Current Issue: Domus 881

Cover

The extension to the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is now open to the public. Memory collates fragments of the visual and tactile experience: glass inserts on the uneven scales, slices of darkness in the folds of the shell...

Calendar

Edited by Elena Sommariva, Luigi Spinelli

Drawings by a sensitive Martian

A Letter from Berlin. What Kubrick taught us

Ettore Sottsass. Pictures from a window

domus Circular

Report on the event organised by Domus at the San Siro stadium during the Milan Furniture Fair. Comments by Marco Belpoliti, Andrea Lissoni

Guided visit: Allianz Arena

A first glance at the new stadium designed by Herzog & de Meuron in Munich. Edited by Joseph Grima

Herzog & de Meuron. The Walker Art Center

With the new expositive complex that enlarges the pre-existent site, the Swiss studio gives Minneapolis an urban nucleus dedicated to the performing arts. Text by Raymund Ryan. Edited by Rita Capezzuto. Photography by Amir Zaki

Iñaki Ábalos. Spirit and Adirondack

A world not dominated by man

OMA/Koolhaas. Meteorite. The building that fell to earth

An epic and labyrinthine journey through Porto’s Casa da Música. Text by Shumon Basar. Edited by Kayoko Ota, Joseph Grima. Photography by Nicolas Firket

In Terror there is Error

Why you should be suspicious of those who talk of a war on terror. A conversation between philosophers

Peter Eisenman. The concrete labyrinth

The memorial to the Jews of Europe is to be inaugurated in Berlin. Peter Eisenman conceived it as a boundless, obsessive grid of concrete pillars. Text by Marco Belpoliti. Edited by Rita Capezzuto. Photography by Joseph Grima

A trip with Piano

Flying from Bern to Cologne, Renzo Piano talks about the importance of the working plan and its realisation. Photography by Joseph Grima

Enzo Mari. The craftmans saved by Sugi trees

Enzo Mari illustrates his idea of an ideal society where the dignity of labour becomes a design priority. Edited by Francesca Picchi. Photography by Ramak Fazel

Entities in the April fog

Junya Ishigami, Kazuyo Sejima and Hiroshi Senju together in a Milan exhibition. A cura di Francesca Picchi

Pier Paolo Tamburelli. The power of stone

Specifically architectural experiences are in no way replaceable by their representations

Coffee time

The illy competition winners

Interview: Tacita Dean

Hans Ulrich Obrist interviews Tacita Dean, known for her 16mm films. Edited by Thomas Boutoux, Loredana Mascheroni

Marcello Maloberti. Marcello moves into the open

Artistic research meets social reality. Text by Caroline Corbetta. Edited by Loredana Mascheroni. Photographs by Primoz Bizjak, Ela Bialkowska, Antonio Maniscalco

Post-it: Books

Edited by Gianmario Andreani

Wright and the Guggenheim

Redefinitions

Rassegna: Technology

Edited by Maria Cristina Tommasini

Panorama

El Topo: Tomma Abts

Edited by Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni and Ali Subotnick (Wrong Gallery)