Italy Archives - Page 11 of 31

Zinc-clad hikers’ cabin perches on a cliff edge in the Dolomites

November 25, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

View of the side of the cabin with views across the Dolomites

Architecture practice Demogo has perched a small cabin on the dramatic Marmarole mountain range in Northern Italy’s Dolomites, with a full-height window that gives the impression of almost falling over the edge of a cliff. With bunk beds to accommodate up to 12 people, Bivouac Fanton was commissioned by Club Alpino Italiano to provide free,

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Shingles made from salvaged spruce wood cover Alpine house in Italy

November 19, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0

Italian studio Pedevilla Architects has used shingles made from spruce trees that fell during a storm to cover the CiAsa Aqua Bad Cortina house in South Tyrol. Surrounded by views of the Dolomite mountains, the dwelling is constructed almost entirely out of wood sourced from nearby forests and processed by local craftsmen. CiAsa Aqua Bad

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Peter Pichler completes angular concrete-and-glass villa in Italian vineyard

October 24, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

The folded form of this villa, designed by Peter Pichler Architecture for the owners of a vineyard in South Tyrol, is intended to merge with the existing landscape and form a shield around its central courtyard. The Milan-based studio won an invited competition in 2018 to design the property, which replaced an existing structure within

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Garden added to Fiat’s Lingotto building rooftop test track

October 22, 2021 James Parkes 0

Italian architect Benedetto Camerana and landscape designer Torino Stratosferica have created a rooftop garden called La Pista 500 with over 40,000 plants around an electric vehicle test track on the roof of the Fiat’s iconic former car factory. The public garden is located on top of the Lingotto building in Turin, a former Fiat manufacturing plant that was converted

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Forte Forte’s Tuscan boutique features subtle nautical details

October 21, 2021 Natasha Levy 0

Interior of Forte Forte shop in Forte dei Marmi

A hull-style ceiling and terrazzo flooring that resembles sea salt appear inside this store in Tuscany by fashion brand Forte Forte, which has been designed by creative duo Giada Forte and Robert Vattilana. The boutique is rich with decorative features, which the pair says were informed by its location in Forte dei Marmi – a seaside

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Sunnei transforms former recording studio into fashion brand HQ in Milan

October 14, 2021 James Parkes 0

Italian fashion brand Sunnei has renovated the interior of an ex-recording studio to create a minimalist headquarters as a canvas for furniture and art pieces by the brand’s collaborators. Located near its flagship store in Milan, the brand named its headquarters and studio Palazzina Sunnei to reference typical Milanese residential buildings. Palazzina Sunnei was organised as a series

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Benedetta Tagliabue reveals mass-timber metro station under construction in Naples

October 13, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0

Barcelona-based studio EMBT has revealed images of a mass-timber metro station, which is under construction in the Centro Direzionale area of Naples. The Naples Underground Central Station is being built in a neighbourhood designed by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange as part of a major upgrade to the city’s infrastructure. The studio, which is led by Benedetta Tagliabue,

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BIG breaks ground on building to unite Milan towers by Hadid, Libeskind and Isozaki

September 15, 2021 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

BIG has begun construction on its CityWave building, which will visually connect the towers of Milan’s CityLife development with a low swooping roof that doubles as one of Italy’s largest urban photovoltaic power stations. The Danish architecture studio has designed the fourth building for the site, which contains towers by Zaha Hadid Architects, Daniel Libeskind

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Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli designs music school with patterned concrete walls

September 13, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

The concrete exterior of the Music School of Bressanone by Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli

Architecture office Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli has completed a music school in Bressanone, Italy, comprising monolithic concrete volumes decorated with a subtle hand-hammered pattern. Trevino-based Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli designed the Music School of Bressanone, which was founded in 1961 and is one of the South Tyrol region’s most important cultural institutions. The music school is located

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Milan apartment block fire “closely recalled Grenfell Tower” says mayor

August 31, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0

Milan’s mayor Beppe Sala has likened a fire in a tower block in Milan on Sunday to the Grenfell Tower fire in London due to the way the flames seemingly spread through its cladding. The fire in the Torre del Moro apartment block, an 18-storey residential building in Milan, started on the 15th floor and

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