Instagram, the 10 most popular posts of 2021

Curzio Malaparte: story and behind-the-scenes of the writer’s Villa/ The 20th-century villa-icon, on the March issue’s cover, is the culmination of a life and embodies an idea: those of the celebrated Italian writer.
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Adalberto Libera and Curzio Malaparte, Villa Malaparte, Capri, Italy, 1938-1942. Photo Archivio storico di Grand Bazaar

From Domus 1053. The primitive light of Ensamble Studio/ This salvage project in a former quarry saw light and stone carvings as an opportunity to rethink the dwelling in minimal terms.
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Ensamble Studio, Ca’n Terra, Menorca, Spain, in progress. Drawings by Ensamble Studio, photo Iwan Baan
@anton_ensamble @debora_ensamble @iwanbaan

Snøhetta reinterprets iconic harbour bath in Arendal/ A mineral platform and a sequence of contour lines for the renovation and expansion of the Knubben harbour bath.
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Snøhetta, Knubben, Arendal, Norway. Copyright Snøhetta / Aesthetica Studio
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Wes Anderson’s most architecturally ambitious film, perhaps his worst/ In The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson exaggerates and builds a completely fictional city, French in style and American in decor. But as they say, sometimes it is too much of a good thing.
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The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson, 2021

An organic church in dialogue with the local community/ Contemporary in its approach but adorned with Baroque elements typical of twentieth-century architecture, the church of Santa Maria Goretti is the first religious project by Mario Cucinella’s studio.
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Mario Cucinella Architects, The church of Santa Maria Goretti in Mormanno, Cosenza, Italy, 2021. Photo Duccio Malagamba

Christo posthumously wraps Arc de Triomphe in Paris/ The artwork Christo and Jeanne-Claude dreamed of is finally taking shape, posthumous.
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1 - 4. Fabric panels are being installed underneath the small vaults for “L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped”, Paris, August 25, 2021. Photo Wolfgang Volz© 2021 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation
5. Christo in his studio with a preparatory drawing for “L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped”, New York City, September 20, 2019. Photo Wolfgang Volz© 2019 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation

David Chipperfield completes the refurbishment of Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie/ The most “modern” of all contemporary architects has been working for almost a decade on the a sensible, silent restoration of Mies van der Rohe’s masterpiece.
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David Chipperfield Architects, Neue Nationalgalerie refurbishment, Berlin, Germany, 2012-2021.
Photo Simon Menges
@david.chipperfield @dca.berlin @simon.menges

Renzo Piano designs a little red house for the inmates of Rebibbia prison/ Piano’s G124 concluded the contruction of the “house for affectivity and maternity”, where female inmates have the possibility to meet their loved ones.
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G124, Ma.ma - Modulo per l'affettività e la maternità, Rebibbia prison, Rome, Italy, 2021. Photo Alessandro Lana
@g124_renzopiano

Unconventional guide to Lisbon, a tour of the city of seven hills/ A guide to the Portuguese capital through the articles published on domusweb, to discover new places in the city, from international cultural institutions to atypical reuse interventions.
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António Costa Lima Arquitectos, Casa Altinho, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018. Photo Francisco Nogueira
@antoniocostalima.arquitectos @francisconogueira

An emblematic renovation by Beatriz Alés Atelier reveals the evolution of Spanish society/ In the Tercio y Terol social housing complex in Madrid, an apartment is revamped by sacrificing its many rooms in favor of a large open space, which is also functional for remote working.
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Beatriz Alés Atelier, Casa Witiza, Madrid, Spain, 2020. Photo José Hevia
@beatrizalesatelier