Is Elon Musk's prefabricated mini-apartment the home of the future?
Does the richest man in the world and Trump's biggest supporter live in Boxabl’s. No, he doesn't. Novertheless, this project could represent the Existenzminimum of tomorrow.
In China, bookstores and libraries are transforming the countryside
New architectural projects are emerging in the villages of rural China, bringing local communities together around books and attracting tourists from the cities. We have selected ten of them to explore.
We visited Tom Dixon at his “mineral” villa in Mykonos
Created in collaboration with A31 Architecture, Villa Aimasia goes beyond Greek vernacular by embracing contemporary design, blending with the island’s geology, and orienting luxury to the tastes of design enthusiasts.
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Tourism has become a problem, and so Florence bans lock boxes from the streets
Lockboxes, or key safes, are increasingly the target of protests against mass tourism and the Airbnb-isation of cities. In Florence, the problem may not be solved, but at least it will be less visible.
A house made of details in Canton Ticino
In a dialogue with the local Modern tradition, Inches Geleta has extended a house in Italian Switzerland through light, the search for detail, and a rational metal structure.
Do you know who Elio Fiorucci was?
Often underestimated by the fashion world, the Italian designer revolutionised it from the bottom up, reading the reality around him with rare lucidity and anticipating styles and trends.
Tony Cragg's biomorphic sculptures exposed in the archaeological landscape of the Baths of Diocletian
Rome celebrates the English artist, one of the most renowned figures in contemporary sculpture and recipient of the prestigious Turner Prize in 1988.
New course at Yale University dedicated to Beyoncé, who also inspired a skyscraper
The pop star’s repertoire will be used to study key figures in African American history and analyze how she has embraced the political and social issues of Black culture.
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Magistretti and Fontana pieces at Gucci’s new store in Dubai
The fashion house has cut the ribbon on a new boutique in which Italian design and contemporary art are the protagonists alongside fashion.
Audi launches a new brand, still called AUDI, for China only
Audi drops the rings for the Chinese relaunch with a new uppercase AUDI logo, announced alongside a new EV concept for the region.
A beautiful and practical portable lamp, especially for small apartments
Fire is the latest lamp from Grau, designed to bring the comfort of warm light wherever you need it at home.
A “house-forest” in the heart of an old Parisian courtyard
Florquin Studio has transformed a former workshop into a three-storey apartment around a green courtyard, creating an oasis of nature in the middle of the city.
Paris has finally started limiting car traffic in the city centre
The four inner arrondissements of the French capital will no longer be open to the public.
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The exhibition that tells the story of the modern garden and how it will become
From November 16, the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam will host “Garden Futures”, dedicated to the garden as a laboratory for biodiversity, social justice, and experimentation for architects and designers.
Ikea has created a tiny house for the homeless in Texas
Towne Twin is a village for people who have never had a home, thanks to the collaboration between Ikea and WestEast Design Group.
Turin’s tennis-transformed architecture for the Atp Finals
A winter garden with courts and a system of lightweight structures designed by Benedetto Camerana bring tennis closer to an increasingly wide public, which is making it a religion.
Repairable, transportable, all metal: a speaker built like a piece of furniture
Daniele Alm, the founder of Nocs Design studio, tells Domus about the new Monolith speaker: ‘For me, minimalist means letting design do the talking’. A limited version was just launched with the haute couture brand Heliot Emil.
Four villas on the top of a Mexican promontory
Organic and abstract at the same time, the forms of Ignacio Urquiza and Ana Paula de Alba's design for Valle de Bravo Lake are inspired by the surrounding rocks and vegetation.
New York’s Fifth Avenue to become a pedestrian boulevard
In partnership with Future of Fifth, the City of New York recently announced that the number of lanes for vehicular traffic will be reduced to increase the space for pedestrians and vegetation.
Starlab: What would life be like in orbit?
Hilton unveiled the hospitality project for the new private LEO space station, where, naturally, gravity will be virtually nonexistent.
Nostalgia, dismay and… Paul Gascoigne: the post-Brexit art of Corbin Shaw
Domus meets the British artist who reflects on what it means to live in the UK today, a country loving its tradition “despite people struggling to heat their houses”. His new solo exhibition is in Milan.
A shared house is reborn in Verona
Romano Tinazzi rehabilitates a former railway workers' residence on the outskirts of the Veneto city, creating a co-living space for students and young workers that combines old and new through radical architectural gestures.
One of Du Bois's houses on Dubois Avenue in Los Angeles is up for sale
Located in a residential area that flourished in California in the second half of the 20th century, this is an example of the architect's mid-century modern style with an ‘alpine’ touch.
Olafur Eliasson’s latest artwork displayed on city screens across the world
Lifeworld uses advertising displays to ask us what our place in the world is, grounding us in the “here and now”.
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Norman Foster: renewable energy has limits, while nuclear power has great potential
In his November editorial, the guest editor of Domus invites us to think critically about the environmental impact of solar and wind power, and suggests that we should instead reassess nuclear power, but with a renewed perspective.
Studio Gang completes San Francisco’s CCA expansion: a hotbed of art, engineering and sustainability
The expansion of the California College of the Arts campus in San Francisco is completed amidst interdisciplinary intertwining, ecological awareness and sophisticated structural solutions.
Valencia 57-24
Valencia was devastated by a violent flood, the second in a few decades; flooded streets, destroyed houses, and victims. A disaster that echoes the canvases of Roerich, Gyzis, and Patinir, and reopens the debate on the fragility of the city in the face of nature’s fury, evoking the need to reflect on the human-environment relationship.
Arte Povera has never stopped being in vogue. But why?
On the occasion of the grand tribute exhibition at the Collection Pinault in Paris, we asked ourselves: what exactly is meant by “Arte Povera”? And why do these works still feel so relevant today?
Things with intelligence “onboard”, from the ancient Automata to ChatGPT
From old myths to contemporary popular culture, the quest to create intelligent, thinking machines is perhaps the deepest human aspiration.
On’s new “sprayed” shoe takes only 3 minutes to be made
With the Cloudboom Strike LS, the Swiss sportswear company introduces a new robotic technology that builds running shoes in no time.
The new Lavazza calendar by Omar V. Diop: “I celebrate the bar counter”
The 2025 Lavazza calendar is presented by its photographer, who drew inspiration from Italian bars as social meeting spots. Featured are personalities such as Big Mama, Jannik Sinner, and Cino Zucchi.