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Brutalist architecture at risk: 10 projects that could disappear
From Italy to the United States, from Tunisia to Japan, we tell the story of brutalist works in a state of decay and abandonment that languish awaiting a new life (or demolition).
What makes a place “real” in an increasingly digital world?
A place is a fluid entity, between the physical and the virtual, memory and perception. “A Place Has a Place Has a Place” challenges its stability through immersive works that explore shifting landscapes and multispecies interactions.
In Athens, an apartment defined by a large central space
Oblique has transformed an old office into an apartment where movable partitions and interwoven perspectives extend the physical boundaries of the space, stimulating hybrid and creative uses.
A modular project in Yucatan redefines the typology of the “local market”
A local market signed by Aidia Studio opens in Mexico, detailed by its modular structural grid and canopies inspired by the shape of inverted umbrellas.
Send us your project!
Now you can share your work through a new function by Domus where you can upload your architecture, design, interior, graphics, illustration, photography and art projects.
Using augmented reality, Fiorucci “reopens” its historic San Babila store for few days
Accessible until March 27, the virtual space aims to offer an immersive experience that bridges Fiorucci’s past and future.
FADE Family is the new approach to outdoor living
The latest addition to the PLUST Collection is a line of furniture inspired by the texture of white stone, which illuminates as evening falls.
Do not miss this one: the Pinault Collection is on show at Tadao Ando's Bourse de Commerce
From the evocative portraits of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye to the powerful visual manifesto of Arthur Jafa, “Corps et Âmes” presents a journey through iconic works from the Pinault Collection, capturing the essence of the human experience.
New exhibition by Vezzoli celebrates the encounter between Karl Lagerfeld and Memphis’s design
“Francesco Vezzoli presents: KARL GOES TO MEMPHIS. Tribute to a Historic Encounter in Monte Carlo” is a tribute to the expressive freedom that defined 1980s design, told through two icons of contemporary creativity.
The new Icon Collection by Berkel
A slicer, a blender and a mini pump for vacuum-packed food make up a new collection that celebrates the unique colour of a brand founded in 1898.
The dystopia of Pokémon Go: from Saudi Arabia to autonomous weapons
Between data used to train geospatial control systems and the recent ownership change, the game that lets you catch Pokémon in the streets reflects a nightmarish reality.
Inside the tunnels under Milan's Central Station there is now an art installation by Tosatti
With ‘Paradiso’, the artist of the Italy Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2022 transforms the former Magazzini Raccordati into a place of contemplation and reflection on the fragility of our times.
The Pipe collection, between simplicity and character
The Pipe collection, designed by Busetti Garuti Redaelli for Atmosphera, introduces this year a three-seater sofa.
The “Travel Sculpture” designed by Zaven for Valextra
The new suitcase by the Milanese brand incorporates an idea by Bruno Munari. “An object open to all interpretations and sensitivities, inviting interaction,” the designers explain to Domus.
Drones can now take off directly from moving cars
DJI and BYD, both Chinese companies, launched a car-mounted launchpad from which drones can take off and land while the vehicle moves.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s unfinished project has just been built in the USA
A contemporary Usonian house “in the manner of” Frank Lloyd Wright springs up in the woods of Ohio but without the endorsement of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
Paolo Portoghesi's home studio on sale for 490,000 euros
In Calcata, in the Lazio region, 200 square metres designed by the internationally renowned architect are on sale by Christie's International Real Estate for a derisory sum.
The ideal city
From Renaissance visions to futuristic dystopias: artists and philosophers have shaped the concept of ‘ideal city’ for centuries, leading up to today’s challenges of sustainability and inclusion.
The Electric State is the mortification of the best design of our time
The Russo brothers' Netflix flm fails the graphic novel from on which it is based and the vision of its author, Simon Stålenhag, by turning its evocative aesthetic into a banal Hollywood story devoid of original ideas.
Fujifilm's new medium format camera with a fixed lens is a new concept in digital photography
Lightweight and powerful, the new GFX100RF brings the lessons of Fujifilm’s wildly popular X100 digital compacts to medium format—featuring a sensor so large that it unlocks new and unexpected possibilities.
Bathed in light
Drawing from its more than 30 years of experience, SICIS introduces backlit pools in Vetrite, a patented solution that combines design, technology and function.
The mixed reality artwork that makes you live like a Singaporean
Reflections of Little Red Dot by Chloé Lee is a digital foray into the Asian city-state, a unique place of living. At the last SXSW it was awarded with the Jury Prize.
A 1960s house in Belgium preserves its brutalist character
Studio Kaai 7 transformed a dentist's office into a home through a renovation and extension project that scrupulously (and playfully) reaffirmed the brutalist character of the spaces.
In Utrecht, a new car-free neighborhood has begun construction
Final documents have been submitted to the municipality to begin construction of Merwede, a new residential neighborhood free of vehicular traffic.
5 incredible things Balenciaga has done with Demna
Just appointed creative director of Gucci, Demna leaves his place at Balenciaga, after ten years. We recount some moments that crowned the georgian designer as one of the most influential stylists in recent years.
Discovering the architecture of Armenia's capital Yerevan, and its Soviet modernism
Marco Menghi's photographs explore the Armenian capital, where architecture is an articulate iconographic syntax combining Soviet language and a dense repertoire of handcrafted details, ennobled by the use of local materials.
Ramak Fazel’s photos tell the story of Milan’s Portanuova district
For Milano Art Week, the photographer returns to Milan with a project for Volvo Studio: an exploration of the city’s skyline that invites a participatory reinterpretation of the urban landscape.
MVRDV has created a “cute” building in the industrial landscape of Rotterdam's port
Portlantis is both a building and a “storytelling machine”: the Dutch studio plays at home with the new experience center of Europe’s largest port, a place that appears as a gigantic paradox.
Arnaldo Pomodoro’s Labyrinth in Milan reopens to visitors
The reopening of this monumental installation will once again offer the public the chance to immerse themselves in a captivating space where art, myth, and introspection merge.
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Skiing and design on the mountains of Utah
ODA designs the expansion of a famous ski resort in the Utah mountains, reinterpreting the vernacular in a contemporary key for an immersive experience of skiing and fine living at high altitude.
Inspired by nature
Fast, a company founded in 1995 in Valle Sabbia by the Levrangi family, is specialised in outdoor furniture, representing the best of made-in-Italy quality.
The art of surviving oneself: Tracey Emin on display at Palazzo Strozzi
Between neon, painting, and sculpture, the work of the british visual artist, now on display in Florence, does not seek comfort but rather pure existence: a visceral narrative of fragility and resilience, of life and loss.
This year there will be a 25-euro ticket at Alcova
Villa Borsani becomes the first location outside the Fair that will be only accessible for a fee: is more than one Salone being created within Milan Design Week?
The new Adidas Crazy 2 may look strange, but it's full of nostalgia for the 2000s
A reinterpretation of the Kobe 2 sneaker, with this new shoe Adidas pays homage to the 2yk aesthetic and to Kobe Bryant five years after his death.
The buildings in Renzo Piano’s TV show, through the pages of Domus
We rediscover from our archive the contemporary icons that the architect had the students of the Politecnico di Milano “review” in “Lezioni di Piano”, a six-part series broadcast on Italian national television.
This house in Portugal is reminiscent of Toyo Ito’s U house
The design by studio OODA gets a brutalist-flavored concrete volume floating on a transparent band of glass and wood, embracing a small hillside to create a private oasis in harmony with the landscape.
In Norway, an urban park tells the industrial heritage of the site
Agraff Arkitektur has designed a new urban park in Trondheim transforming the industrial heritage of the Buran district into a project that combines historical memory, reuse of materials and protection of the surrounding landscape.