Nanda Vigo’s intergalactic kind of design
Work by Nanda Vigo is at the centre of major rediscovery by institutions, galleries and collectors. Domus Archive contains highlights of her path from young Milanese woman to the iconic figure.
Luis Barragán, the unattainable master
Gio Ponti considered Luis Barragán as his “unattainable master, a mythological architect”. Discover the selection of Mexican author’s best projects from our historical archive.
Corbu in Nantes
Completed in 1955 by the Swiss master in the Rezé suburb, the Unité d'abitation in Nantes perfected the first experience in Marseille.
Adalberto Libera’s Villa Malaparte
In 1980, American architect John Hejduk describes Adalberto Libera’s villa, designed for Curzio Malaparte, as a house of rituals and rites, of mysteries, an ancient play unraveling under Italian light.
Bruce Goff, for a Total Architecture
Visible structures and spatial complexity. Common materials used in uncommon ways. One house never resembles another. This is the eclectic architecture of Bruce Goff.
Brionvega: maker of icons
In 1968, Domus helped those in need of a radio or television by proposing Briovega's innovative range of products, created by designers such as Marco Zanuso, Richard Sapper, and brothers Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni.