Italy

Daisuke Yamamoto presents recycled steel chairs under Milan railway arch

November 16, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Japanese designer Daisuke Yamamoto presented recycled steel chairs on podiums of the same material as part of an exhibition in Milan, which has been shortlisted for a 2023 Dezeen Award. Yamamoto’s Flow project explores ways to minimise industrial waste by focusing on a single material – light-gauge steel (LGS). Commonly used in construction as a

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A Modernist Residence In The Italian Countryside [Video]

November 13, 2023 HD Staff 0

Located in the Pianura Padana, or Padan Plain, Northern Italy, this 785-square-meter villa is designed to merge harmoniously with the surrounding natural environment. Created by Unica Architects, the single-story home cuts a sleek, white silhouette across the green plain at the urban edge of a small country town. Villa Orizzonte drinks in views of the […]

Patricia Urquiola converts historic palazzo into Six Senses Rome hotel

November 8, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Milan-based designer Patricia Urquiola has converted a palazzo in Rome into a hotel and spa, filled with circular elements and traditional Italian materials. The Six Senses Rome is located within the Palazzo Salviati Cesi Mellini, close to historic sites like the Pantheon and the Trevi Fountain in the city centre. Adjacent to the Church of

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Ten rustic Italian interiors that evoke the history of the Mediterranean

October 29, 2023 Nat Barker 0

This lookbook collects 10 interiors in Italy with a distinctly rustic feel, including homes and hotels replete with wooden beams, cool stone and other rich textures. As well as being known for its contemporary furniture and lighting design, Italy is home to some of Europe’s oldest buildings and has numerous historic cities and villages. From

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Brutalist Italy book showcases “sometimes surprising” concrete architecture

October 5, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

A Star Wars-like cemetery extension and a cheese-shaped temple feature in this roundup, where photographers Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego spotlight the best brutalist buildings from their book Brutalist Italy. The two photographers, who previously worked together on the book Soviet Asia, wanted to focus on how reinforced concrete architecture has developed in Italy after

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Cliffside hotel on Italy’s Amalfi Coast incorporates medieval stone defences

September 26, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

A 1960s Italian hotel and the historic coastal bulwarks below have been restored by architect Bonaventura Gambardella and interior designer Nikita Bettoni. The Borgo Santandrea hotel overlooks the historic fishing village of Conca dei Marini from its lofty position 90 metres above the sea on Italy’s Amalfi Coast. It sits above a series of medieval stone

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Jonathan Tuckey Design restores and extends traditional stone farmstead in Italy

September 4, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Jonathan Tuckey Design has renovated a former farmstead in northern Italy, restoring and extending a cluster of 19th-century stone buildings to create Cascina, a new home and studio. Stepping down a hillside in Italy’s North Piemonte Region the project, named Cascina – Italian for farmhouse – is comprised of three structures built from local Langa

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ElasticoFarm raises house on stilts around central void in Italian park

August 30, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Architecture studio ElasticoFarm has created a house on stilts around a suspended void nestled in the trees of a private park in Cambiano, a town to the southeast of Turin in northern Italy. Created as an independent new building alongside an existing 1970s house as a home for a young chef, ElasticoFarm’s intervention saw the

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The Rome Edition opens in converted 1940s bank building

August 23, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

American entrepreneur Ian Schrager’s The Edition group has landed in Rome, opening a hotel in a converted bank that makes use of its soaring lobby, original marble staircases and hidden front courtyard. The Rome Edition began welcoming guests earlier this year to the 91-room hotel, located a block away from Via Veneto – the street

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San Siro saved from demolition due to its cultural significance

August 14, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

The iconic San Siro in Milan, which was set to be replaced by a Populous-designed stadium, has been saved from demolition because of its “cultural heritage”. The stadium, which is shared by Italian football clubs Inter Milan and AC Milan, was rescued from demolition by the Regional Commission for the Cultural Heritage of Lombardy due

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