Italian fashion brand Fendi has teamed up with the French Academy in Rome to refresh six salons inside the Villa Medici – a 16th-century Renaissance palace set amongst sprawling gardens in the heart of Rome. The villa has been home to the French Academy in Rome since 1803, and today is used by the French
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A large solar farm forms the centrepiece of Rome’s bid to host the World Expo in 2030, masterplanned by Carlo Ratti Associati with architect Italo Rota and urbanist Richard Burdett. If selected for the event, the mosaic-like structure would become “the world’s largest urban solar farm” and power the exhibition site in Rome with renewable
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Architecture and design studio Space Popular has unveiled Search History, an exhibition at the MAXXI museum in Rome that applies the writings of Italian architect Aldo Rossi to virtual worlds. The installation features bold and colourful images envisioning a metaverse city, with doorways that appear to be gateways between different virtual spaces. The aim of
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Antique and mid-century furnishings are combined with sleek contemporary cabinetry in this intentionally unfinished apartment in Rome, designed by local architecture and interiors studio 02A. The one-bedroom flat belongs to a stateless diplomat, who asked 02A to turn his home into a sanctuary that he could return to at the end of his frequent work
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A competition has been launched to find an architect for the expansion and sustainability-led revamp of Zaha Hadid Architects’ Stirling Prize-winning MAXXI museum in Rome, Italy. Launched as part of a project called the Grande MAXXI Master Plan, the competition invites proposals for a two-storey multifunctional extension to the contemporary art museum. The winning design
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Architect Arney Fender Katsalidis will transform a disused railway site in Rome into a low-carbon neighbourhood as part of the Reinventing Cities programme, which encourages cities to strive towards net-zero urban developments. The Campo Urbano proposal will see 24,000 square metres of former railway infrastructure around Rome’s Tuscolana station turned into a mixed-use development. The car-free
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Stefano Boeri Architetti has inserted an entrance kiosk and a pedestrian walkway that provides access to subterranean rooms within Rome’s historic Domus Aurea palace. The new entrance is situated within Oppian Hill Park and connects with the walkway that leads to the spectacular Octagonal Room almost six metres below. The palace built by Emperor Nero
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Green onyx lines the floors and walls of this fashion boutique in Rome by creative duo Giada Forte and Robert Vattilana. The Forte Forte store is located on Via Borgognona, a street in the heart of the Campo Marzio – the 4th rione, or district, of Rome – that was once full of artists. The
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Fosters + Partners has restored and converted the Palazzo Marignoli in Rome into an Apple Store, uncovering historic features and opening up a central courtyard. Apple Via del Corso is located near the Piazza Colonna in the centre of Rome, occupying the historic Palazzo Marignoli. The Apple Via del Corso building dates back to the
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The Italian government has approved plans designed by engineering firm Milan Ingegneria to create a remote-controlled, retractable floor within the Colosseum arena in Rome. The retractable floor will replace the arena’s original floor, which was removed in the 19th century to restore the vision of “ancient times”. “Realisation of the arena resumes the thread of time,
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