— Álvaro Siza designed a sacred space in Rennes, France, that features pure concrete forms and white interiors with marble panels.

— Domestic Pools: The world’s most beautiful private pools on show. The exhibition in Hyères, France, retraces the history of the architectural device from the 1920s until today.

— 10 light-installations seen at the Lichtfestival 2018. Fire tornados, architectural video-mapping and streetlights sensitive to human heat. This is what we’ve seen at the last light festival in Ghent, Belgium.

— Mies in Berlin. In Domus 1021, David Chipperfield refurbishes the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. In domusweb.it we publish the original project by Mies, from the September 1969 issue.

— Bodega Mont Ras celebrates Catalan rurality. Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola have collaborated for nine years and their last project celebrates the rural landscape of Baix Empordà, in Catalonia.

— Five weekend houses that emerge from the soil. Taller Hector Barroso designed a residential complex in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, which uses only local materials: brick, wood, and earth.

— In Spain, new offices keep the industrial memory of the site. The project by NUA arquitectures in Benissanet, Spain, consists of the conversion of an abandoned pre-existing warehouse into an office building.

— Past Present Future: video interview with Marco Casamonti from Archea, by Gianpiero Venturini (Itinerant Office).

— Wes Anderson and Juman Malouf to curate an art exhibition. The famous director and the partner illustrator will present an exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Works will be chosen from all the Austrian museums.

— Peter Zumthor: mass, matter and light. Museums, chapels, thermal baths, residencies and an exhibition pavilion. From 1989 Domus published the best projects by the Swiss architect.

Anthony Valdez, Pin-Up Pool Party, 2018

Opening image: Ricardo Bofill, Single-family house in Empordà, Mont-Ras, Girona, Spain. Photo Lluis Carbonell