Amid Arab-Norman geometries, 150 plant species, 300 luminous butterflies and the statue of the Saint, Palermo’s ancient ritual becomes a contemporary architecture in motion.
From the aliens of Star Wars to the Cyclops of Odyssey, Hollywood is returning to practical special effects. Not out of nostalgia, but because rubber, animatronics, and real sets have became a new aesthetic of the contemporary blockbuster.
Designed as a symbol of Georgia’s modernization, the cultural complex remained unused for more than a decade. Its demolition brings an end to the story of one of the country’s most controversial architectural projects and reignites the debate over what happens to landmark buildings when the political vision that created them disappears.
Built in 1915 and redesigned by Arrigo Arrighetti between 1958 and 1962, Piscina Argelati was an urban beach enjoyed by generations of Milanese people. Today, a major public project aims to secure its future by keeping it accessible and transforming it into infrastructure that can operate all year round.
The newly appointed president, Vincenzo Trione, presents the vision that will guide Triennale Milano: the creation of a cultural infrastructure and a school, with Michele De Lucchi as creative director.
In Andrzej Żuławski’s masterpiece, the late Sam Neill played a man witnessing the dissolution of his marriage and his world. However, the true protagonist was something else entirely: the Berlin Wall. This is why the upcoming remake, starring Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner, can only ever be completely different.
From “little Balis” to the “new Berlins”, contemporary tourism transforms places into desirable copies of more famous destinations. But behind these imaginary shortcuts often lies a loss of identity.
From Heatherwick and Ando’s repurposed industrial silos to Bofill’s Fábrica, in the summer issue of Domus, the guest editor Ma Yansong explores the theme of repair as a creative act, breathing new life into memory without venerating the past.
From essays on the body and museum archives to monographs on Martino Gamper, Hella Jongerius and Roberto Burle Marx, here are 15 architecture and design books worth reading this summer.
Designed by Edoardo Gellner between the 1950s and 1960s, the Borca di Cadore complex was one of Italy’s most ambitious experiments of the postwar economic boom. Today, its historic hotel has reopened alongside the church created with Carlo Scarpa.
Forty years after the death of Jorge Luis Borges, the labyrinth garden designed by Randoll Coate on Venice’s San Giorgio Maggiore Island is reopening following a conservation project promoted by PwC Italia and Fondazione Giorgio Cini.
Fog, concrete, post-punk music and social media language. With Soviet Avellino, Pietro Pio Ciampa transforms an inland town in Campania into a shared imaginary, between brutalism, liminal spaces and contemporary visual culture.
The blessing of the Tower of Jesus Christ has reinforced the idea that the Sagrada Família is finally complete. In reality, the Glory Façade, the grand entrance stairway, and an agreement with local residents—upon which the future of the construction site depends—are still missing.
