Discover the Domus summer special.
News, projects, archives, and insights.
From the lobby of a Soviet hotel in Poland to the igloos in the Austrian mountains, 10 musical events where the location is as important as the music. We listed the most peculiar, featuring some of the most unique architectures and scenarios in the world.
From Puglia to the island of Elba, from Porto Cervo to Arenzano, we bring you stories of Italy’s summer destinations through the lens of Domus.
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In the early 1950s, Emilio Isotta transformed the bourgeois idea of Mediterranean island life, between the pine tree canopies at Marina di Campo becoming real architecture, and modern living spaces invaded by the landscape.
From Capri to Elba, from Sardinia to Pantelleria, between Gio Ponti, Cini Boeri and Luigi Vietti, we selected 11 architectures that blend modernist vocabulary and vernacular suggestions.
Milan has a relevant heritage of swimming facilities, true architectural landmarks of the 20th century, still it struggles to valorize it: it is part of a bigger problem, the city’s relationship with water.
The preparatory drawings for La Grotta Rosa can be seen at the Milan Triennale until January 2025. The residence has a swimming pool and private access to the sea.
A delimited and geometric space, and at the same time a suggestive architectural element and a symbol of freedom and desire, the swimming pool in the films becomes a place with multiple symbolic, conflictual, regenerative or mortal values.
Aquariums, mushrooms, artificial intelligence, barricades: these are some of the themes of the books we have selected for this summer, to reflect a world in which design is radically rethinking its role.
In the spring of 1956, the foundation stone of the A1 Milan-Naples was laid. Let’s look back together at the construction and evolution over time of Italy’s longest motorway, still essential for connecting the country today.
Suspended between sky and abyss or firmly rooted to the ground, panoramic observation platforms offer unusual experiences and views, in search of a fleeting thrill or a more essential change of perspective on the world.
Built from scratch 60 years ago in an unspoiled area of Sardinia, Porto Cervo has embodied the golden age of the Italian summer, becoming a prime mover in matters of urban development conscious of the autochthonous landscape diversity.
From an inspired entrepreneurial vision to the conception of a whole stylistic vocabulary from scratch, Costa Smeralda – north-east of Sardinian shoreline – is still a design challenge, between architectural gems and the risks of property show-off.
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