Italy

Il Capri Hotel receives pink-heavy revamp from Graziella Buontempo and Arnaud Lacombe

May 28, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

A husband-and-wife hotelier duo has renovated a hotel in a Venetian-style palazzo on the island of Capri, refreshing its pastel-pink facade and continuing the hue into the guest rooms. Il Capri Hotel was built in the 19th century as a private villa in the Neo-gothic Venetian style before being transformed into a hotel in 1899.

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Boyy flagship in Milan reveals layers of the store’s history

May 23, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Danish artist Thomas Poulsen, also known as FOS, has revamped the flagship store of accessories brand Boyy in Milan, keeping time-worn surfaces left over from the site’s former fit-outs. This marks the third time that FOS has refreshed the space on Via Bagutta since 2021, as part of the artist’s plan to create a dynamic

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Space tourism informs design of Ichi Station sushi restaurant in Milan

May 8, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Valencian design studio Masquespacio has completed a dine-in restaurant for takeaway sushi chain Ichi Station in Milan, with interiors designed to resemble a futuristic spaceship. Set in a historic building in the Brera district, the chain’s latest outpost builds on the same travel and transport concept established across its other outlets – including eight in

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Fabio Novembre designs padel pavilion for Milan’s CityLife development

April 25, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Italian architect Fabio Novembre has designed a sports centre for playing padel, which will be built alongside a pavilion created by BIG at Milan’s CityLife development. Set to be built within the CityLife development on the site of the Italian city’s former trade fair grounds, the racket-sport pavilion is a play on nearby skyscrapers by

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Eight Milanese interiors with eye-catching material palettes

April 16, 2023 James Parkes 0

In the lead-up to Milan design week, we have rounded up eight residential and hotel interiors in the Italian city that are united by their use of muted colours and diverse materials. As the Salone del Mobile furniture fair is set to kick off next week, alongside its surrounding Fuorisalone events programme, these interiors provide

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Moschino flagship store references the “history of ancient Italy”

March 30, 2023 James Parkes 0

Italian studio Andrea Tognon Architecture has collaborated with former Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott to renovate the brand’s flagship store in Milan. Located on Via della Spiga, one of Milan’s famed shopping streets, the store sits within the 18th-century Palazzo Perusati, which was recently transformed by real estate company Hines into a luxury retail development. The

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Seven expressive works that demonstrate the “sculptural power” of Angelo Mangiarotti

March 22, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Italian architect and designer Angelo Mangiarotti is currently the focus of a major retrospective at the Triennale di Milano museum. Here the exhibition’s curator Fulvio Irace picks seven key works from the show. Angelo Mangiarotti: When Structures Take Shape aims to be the most complete retrospective ever devoted to the architect and designer, who died in

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Demountable electric-blue grid engulfs On-Off store interior in Milan

March 16, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Italian architect Francesca Perani has teamed up with design studio Bloomscape to create a reversible fit-out for this clothing store in Milan, which is dominated by a flexible gridded shelving system. Perani and Bloomscape installed the grid with its moveable shelves as a way to let the On-Off store effortlessly change its display arrangements. It

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Studio Andrew Trotter transforms 19th-century school into family home in Puglia

March 2, 2023 Katie Last 0

Vaulted ceilings and earth-toned furnishings feature in this house in Puglia, which architecture practice Studio Andrew Trotter has converted from a 19th-century school. The home, named Casolare Scarani, transforms a girls’ school dating back to 1883 that was abandoned in the 1960s. Through its renovation, Studio Andrew Trotter aims to bring life back to the

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Tapering tower distinguishes South Tyrolean sports centre by MoDus Architects

February 26, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A geometric form built from exposed concrete defines the Fieldhouse sports centre, which Italian studio MoDus Architects has created in the South Tyrolean town of Laghetti. Overlooking a national park at the foot of Mount Corno in Italy, the leisure centre was designed to replace an old building on the site and provide the surrounding

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