‘Dalí was always working wherever he was and any time of year, but painting, in the sense of undertaking large-scale works in oil, was something he only did in Portlligat in summer … Its true ecstasy came with the summer heat’.

Casa Dalí opens up Salvador Dalí’s home on the shores of Spain’s Costa Brava, with photos by Coco Capitán offering a rare glimpse of the artist’s surreal house and workshop. Purchased by Dalí in the early 1930s, the house served as the artist’s primary residence and workspace, the birthplace of some of his most famous paintings, including The Persistence of Memory.

A special introduction by architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca recounts his 15-year friendship with Dalí, while exclusive new photos by Coco Capitán capture the artist’s home in the same golden light that drew him to the Mediterranean village of Portlligat, where he ‘claimed that he was the first Spaniard to see the sun rise’. Coco’s photos lure readers into the grandeur of the artist’s home as a site of active creation—both of life and of art—where the worn ephemera of Dalí’s studio appear alongside images of his infamous taxidermy collection, the iconic couch modelled after Mae West’s mouth, and the distinctive white exteriors that also shaped one of our best sellers, The Modern Architecture of Cadaqués: 1955–71.

An original poem by Coco, written at the time she photographed the house, adorns the front and back covers, emblematic of her introspective approach to a practice that defies a single medium. Through these firsthand accounts, Casa Dalí grants special access to an eccentric space that stands as its own Dalinian creation, both witness and inspiration to the artist’s definitive style.

La Fábrica is one of Ricardo Bofill’s most iconoclastic creations. A former cement factory on the outskirts of Barcelona, serendipitously discovered while driving, the building became the centre of the late Catalan architect’s life, serving both as his home and as the headquarters of his practice since 1973. Here, Ricardo created a world of his own, exposing the concrete forms from beneath years of dust and smoke, encouraging nature back onto the structure, and fine-tuning the balance between its monumental scale and a delicate, human sensibility, in one of the earliest examples of the reuse of an industrial building—and it’s still changing.

This new edition expands on the book we originally published in 2018, featuring exclusive archival imagery courtesy of RBTA and an expansive selection of photographs taken by Nacho Alegre on his visits to La Fábrica over the last decade. He returned in November 2022 to document the building in its current state, closing the book with 32 pages of otherwise unseen images—a portrait of Ricardo’s most cherished work at a moment of profound transformation. With an introduction by Pablo Bofill, the book also features an interview with Ricardo himself by Barcelona-based architects Arquitectura-G and Guillermo López, an extended version of the conversation originally published in issue #11 of Apartamento magazine.

Sabkhas (salt flats) are natural phenomena—a unique result of converging climates, winds, and river flow—with the potential to rehabilitate the natural global order.
The ancient term sabkha originates in the Arab world. Today, it has become well-established in the global lexicon of geological and ecological discussions around sustainability: These overlooked ecological networks of wetland plants can sequester more carbon per square meter than rainforests.
"The Anatomy of Sabkhas" investigates how these precious resources form, how they have aided the development of human civilization throughout history, and how they have subsequently infiltrated our traditions, rituals, festivals, smartphones, and cities today. Written and edited by urbanists and architects, the book examines the ways that sabkhas might actively contribute to more sustainable built environments and how, in tandem, sabkhas can not only support our natural environment but also heal it.

A meeting with Hannah Beachler, Jomo Tariku, Ini Archibong and others, as they discuss their work on the Met’s Afrofuturist period room; reflections on the Nakagin Capsule Tower and its physical and ideological deterioration; an unravelling of Stefan Diez’s conductive textile lighting for Vibia; a conversation between David Chalmers and Space Popular about designing digital realities; multiple journeys to East Quay by the Onion Collective, a community space to revitalise postindustrial Watchet; archived memories from Matrix, a pioneering feminist architecture collective; photographs from Emeco House and its restoration of a sewing workshop; and a study of Mumbai’s historic chawls on the cusp of redevelopment.

Quels enjeux sous-tendent la conception de notre cadre de vie, de la cuisine intégrée à la voiture de sport en passant par la fermeture Éclair ? "B comme Bauhaus" nous guide à travers les formes très hétérogènes qui font aujourd’hui partie de notre imaginaire commun, comme le fauteuil Lounge des Eames, le clavier QWERTY et l’opéra de Sydney.

Cet « abécédaire du monde moderne » est un kit essentiel pour comprendre notre rapport aux objets et décoder la culture contemporaine. Il éclaire de manière singulière la différence entre art et design, le succès de GTA et de YouTube, la beauté du Boeing 747, il interroge la manie de la collection ou encore les qualités de l’imperfection. En partageant sa propre expérience, le critique britannique Deyan Sudjic livre une vision à la fois incarnée et accessible de l’histoire récente du design.