Domus #1106
245 x 325 mm, 200+ pages
Rozzano, Italy (Italian & English-language)
Published since 1928
Editorial director: Walter Mariotti
Guest editor: Bjarke Ingels
Art direction: Francesco Franchi and Lorenzo Frosi
Founded by furniture designer and architect, Gio Ponti—with the subtitle ‘Architecture and decor of the modern home in the city and in the country’—Domus is a hefty Italian bible of built and inhabited space.
This is the tenth and final instalment of a series guest edited by acclaimed Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, concluding a year-long ‘materialist odyssey’ investigating the materials that have shaped the built world throughout human history. Juxtaposing the physicality of the nine previously covered materials—stone, earth, concrete, metal, glass, wood, plastic, plants and recycled materials—the final issue of 2025 turns its focus to the immaterial, examining abstraction in architectural design: ‘designs untethered by their material medium’, reflecting developments in AI and virtual reality software. Featuring examples from Venice and Girona to New York and Las Vegas, this edition explores how the material world of the past is being transformed by digital developments, ‘bringing the immaterial into the material world’.
Also included: ‘Designing the Night’—a guide to the history of electric architecture, with plenty of modern examples of smart light design.