Rare and intimate, the renovation project curated by Studio Wok for a restaurant located on the Promenade du Port in Porto Cervo, on the northeastern coast of Sardinia, looks to the colors and morphology of the island to recreate its traits in a built space. Read the full article here
Best 10 interiors of 2021
A selection of ten interiors published this year on domusweb: apartments, restaurants, public bathrooms and ice cream shops, designed all over the world.
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- 15 December 2021
A restaurant in Sardinia is inspired by its natural context
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The home-studio of a trapper in Madrid
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
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Photo José Hevia
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Basement floor plan
What is the connection between trap music and architecture? Pavements, raw (and then painted) walls, overpasses, high-rise buildings, squares and benches are central to the narrative of trap music, which is able to tell the story of the city with an unprecedented and engaging gaze. Similarly, urban subcultures are often a source of inspiration for designers and architects. This is the case of Javier J. Iniesta, who designed the home-studio in Madrid for Kaydy Cain, a local trap star. Read the full article here
House of bright stalactites is anything but a minimalist interior
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, Naples, Italy, 2021
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, plan
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, sections
Gambardellarchitetti (Simona Ottieri Gambardella), House of bright stalactites, sketch
Gambardellarchitetti’s House of bright stalactites, as its name suggests, is anything but a minimalist interior. Cherubino Gambardella and Simona Ottieri continue here their decade long research on the role of geometry, light and color as the fundamentals of domestic interiors that can trigger emotions. Read the full article here
A former data centre turns into an experimental apartment of the 70s
Photo Yohann Fontaine
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Photo Yohann Fontaine
Photo Yohann Fontaine
Photo Yohann Fontaine
Photo Yohann Fontaine
Inside the largest Parisian co-ownership of the 1970s, located in Le Marais, a former data centre changes its vocation. Led by Ubalt Architectes, Le Grand Marais, a flat of 250 sqm, calls up the 70s between experiments in matter and light. Read the full article here
An emblematic renovation reveals the evolution of Spanish society
photo José Hevia
photo José Hevia
photo José Hevia
photo José Hevia
photo José Hevia
photo José Hevia
photo José Hevia
photo José Hevia
photo José Hevia
photo José Hevia
photo José Hevia
photo José Hevia
In the Carabanchel neighborhood, Tercio y Terol is a complex of 640 terrace houses originally intended by Francoist institutions for modest families. Among the houses, Casa Witiza is completely reconfigured to accommodate a young couple that uses the space not only to live there, but also to work remotely. Read the full article here
New life for public baths in St Petersburg
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The Voroninsky Baths in St Petersburg, also known as the 'Lantern Baths', were originally built in 1870-1871. Designed by architect Pavel Suzor, the spaces stand out for their rich decorations and state-of-the-art technological systems. Recently, Megre Interiors was commissioned to bring the structure – in a state of disrepair after 15 years of neglect – back to its original splendour. Read the full article here
In Qatar, the perfect portrait of the Instagrammable ice cream shop
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Housed in one of the many buildings clad in limestone that characterize the residential areas of the capital Doha, the Cloud and Co ice cream parlour breaks with the ordinary codes of the city’s stores – as well as with the association between natural materials and organic ingredients typical of many ice cream chains of the latest generation – imposing on its interiors a fanciful patina played on the predominance of pink and blue colors. Read the full article here
A house and its garden meet in Antwerp
The PDC house stands on a long, narrow plot in the compact urban fabric of Antwerp. It is a typical Gothic lot that extends deep into the block with the garden. The architects imagined a new trasversal space for the young couple who is going to live in the house, a hybrid place in its function of connection and filter between the interior and the garden. Read the full article here
A tailor-made artist home in Paris
Jean Moulin Atelier-House is part of an allotment of art ateliers built in the 1940s and arranged in two rows along a private alley among the elegant Haussmannian buildings of Paris’ 14th arrondissement. A big skylight on the roof and a continuous window overlooking the courtyard are the pre-existing elements the architects had to deal with in transforming the workspace into a home for a couple of artists. Read the full article here
A former shop in Madrid becomes a house with its own given name
photo Jose Hevia
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photo Jose Hevia
Questioning conventions, Burr studio modifies a former commercial space, adapting it to a flexible residential use that can be modulated over time. The home, personified by an actual person's name – María Guerrero – is located on the ground floor and is currently separated into two dwellings divided by an acoustic panel. Read the full article here