedangels has joined forces with the online encyclopaedia to create a collection inspired by Wikipedia's ethos and mission.
In the disused Spoorweghaven dock, Danish studio MAST is proposing a floating quarter with more than 100 dwellings, public spaces and green infrastructure.
From the first experiments in the 19th century to Norman Foster and Renzo Piano's high-tech greenhouses, this architectural style has been a place for continuous experimentation.
Inside a shed transported from the UK, British artist John Robinson stages trauma as a collective rite, transforming memory into performance and painting into an act of survival.
A home filled with peace, built with a few essential gestures and a palette of materials in harmony with the surrounding landscape. The anthracite-colored windows by Edilpiù take center stage in this visual narrative.
Picasso was a guest at Dierks’s home, and Dierks designed Somerset Maugham’s house. In the first half of the 20th century, Dierks dedicated his life to designing villas on the French Riviera, helping to create its myth.
A dream mansion in New England, filled with designer pieces, becomes the stage for family tensions, sharp irony, and eerie beauty – a perfect aesthetic, perhaps too perfect.
Franke Revolutionizes the Kitchen: a new vision of everyday living, where sustainability and italian design converge.
Following in the footsteps of Mvrdv's Depot in Rotterdam, with the new V&A East Storehouse, American architecture firm DS+R reframes the concept of the traditional museum by blurring the boundaries between exhibition space and “backstage”.
The tallest building in the world upon completion in 1930, this skyscraper, constantly changing hands and needing maintenance, represents the soul of a New York made of extremes more than the Empire State does.
On Via del Crocifisso, just steps from the Vatican, Mario Cucinella Architects designs a mixed-use building with a public square and a variety of services.
