How a Doha flour mill is turning into Qatar’s new super museum
Chilean-based practice Elemental run by Pritzker Prize laureate Alejandro Aravena has designed Doha’s next show-stopping art museum to be among largest museums in Middle East.
The dream of Venice
On December 20, 1577, a fire destroyed the Hall of the Great Council in the Doge’s Palace, but Venice knew how to transform tragedy into triumph. The reconstruction of the Hall became a unique opportunity to exalt the glory of La Serenissima through art, with works by Veronese, Tintoretto and Palma il Giovane.
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The design of cuteness: Hello Kitty at 50
The kitty-girl that from Japan conquered the world is half a century old. We explore its timeless appeal and the meanings behind its iconic design.
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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.
Hidden Milan revealed through woven canvases
For years, Anila Rubiku has been exploring and photographing corners of the city that are not immediately visible to the eye and then transforming these images into woven artwork. The result is her exhibition, “Endje: Wander-Weaving.”
12 remarkable people we have met this year
From Tom Dixon to the late Gaetano Pesce, from Jean Nouvel to Neri Oxman, here are the most important encounters Domus had in 2024.
Transparent’s "Brutalist" wireless speaker: a tribute to architecture
Made from 70% recycled aluminum, this uniquely shaped speaker combines a striking design with high-quality sound performance.
The Bosco Verticale, 10 years old, as told by Iwan Baan’s photographs
A book celebrates the tenth anniversary of the architecture that, for better or worse, represents 21st century Milan more than any other.
Aboard Xiaomi’s Su7: The car you can talk to
We climbed into Xiaomi’s first car: a super-fast car that is a mini-home inside, packed with smart features and responds to you when you speak, albeit only in Chinese for now.
A micro-house evolves with the seasons, immersed in Chilean nature
Catalejo, Tololo Ugarte's spyglass micro-house, is an architectural experiment that invites us to reflect on our relationship with nature, seeking new forms of dialogue with a changing landscape.
Treat yourself: 10 design masterpieces over € 5,000
From Sottsass's Carlton to the Eames lounge chair via the Campanas’ Boa: a selection of objects of desire that transcend everyday use.
10 design gifts for less than 100 euros, between Enzo Mari and Kraftwerk
Our selection of true icons and hidden gems to bring beauty, usefulness, even new sounds, to the spaces we live in.
David Tremlett’s artworks for a former monastery in Italy’s Langhe hills
The Relais San Maurizio is an oasis of hospitality where art, architecture, and landscape engage in a unique dialogue – enhanced by the recent site-specific intervention of the renowned English artist.
AI becomes a polyphonic choir at the Serpentine in London
With their installation The Call, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst bring their vision of collaborative artificial intelligence in polyphonic music production to the Serpentine Gallery.
The most anticipated buildings of 2025
New museums, works that will change Milan and Rome forever, and new towers: the architectures we expect to see completed by the end of next year are associated with great names, from Jean Nouvel to OMA, from Gehry to BIG.
All the exhibitions to see during the winter holidays in Milan
Art, design and fashion never stop in Milan, even when it's panettone time: here's a list of must-see exhibitions over the next few weeks.
A 19th-century Australian house reborn thanks to a simple design move
Trower Falvo Architects worked with hybrid spaces and a toned language of brick, steel and porcelain for the extension of a former art hotel with Tudor Revival details.
The best renovations of 2024
Reuse of architecture is a shared value, as a selection of projects published this year can tell us, including symbols reborn, large stations, small clubs, museums, houses and, predictably, a lot of Paris.
2025’s most anticipated TV series and films
The return of Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, the Bob Dylan biopic starring Chalamet, The Brutalist and Robbie Williams turning into a monkey: these are just some of the things we can expect to see this year.
A Japanese apartment at the crossroads of domestic and industrial
The renovation carried out by Roovice in Kamakura was created to valorize an abandoned dwelling, and showcases a strongly Japanese idea of domesticity, where pragmatism and design coexist.
Can AI solve the critical issues in the infrastructure industry?
This is the fundamental question addressed by a new global study conducted by EY in collaboration with the International Federation of Consulting Engineers.
HONOR Talents Awards and the AI dilemma: Would you give a gun to a toddler?
Talents Design Awards by Honor were a forum for debating AI in creativity, and Domus had the chance to gain further insights from Perttu Pölönen, futurist and keynote speaker at the awards.
A new house in historic Basel, inspired by Adolf Loos
Brandenberger Kloter Architekten replaced an old garage with a house dominated by the spirit of Raumplan, a visual continuity that connects interior spaces with each other and with the surrounding nature.
MAD architects’ new airport designed for China’s forest city
Opening by the end of the year in Lishui, the new airport, designed by Ma Yansong’s studio, is set to harmonize with its surrounding environment.
The new turnstiles of the Milan subway are designed by Pininfarina
The new turnstiles are crafted to transcend the concept of a barrier while preserving the visual heritage of the original gates.
Civil War is the year’s best film you probably missed
Novelist-director Alex Garland’s latest movie is a powerful critique of our world, told primarily through its use of color.
15 stores that rethought what shopping even means
Retail environments, which have been rethought around the concept of “experience” since the last century, have undergone an even more profound transformation with the advent of e-commerce.
Notre-Dame
Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens its doors in Paris after the 2019 fire: a cornerstone of art, which, like art itself, has always been in constant transformation.
Farewell to Le Vele di Scampia, “a symbol of failed modernism”
Tobias Zielony's photographs, taken fifteen years ago, reveal the social and physical environment of a controversial architectural complex that is now being demolished.
We tested Sora, the AI that creates videos with ChatGPT
An alpha artist shares his experience as one of the first users of OpenAI’s text-to-video platform: many doubts remain, including the need for more accessible and open solutions.
A peninsula house in Brazil
Enriched by an extension – and a change of program – during the pandemic, a house in Nova Lima offers a solid concrete and steel front to the street, then opens onto a bright garden.
Major Paris exhibition celebrates the Teddy Bear
An exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts explores the evolution of the iconic transitional toy, tracing its journey from early triumphs to modern-day challenges.